Patents by Inventor Joaquin L. Herraiz

Joaquin L. Herraiz 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: 10502846
    Abstract: A method and system for acquiring a series of medical images includes acquiring imaging data, identifying double coincidence events and multiple detection (MD) coincidence events from the imaging data, and storing the double coincidence events and the MD coincidence events in a first dataset and a second dataset, respectively. The method also includes applying a normalization correction to the first dataset and/or the second dataset using normalization values based on double coincidence events and/or MD coincidence events to obtain at least one normalized dataset, and reconstructing a series of medical images of the subject from the at least one normalized dataset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Eduardo M. Lage, Joaquin L. Herraiz, Vicente J. Parot, Shivang R. Dave
  • Publication number: 20160131774
    Abstract: A method and system for acquiring a series of medical images includes acquiring imaging data, identifying double coincidence events and multiple detection (MD) co-incidence events from the imaging data, and storing the double coincidence events and the MD coincidence events in a first dataset and a second dataset, respectively. The method also includes applying a normalization correction to the first dataset and/or the second dataset using normalization values based on double coincidence events and/or MD coincidence events to obtain at least one normalized dataset, and reconstructing a series of medical images of the subject from the at least one normalized dataset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Eduardo M. LAGE, Joaquin L. HERRAIZ, Vicente J. PAROT, Shivang R. DAVE
  • Publication number: 20150185339
    Abstract: A method and system for acquiring a series of medical images during a common imaging process, includes a plurality of detectors configured to be arranged to acquire gamma rays emitted from a subject as a result of multiple radiotracers administered to the subject and communicate signals corresponding to acquired gamma rays. A data processing system is configured to receive the signals from the plurality of detectors and identify temporal information and energy information of photons of the acquired gamma rays. A reconstruction system is configured to receive the signals, the temporal information, and the energy information from the data processing system and reconstruct therefrom a series of medical images of the subject, wherein at least one of the images in the series of medical images corresponds to only to information acquired from gamma rays emitted as a result of a given one of the multiple radiotracers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Eduardo M. Lage, Joaquin L. Herraiz, Vicente J. Parot