Patents by Inventor JOHN HEERFORDT

JOHN HEERFORDT 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: 11460529
    Abstract: A method and a system automatically perform an image reconstruction of a biological object. The method includes acquiring at different time points t_i signal data for imaging the biological object and clustering a set of data in connection with the acquired signal data. The clustering includes constructing a matrix C, wherein an element Ci,j of the matrix C is the value n_j of one of the data of the dataset acquired at the time point t_i, and then performing a similarity clustering based on the matrix C. At least one of the clusters is selected and determining for each of the time points t_i that are part of the cluster all acquired signal data that have been acquired within a predefined temporal threshold with respect to the considered time point t_i. The image reconstruction of the biological object is performed with the previously determined acquired signal data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignees: Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
    Inventors: Davide Piccini, John Heerfordt, Christopher Roy, Matthias Stuber
  • Publication number: 20210041519
    Abstract: A method and a system automatically perform an image reconstruction of a biological object. The method includes acquiring at different time points t_i signal data for imaging the biological object and clustering a set of data in connection with the acquired signal data. The clustering includes constructing a matrix C, wherein an element Ci,j of the matrix C is the value n_j of one of the data of the dataset acquired at the time point t_i, and then performing a similarity clustering based on the matrix C. At least one of the clusters is selected and determining for each of the time points t_i that are part of the cluster all acquired signal data that have been acquired within a predefined temporal threshold with respect to the considered time point t_i. The image reconstruction of the biological object is performed with the previously determined acquired signal data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: DAVIDE PICCINI, JOHN HEERFORDT, CHRISTOPHER ROY, MATTHIAS STUBER