Patents by Inventor Joerg Blobel

Joerg Blobel 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).

  • Method for determining a correction function for correcting computed tomographic numbers of a small target object in a CT image
    Patent number: 8818058
    Abstract: A method of correcting target region in computed tomographic (CT) image, including the steps of obtaining a CT image of a patient; determining the size of a target object in the CT image; and correcting CT numbers of a portion of the CT image that corresponds to the target object, based on the determined size of the target object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignees: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, University Health Network
    Inventors: Narinder S. Paul, Ali Ursani, Joerg Blobel
  • METHOD FOR DETERMING A CORRECTION FUNCTION FOR CORRECTING COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC NUMBERS OF A SMALL TARGET OBJECT IN A CT IMAGE
    Publication number: 20110129057
    Abstract: A method of correcting target region in computed tomographic (CT) image, including the steps of obtaining a CT image of a patient; determining the size of a target object in the CT image; and correcting CT numbers of a portion of the CT image that corresponds to the target object, based on the determined size of the target object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicants: TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, University Health Network
    Inventors: Narinder S. PAUL, Ali Ursani, Joerg Blobel