Patents by Inventor Horst Joachim Mayer

Horst Joachim Mayer 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: 9069063
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for recording medical images, in particular ultrasound images, of a moving object, in particular of a heart, said method comprising the following steps: generating a movement signal that dynamically represents the state of movement of the moving object, identifying the phase position and the frequency of the moving object on the basis of the movement signal, reconstructing the images on the basis of the phase position and of the frequency and/or carrying out at least one scan of the moving object, with the recording times being adjusted according to the phase position and the frequency of the moving object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: TOMTEC IMAGING SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Marcus Schreckenberg, Christian Galuschky, Georg Schummers, Horst Joachim Mayer, Alexander Rossmanith
  • Patent number: 8818059
    Abstract: A device and to a method for navigation in a multi-dimensional image data set of an object, obtained by a medical imaging method, including depicting a randomly selectable first visual plane through the image data set as the first sectional image, in which a user can navigate and designate a point by means of an input device, and depicting, in addition to the first sectional image, a further, second sectional image, including another point, designated by the user in the first sectional image, in a second visual plane which intersects the image data set at that angle that corresponds to the perspective obtained during the recording of the image data set at the designated point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Tomtec Imaging Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Stockhausen, Horst Joachim Mayer
  • Publication number: 20110317899
    Abstract: A device and to a method for navigation in a multi-dimensional image data set of an object, obtained by a medical imaging method, including depicting a randomly selectable first visual plane through the image data set as the first sectional image, in which a user can navigate and designate a point by means of an input device, and depicting, in addition to the first sectional image, a further, second sectional image, including another point, designated by the user in the first sectional image, in a second visual plane which intersects the image data set at that angle that corresponds to the perspective obtained during the recording of the image data set at the designated point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: TOMTEC IMAGING SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Jens Stockhausen, Horst Joachim Mayer
  • Publication number: 20110262109
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for recording medical images, in particular ultrasound images, of a moving object, in particular of a heart, said method comprising the following steps: generating a movement signal that dynamically represents the state of movement of the moving object, identifying the phase position and the frequency of the moving object on the basis of the movement signal, reconstructing the images on the basis of the phase position and of the frequency and/or carrying out at least one scan of the moving object, with the recording times being adjusted according to the phase position and the frequency of the moving object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: TOMTEC IMAGING SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Marcus Schreckenberg, Christian Galuschky, Georg Schummers, Horst Joachim Mayer, Alexander Rossmanith
  • Patent number: 8031923
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method, a device and a computer program product for evaluating medical image data sets, which consists of two-dimensional section images, in particular MR images, wherein a plurality of two-dimensional cross-sections (K1, K2, . . . Kn) and at least one two-dimensional longitudinal section (L1) of a target region (1) of a human or animal body are recorded and stored, a longitudinal axis (5) and points of intersection (6) are determined at the points at which the longitudinal axis (5) extends through the plurality of two-dimensional cross-sections (K1, K2 . . . Kn) and a reduced data volume (7) is generated, which is composed of partial cross-sections (k1, k2, . . . kn), which are generated by means of the points of intersection (6) and scaling factors (a1, a2, b1, b2) from the plurality of two-dimensional cross-sections (K1, K2, . . . Kn).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Tomtec Imaging Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Georg Schummers, Marcus Schreckenberg, Dieter Bayer, Horst Joachim Mayer
  • Publication number: 20080199062
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method, a device and a computer program product for evaluating medical image data sets, which consists of two-dimensional section images, in particular MR images, wherein a plurality of two-dimensional cross-sections (K1, K2, . . . Kn) and at least one two-dimensional longitudinal section (L1) of a target region (1) of a human or animal body are recorded and stored, a longitudinal axis (5) and points of intersection (6) are determined at the points at which the longitudinal axis (5) extends through the plurality of two-dimensional cross-sections (K1, K2 . . . Kn) and a reduced data volume (7) is generated, which is composed of partial cross-sections (k1, k2, . . . kn), which are generated by means of the points of intersection (6) and scaling factors (a1, a2, b1, b2) from the plurality of two-dimensional cross-sections (K1, K2, . . . Kn).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: TOMTEC IMAGING SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: GEORG SCHUMMERS, MARCUS SCHRECKENBERG, DIETER BAYER, HORST JOACHIM MAYER