Patents by Inventor Gerd Neubauer

Gerd Neubauer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for error-tolerant data transfer for a CT system
    Patent number: 7519208
    Abstract: In a CT system and a method for error-tolerant data transfer between a data acquisition unit and an image reconstruction unit therein, digital data are divided into data packets and are transferred as a data stream from a transmission device to a reception device and are buffered in the reception device for further processing. The data packets are selected such that they respectively contain the data of a segment of a detector row or of a complete detector row of the CT system. Incomplete and/or missing focal paths are detected in the reception device and a storage region is reserved and marked as incorrect for these data packets. The incorrect and/or missing data packets are later interpolated from the data of adjacent detector rows and/or adjacent segments of a detector row and/or successive projections precede or follow the incorrect and/or missing data packets. Missing data packets due to transfer interferences can also be tolerated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stefan Popescu, Martin Bauer, Wolfgang Edler, Gerd Neubauer
  • Method and apparatus for error-tolerant data transfer for a CT system
    Publication number: 20050249326
    Abstract: In a CT system and a method for error-tolerant data transfer between a data acquisition unit and an image reconstruction unit therein, digital data are divided into data packets and are transferred as a data stream from a transmission device to a reception device and are buffered in the reception device for further processing. The data packets are selected such that they respectively contain the data of a segment of a detector row or of a complete detector row of the CT system. Incomplete and/or missing focal paths are detected in the reception device and a storage region is reserved and marked as incorrect for these data packets. The incorrect and/or missing data packets are later interpolated from the data of adjacent detector rows and/or adjacent segments of a detector row and/or successive projections precede or follow the incorrect and/or missing data packets. Missing data packets due to transfer interferences can also be tolerated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2005
    Publication date: November 10, 2005
    Inventors: Stefan Popescu, Martin Bauer, Wolfgang Edler, Gerd Neubauer