Patents by Inventor Hans Aerts

Hans Aerts 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).

  • Patent number: 5852646
    Abstract: An X-ray imaging method, and device for carrying out the method, utilizes a first imaging device to form and digitally store a series of two-dimensional X-ray images in which an object to be examined is projected onto an X-ray image pick-up device from different perspectives, and a second imaging device to form a three-dimensional image of the same object. Quasi three-dimensional reproduction of anatomic structures is achieved by extracting a relevant structure of the object to be examined from the three-dimensional image, calculating synthetic, two-dimensional projection images of the extracted structure, the structure being projected with the same geometrical parameters as used for the relevant structure during the formation of the individual X-ray images, forming superposition images by superposing the synthetic projection images and the X-ray images formed under the same geometrical conditions, and displaying the series of superposition images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1998
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Erhard P. A. Klotz, Reiner H. Koppe, John Op De Beek, Hans Aerts