Patents by Inventor Ingwer-Curt Carlsen
Ingwer-Curt Carlsen 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).
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Patent number: 10311971Abstract: An oncology monitoring system comprises: an image analysis module (42, 44) configured to perform an oncological monitoring operation based on images of a subject, for example acquired by positron emission tomography (PET) and computed tomography (CT); and a clinical guideline support module (10). The clinical guideline support module is configured to: display a graphical flow diagram (GFD) of a clinical therapy protocol for treating the subject comprising graphical blocks (B0, B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B21, B211, B22, B221, B222, B223, B23, B231, B232) representing therapeutic or monitoring operations of the clinical therapy protocol including at least one monitoring operation performed by the image analysis module; annotate a graphical block of the graphical flow diagram with subject-specific information pertaining to a therapeutic or monitoring operation represented by the graphical block; and display an annotation (POP) of a graphical block (B211) responsive to selection of the graphical block by a user.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2010Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Roland Johannes Opfer, Lilla Boroczky, Ingwer Curt Carlsen, Pradyumna Dutta, Steffen Renisch, Joerg Sabczynski, Paola Karina Tulipano
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Patent number: 9842190Abstract: A system for displaying a set of interrelated objects comprises an initializer (1) for identifying a plurality of interrelated objects, a first information filter (2) for selecting a first subset of the plurality of interrelated objects for display based on a first information filter setting, a first displayer (3) for displaying the first subset of the plurality of interrelated objects on a first display area, a user interface (7) for enabling a user to select a region of the first display area for enlargement by visually indicating the region in the first display area, wherein the user can select the region independently of locations of the displayed objects in the first display area, a second information filter (4) for selecting a second subset of the plurality of interrelated objects for display based on a second information filter setting, wherein the second information filter is arranged for selecting objects corresponding to the selected region with an increased level of information detail compared to tType: GrantFiled: February 29, 2012Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Ingwer-Curt Carlsen, Sebastian Peter Michael Dries, Roland Johannes Opfer, Arvid Randal Nicolaas, Robbert Christiaan Van Ommering
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Patent number: 9767550Abstract: A method and a device for analyzing a region of interest in an object is proposed. The method comprises: (a) providing measurement data by a differential phase contrast X-ray imaging system, and (b) analyzing characteristics of the object in the region of interest. Therein, the measurement data comprise a 2-dimensional or 3-dimensional set of pixels wherein for each pixel the measurement data comprises three types of image data spatially aligned with each other, including (i) absorption representing image data A, (ii) differential phase contrast representing image data D, and (iii) coherence representing image data C. The analyzing step is based, for each pixel, on a combination of at least two of information comprised in the absorption representing image data A and information comprised in the differential phase contrast representing image data D and information comprised in the coherence representing image data C.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2011Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Ingwer-Curt Carlsen, Thomas Koehler, Gerhard Martens, Ewald Rossl, Rafael Wiemker
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Patent number: 9757083Abstract: To improve the scanning effect, a scanning method is provided, which comprises the steps of performing at least one of an nCT scan and a CTA scan on an object so as to obtain a set of images; detecting characteristics of a region of interest based on the set of images; and performing a CTP scan on the region of interest by adopting the characteristics to obtain a CTP image. By deriving the characteristics of the region of interest, e.g. a lesion or an area covering the lesion, before performing the CTP scan, and by adapting the subsequent CTP scan based on the characteristics of the region of interest, the drawback introduced by a limited scan area of the CTP scanner is mitigated, or even overcome.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2008Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Kirsten Meetz, Ingwer Curt Carlsen
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Patent number: 9678644Abstract: A system for displaying a plurality of registered images is disclosed. A first viewport unit displays a representation of a first image dataset in a first viewport. A second viewport unit displays a representation of a second image dataset in a second viewport. A position indication unit enables a user to indicate a position in the first dataset displayed in the first viewport, to obtain a user-indicated position. A corresponding position determining unit determines a position in the second image dataset corresponding to the user-indicated position, to obtain a corresponding position in the second image dataset, based on correspondence information mapping positions in the first image dataset to corresponding positions in the second image dataset. The second viewport unit displays an indication of the corresponding position in the second viewport.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2012Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Thomas Buelow, Martin Bergtholdt, Kirsten Regina Meetz, Ingwer-Curt Carlsen, Rafael Wiemker
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Patent number: 9261441Abstract: A system for generating a slicing scheme for slicing a specimen is disclosed. A parameter unit (1) is arranged for determining at least one parameter of a lesion in a specimen, based on an image dataset (14) representing at least part of the specimen. A slicing scheme unit (2) is arranged for determining a slicing scheme (15) for pathologic examination of the specimen, based on the at least one parameter. A specimen preparation unit (3) is arranged for determining a slicing preparation protocol, based on the image dataset, wherein the slicing preparation protocol comprises a representation of preparation steps relating to the specimen. A segmentation unit (5) is arranged for segmenting the lesion in the image dataset (14), wherein the parameter unit (1) is arranged for determining the at least one parameter, based on the segmented lesion.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2012Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Kirsten Meetz, Martin Bergtholdt, Thomas Buelow, Ingwer-Curt Carlsen, Rafael Wiemker
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Publication number: 20150363080Abstract: A system for displaying a plurality of registered images is disclosed. A first viewport unit (1) displays a representation of a first image dataset (4) in a first viewport (201). A second viewport unit (2) displays a representation of a second image dataset (5) in a second viewport (202). A position indication unit (7) enables a user to indicate a position in the first dataset (4) displayed in the first viewport (201), to obtain a user-indicated position. A corresponding position determining unit (8) determines a position in the second image dataset (5) corresponding to the user-indicated position, to obtain a corresponding position in the second image dataset (5), based on correspondence information (9) mapping positions in the first image dataset (4) to corresponding positions in the second image dataset (5). The second viewport unit (2) displays an indication of the corresponding position in the second viewport (202).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2012Publication date: December 17, 2015Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Thomas Buelow, Martin Bergtholdt, Kirsten Regina Meetz, Ingwer-Curt Carlsen, Rafael Wiemker
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Patent number: 8965080Abstract: A method includes executing, via a data analyzer (122), computer executable instructions that select, without user interaction, a processing protocol (212) from an electronic repository (210) of protocols based on imaging data and non-imaging data corresponding to the patient, processing, via the data analyzer (122), functional imaging data for a subject with the selected processing protocol (212) under a first processing mode, and performing a plausibility check on the processed data.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2010Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Kirsten R. Meetz, Ingwer-Curt Carlsen, Jorg Bredno
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Patent number: 8934697Abstract: Image processing apparatus (100) for creating an overlaid presentation of a first input image (101) and a second input image (102) in an output image (108), the first input image comprising input values, the output image comprising vectors of output values, the vectors of output values representing colors of the output image, and the apparatus comprising an input (110) for obtaining the first input put image and the second input image, a rendering unit (140) configured for rendering the first input image in the output image by using a first mapping function for representing the input values in the vectors of output values, a predictor (120) configured for predicting the second input image from the first input image for obtaining a predicted second input image (104), a residual calculator (130) configured for calculating a residual image (106) from the second input image and the predicted second input image, the residual image comprising residual values representing prediction errors of the predicted second inType: GrantFiled: November 22, 2011Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Rafael Wiemker, Thomas Buelow, Martin Bergtholdt, Kirsten Meetz, Ingwer-Curt Carlsen
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Publication number: 20140354642Abstract: Image processing apparatus 110 comprising a processor 120 for combining a time-series of three-dimensional [3D] images into a single 3D image using an encoding function, the encoding function being arranged for encoding, in voxels of the single 3D image, a change over time in respective co-located voxels of the time-series of 3D images, an input 130 for obtaining a first and second time-series of 3D images 132 for generating, using the processor, a respective first and second 3D image 122, and a renderer 140 for rendering, from a common viewpoint 154, the first and the second 3D image 122 in an output image 162 for enabling comparative display of the change over time of the first and the second time-series of 3D images.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2012Publication date: December 4, 2014Inventors: Rafael Wiemker, Thomas Buelow, Martin Bergtholdt, Kirsten Regina Meetz, Ingwer-Curt Carlsen
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Patent number: 8798343Abstract: A system for displaying lung ventilation information, the system comprising an input (12) and a processing unit (15). The input being provided for receiving multiple CT images (71) of a lung, each CT image (71) corresponding to one phase of at least two different phases in a respiratory cycle. The processing unit (15) being configured to compare CT images (71) corresponding to different phases in the respiratory cycle for determining a deformation vector field for each phase, to generate for each phase a ventilation image (72) based on the corresponding deformation vector field, to spatially align the ventilation images (72), and to generate for at least one common position (62) in each one of the aligned ventilation images (72), a function (81) of a time course of a ventilation value for said common position (62), each ventilation value in the function (81) being based on the deformation vector fields corresponding to the aligned ventilation images (73).Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2010Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Sven Kabus, Cristian Lorenz, Nicole Schadewaldt, Roland Opfer, Ingwer Curt Carlsen, Steffen Renisch, Joerg Sabczynski, Hans Barschdorf, Jens Von Berg, Thomas Blaffert, Tobias Klinder
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Patent number: 8705819Abstract: The invention relates to automatically adjusting an acquisition protocol for dynamic medical imaging, such as dynamic CT, MRI or PET imaging. The protocols are adjusted based on anatomic and dynamic models (10, 12, 14) which are individualized or fitted to each patient based on a scout scan (6, 8). The adjustment can compensate for changes in the patient due to patient motion (e.g. breathing or heartbeat) or flow of contrast or tracing agent during the sequence. This ensures that changes in the reconstructed images are indicative of pathological changes in the patient and not caused by patient motion or changes in scanning parameters or timing. The dynamic model can be a motion model (12) used to predict the motion of anatomic/physiologic features, typically organs, during scanning, or a haemodynamic model (14) used to predict flow of the contrast agent allowing for precise timing of the scanning sequence.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2008Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Ingwer Curt Carlsen, Daniel Bystrov
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Publication number: 20140086463Abstract: A system for generating a slicing scheme for slicing a specimen is disclosed. A parameter unit (1) is arranged for determining at least one parameter of a lesion in a specimen, based on an image dataset (14) representing at least part of the specimen. A slicing scheme unit (2) is arranged for determining a slicing scheme (15) for pathologic examination of the specimen, based on the at least one parameter. A specimen preparation unit (3) is arranged for determining a slicing preparation protocol, based on the image dataset, wherein the slicing preparation protocol comprises a representation of preparation steps relating to the specimen. A segmentation unit (5) is arranged for segmenting the lesion in the image dataset (14), wherein the parameter unit (1) is arranged for determining the at least one parameter, based on the segmented lesion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2012Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Kirsten Meetz, Martin Bergholdt, Thomas Buelow, Ingwer-Curt Carlsen, Rafael Wiemker
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Publication number: 20140006989Abstract: A system for displaying a set of interrelated objects comprises an initializer (1) for identifying a plurality of interrelated objects, a first information filter (2) for selecting a first subset of the plurality of interrelated objects for display based on a first information filter setting, a first displayer (3) for displaying the first subset of the plurality of interrelated objects on a first display area, a user interface (7) for enabling a user to select a region of the first display area for enlargement by visually indicating the region in the first display area, wherein the user can select the region independently of locations of the displayed objects in the first display area, a second information filter (4) for selecting a second subset of the plurality of interrelated objects for display based on a second information filter setting, wherein the second information filter is arranged for selecting objects corresponding to the selected region with an increased level of information detail compared to tType: ApplicationFiled: February 29, 2012Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Ingwer-Curt Carlsen, Sebastian Peter Michael Dries, Roland Johannes Opfer, Arvid Randal Nicolaas, Robbert Christiaan Van Ommering
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Publication number: 20130236124Abstract: Image processing apparatus (100) for creating an overlaid presentation of a first input image (101) and a second input image (102) in an output image (108), the first input image comprising input values, the output image comprising vectors of output values, the vectors of output values representing colors of the output image, and the apparatus comprising an input (110) for obtaining the first input put image and the second input image, a rendering unit (140) configured for rendering the first input image in the output image by using a first mapping function for representing the input values in the vectors of output values, a predictor (120) configured for predicting the second input image from the first input image for obtaining a predicted second input image (104), a residual calculator (130) configured for calculating a residual image (106) from the second input image and the predicted second input image, the residual image comprising residual values representing prediction errors of the predicted second inType: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2011Publication date: September 12, 2013Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: Rafael Wiemker, Thomas Buelow, Martin Bergtholdt, Kirsten Meetz, Ingwer-Curt Carlsen
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Publication number: 20130236079Abstract: A method and a device for analyzing a region of interest in an object is proposed. The method comprises: (a) providing measurement data by a differential phase contrast X-ray imaging system, and (b) analyzing characteristics of the object in the region of interest. Therein, the measurement data comprise a 2-dimensional or 3-dimensional set of pixels wherein for each pixel the measurement data comprises three types of image data spatially aligned with each other, including (i) absorption representing image data A, (ii) differential phase contrast representing image data D, and (iii) coherence representing image data C. The analyzing step is based, for each pixel, on a combination of at least two of information comprised in the absorption representing image data A and information comprised in the differential phase contrast representing image data D and information comprised in the coherence representing image data C.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2011Publication date: September 12, 2013Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: Ingwer-Curt Carlsen, Thomas Koehler, Gerhard Martens, Ewald Rossl, Rafael Wiemker
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Publication number: 20130064437Abstract: A system for handling a specimen image is disclosed. An image input (1) is configured to receive a body image representing at least a portion of a living body and a specimen image representing a dissected portion of the living body. An alignment unit (2) is configured to compute an alignment of the specimen image with the body image, based on image content of the specimen image and/or the body image. A border detector (3) is operatively connected to the alignment unit (2) and configured to detect at least part of an outer border of the dissected portion in the specimen image.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2011Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: Kirsten Meetz, Thomas Buelow, Ingwer Curt Carlsen, Martin Bergtholdt
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Publication number: 20130030839Abstract: The invention relates to a system (100) for mapping a patient data structure (PD) for describing a patient's case into a guideline data structure (GD) for describing a medical guideline, the system comprising storage (170) for storing: a plurality of data items (DI1; DI2; . . . ; DI99); the patient data structure (PD) comprising data items (DI1; DI3; DI5; DI27; DI47, DI67, DI74) of the plurality of data items (DI1; DI2; . . .Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2010Publication date: January 31, 2013Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: Roland Opfer, Paola Karina Tulipano, Eric Cohen-Solal, Victor Paulus Marcellus Vloemans, Ingwer Curt Carlsen, Alexander Verbeek, Arvid Randal Nicolaas, Sebastian Peter Michael Dries, Robbert Christiaan Van Ommering
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Publication number: 20120123801Abstract: An oncology monitoring system comprises: an image analysis module (42, 44) configured to perform an oncological monitoring operation based on images of a subject, for example acquired by positron emission tomography (PET) and computed tomography (CT); and a clinical guideline support module (10). The clinical guideline support module is configured to: display a graphical flow diagram (GFD) of a clinical therapy protocol for treating the subject comprising graphical blocks (B0, B1 B2, B3, B4, B5, B21, B211, B22, B221, B222, B223, B23, B231, B232) representing therapeutic or monitoring operations of the clinical therapy protocol including at least one monitoring operation performed by the image analysis module; annotate a graphical block of the graphical flow diagram with subject-specific information pertaining to a therapeutic or monitoring operation represented by the graphical block; and display an annotation (POP) of a graphical block (B211) responsive to selection of the graphical block by a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2010Publication date: May 17, 2012Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: Roland Opfer, Lilla Boroczky, Ingwer Curt Carlsen, Pradyumna Dutta, Steffen Renisch, Joerg Sabczynski, Paola Karina Tulipano
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Publication number: 20120008846Abstract: A method includes executing, via a data analyzer (122), computer executable instructions that select, without user interaction, a processing protocol (212) from an electronic repository (210) of protocols based on imaging data and non-imaging data corresponding to the patient, processing, via the data analyzer (122), functional imaging data for a subject with the selected processing protocol (212) under a first processing mode, and performing a plausibility check on the processed data.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2010Publication date: January 12, 2012Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: Kirsten R. Meetz, Ingwer-Curt Carlsen, Jorg Bredno