Patents by Inventor Juergen Soldner

Juergen Soldner 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: 11574154
    Abstract: Systems and methods include control of a nuclear imaging scanner to acquire nuclear imaging scan data of a body, control of a computed tomography scanner to acquire computed tomography scan data of the body, determination of a scanning speed, of the nuclear imaging scanner, associated with each of a plurality of scanning coordinates based on locations of one or more internal volumes associated with radioactivity greater than a threshold level, a classification determined for each of the one or more of the internal volumes indicating a degree of clinical interest based at least in part on the radioactivity associated with the internal volume, and an attenuation coefficient map based on the computed tomography scan data, and control of the nuclear imaging scanner to scan the body over each of the scanning coordinates at the associated scanning speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce S. Spottiswoode, Juergen Soldner
  • Publication number: 20220164612
    Abstract: Systems and methods include control of a nuclear imaging scanner to acquire nuclear imaging scan data of a body, control of a computed tomography scanner to acquire computed tomography scan data of the body, identification of one or more internal volumes of the body based on the nuclear imaging scan data, each of the one or more internal volumes associated with radioactivity greater than a threshold level, determination, for each of the one or more internal volumes, of a classification indicating a degree of clinical interest based at least in part on the radioactivity associated with the internal volume, generation of an attenuation coefficient map based on the computed tomography scan data, determination of a scanning speed associated with each of a plurality of scanning coordinates based on locations of the one or more internal volumes, the classification determined for each of the one or more of the internal volumes, and the attenuation coefficient map, and control of the nuclear imaging scanner to scan t
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Bruce S. Spottiswoode, Juergen Soldner
  • Patent number: 10736596
    Abstract: A system and method include execution of a first nuclear imaging scan to acquire first nuclear imaging scan data of a body; generation of a target image based on the first nuclear imaging scan data execute a second nuclear imaging scan to acquire second nuclear imaging scan data of the body association of each of a plurality of portions of the second nuclear imaging scan data with a respective one of a plurality of motion phases of the body, generation, for each of the plurality of motion phases of the body, of a binned image based on the portion of the second nuclear imaging scan data associated with the motion phase, performance of motion-correction on each of the plurality of binned images based on the target image to generate a plurality of motion-corrected binned images, and generation of an image based on the target image and the plurality of motion-corrected binned images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce S. Spottiswoode, Juergen Soldner
  • Publication number: 20200000424
    Abstract: A system and method include execution of a first nuclear imaging scan to acquire first nuclear imaging scan data of a body; generation of a target image based on the first nuclear imaging scan data execute a second nuclear imaging scan to acquire second nuclear imaging scan data of the body association of each of a plurality of portions of the second nuclear imaging scan data with a respective one of a plurality of motion phases of the body, generation, for each of the plurality of motion phases of the body, of a binned image based on the portion of the second nuclear imaging scan data associated with the motion phase, performance of motion-correction on each of the plurality of binned images based on the target image to generate a plurality of motion-corrected binned images, and generation of an image based on the target image and the plurality of motion-corrected binned images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Bruce S. Spottiswoode, Juergen Soldner
  • Publication number: 20190392265
    Abstract: A system and method includes identification of locations of one or more internal volumes of a body, each of the identified one or more locations associated with radioactivity greater than a threshold level, determination of a degree of interest associated with each of the one or more internal volumes based at least in part on the associated radioactivity, determination of a scanning speed associated with each of a plurality of scanning coordinates, based at least in part on the locations of the one or more internal volumes and the degree of interest associated with each of the one or more of the internal volumes, and control of the nuclear imaging scanner to scan the body based on the plurality of scanning speeds and associated scanning coordinates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Bruce S. Spottiswoode, Juergen Soldner
  • Patent number: 8160314
    Abstract: A system and method for linking volumes of interest (VOIs) across timepoints are provided. The method comprises: loading an image dataset of a first timepoint and an image dataset of a second timepoint; registering the image dataset of the first timepoint and the image dataset of the second timepoint; displaying the image dataset of the first timepoint and the image dataset of the second timepoint; selecting a VOI in the image dataset of the first timepoint and the image dataset of the second timepoint; and linking the VOIs in the image dataset of the first timepoint and the image dataset of the second timepoint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignees: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Venkat Raghavan Ramamurthy, Arun Krishnan, Christian Beldinger, Juergen Soldner, Maxim Mamin, Axel Barth, Stefan Käpplinger, Michael Gluth, Peggy Hawman, Darrell Burckhardt, Axel Platz
  • Patent number: 7616799
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring disease progression or response to therapy using multi-modal visualization are provided. The method comprises: selecting a first image dataset of a first timepoint; loading the first image dataset of the first timepoint; selecting a second image dataset of a second timepoint; loading the second image dataset of the second timepoint; registering the first image dataset of the first timepoint and the second image dataset of the second timepoint; and displaying the first image dataset of the first timepoint and the second image dataset of the second timepoint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Venkat Raghavan Ramamurthy, Arun Krishnan, Christian Beldinger, Juergen Soldner, Maxim Mamin, Axel Barth, Stefan Käpplinger, Michael Gluth, Peggy Hawman, Darrell Burckhardt, Axel Platz
  • Publication number: 20060030769
    Abstract: A system and method for loading a timepoint for comparison with a previously loaded timepoint are provided. The method comprises: selecting an image dataset of the timepoint; validating the image dataset of the timepoint against a validated image dataset of the previously loaded timepoint; and constructing a volume based on the image dataset of the timepoint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2005
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Inventors: Venkat Ramamurthy, Arun Krishnan, Christian Beldinger, Juergen Soldner, Maxim Mamin, Axel Barth, Stefan Käpplinger, Michael Gluth, Peggy Hawman, Darrell Burckhardt, Axel Platz
  • Publication number: 20060030768
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring disease progression or response to therapy using multi-modal visualization are provided. The method comprises: selecting a first image dataset of a first timepoint; loading the first image dataset of the first timepoint; selecting a second image dataset of a second timepoint; loading the second image dataset of the second timepoint; registering the first image dataset of the first timepoint and the second image dataset of the second timepoint; and displaying the first image dataset of the first timepoint and the second image dataset of the second timepoint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2005
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Inventors: Venkat Ramamurthy, Arun Krishnan, Christian Beldinger, Juergen Soldner, Maxim Mamin, Axel Barth, Stefan Käpplinger, Michael Gluth, Peggy Hawman, Darrell Burckhardt, Axel Platz
  • Publication number: 20060025669
    Abstract: A system and method for linking volumes of interest (VOIs) across timepoints are provided. The method comprises: loading an image dataset of a first timepoint and an image dataset of a second timepoint; registering the image dataset of the first timepoint and the image dataset of the second timepoint; displaying the image dataset of the first timepoint and the image dataset of the second timepoint; selecting a VOI in the image dataset of the first timepoint and the image dataset of the second timepoint; and linking the VOIs in the image dataset of the first timepoint and the image dataset of the second timepoint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2005
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Inventors: Venkat Ramamurthy, Arun Krishnan, Christian Beldinger, Juergen Soldner, Maxim Mamin, Axel Barth, Stefan Kapplinger, Michael Gluth, Peggy Hawman, Darrell Burckhardt, Axel Platz
  • Patent number: 6807247
    Abstract: The present invention provides techniques for combining various types of diagnostic images. In one embodiment of the present invention, a composite image is obtained by fusing MPR and MIP images. The MPR is obtained from a CT scan, and the MIP is obtained from a PET scan. The resulting superimposed images help a physician to see the diagnostic information in context. In other embodiments of the present invention, techniques for an MIP-MIP overlay, VR-MIP overlay, and VR-MPR overlay are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: Siemens Corporate Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Arun Krishnan, Steven Charles Dilliplane, Jens Guehring, Ramamani Ramraj, Juergen Soldner
  • Publication number: 20040013290
    Abstract: The present invention provides techniques for combining various types of diagnostic images. In one embodiment of the present invention, a composite image is obtained by fusing MPR and MIP images. The MPR is obtained from a CT scan, and the MIP is obtained from a PET scan. The resulting superimposed images help a physician to see the diagnostic information in context. In other embodiments of the present invention, techniques for an MIP-MIP overlay, VR-MIP overlay, and VR-MPR overlay are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventors: Arun Krishnan, Steven Charles Dilliplane, Jens Guehring, Ramamani Ramaraj, Juergen Soldner