Patents by Inventor Heman Malve

Heman Malve 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).

  • Calcium scoring method and system
    Patent number: 7409079
    Abstract: A method of automatically scoring intravascular calcium. The delineation of a body surface is detected in a tomographic image produced by an X-ray CT system. Images of bones are removed from a field encircled with the delineation of the body surface. The delineations of blood vessels are detected in the tomographic image having the bone images removed therefrom. Calcium is scored using the tomographic image having the bone images removed therefrom. Only the scores of intravascular calcium obtained from the fields inside the delineations of the blood vessels are displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC
    Inventors: Ramkumar Saptharishi, Heman Malve, Uday Patil
  • Calcium scoring method and system
    Publication number: 20050157917
    Abstract: A method of automatically scoring intravascular calcium. The delineation of a body surface is detected in a tomographic image produced by an X-ray CT system. Images of bones are removed from a field encircled with the delineation of the body surface. The delineations of blood vessels are detected in the tomographic image having the bone images removed therefrom. Calcium is scored using the tomographic image having the bone images removed therefrom. Only the scores of intravascular calcium obtained from the fields inside the delineations of the blood vessels are displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2005
    Publication date: July 21, 2005
    Inventors: Ramkumar Saptharishi, Heman Malve, Uday Patil