Patents by Inventor Karlheinz Dorn

Karlheinz Dorn 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: 11645128
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method is for providing cross-linking between cloud-based web-applications. A consumer web-application calls a Uniform Resource Locator, URL, implemented in a customized provider webpage of a provider web-application to activate the customized provider webpage of the provider web-application via a cross link, the URL, including an URL extension with additional URL parameters to provide autonavigation to a customized specific internal view of the activated provider webpage. The customized specific internal view of the activated provider webpage is opened automatically on top of the calling web-application until the activated provider webpage is closed in response to a corresponding user command input via a user interface. The last state and context of the calling consumer web-application is kept and is used to restore automatically the original calling consumer web-application after the provider webpage of the provider web-application is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Slemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Karlheinz Dorn, Andreas Falkner
  • Patent number: 11636953
    Abstract: A method is for comparing reference values in medical imaging processes of different medical imaging devices. In an embodiment, the method includes providing a data base of reference values, each reference value of the data base being assigned to a defined global identification specifying the medical imaging process; creating a label for the medical imaging process at a local medical imaging device using the defined global identification; and providing a mapping assigning a local identification to the defined global identification, for supporting the creation of the label for the medical imaging process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH
    Inventor: Karlheinz Dorn
  • Patent number: 11568969
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, as well as a system, is for evaluating dose events of at least one medical imaging exam. In an embodiment, the method includes receiving at least one list of dose events of the at least one medical imaging exam; providing a body region counter value indicating a number of body regions; determining whether the body region counter value is 1 or larger than 1; associating, upon the body region counter value provided being 1, all of the dose events with a standardized body region based protocol identifier; and associating, upon the value being larger than 1, each dose event with at least one standardized body region based protocol identifier, each of the dose events being respectively associated with a number of different standardized body region based protocol identifiers, with which each of the dose events are associated, is equal to the body region counter value provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH
    Inventor: Karlheinz Dorn
  • Patent number: 11404160
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and to a system for managing and editing data of a medical device (2, 2?). According to the invention, separate memory areas (22-25) in a cloud storage (19) of a public cloud (13) are provided for at least two different types of medical data sets (P, W, C, B). The data sets (P, W, C, B) stored in a particular memory area (22-25) are each held available in such a way that said data sets (P, W, C, B) can be directly accessed from the Internet (16) if a subscription (18, 18) associated with the memory area (22-25) exists. In addition, at least one specifically associated application (31-34, 94, 95) for running on a user device (8, 9, 11, 12) is provided for each memory area (22-25), said application being designed to retrieve and/or display the data sets (P, W, C, B) contained in the associated memory area (22-25).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventor: Karlheinz Dorn
  • Publication number: 20220130522
    Abstract: A method and system are for providing dose data from a cloud-based dose management system in a local Intranet. The method includes receiving study data according to at least one selection criterion from an image archiving and communication system, within the local Intranet; uploading first dose data, including or indicating at least one respective unique study-identifying characteristic value, based upon the study data received, into a cloud-based dose management system; checking whether a trigger condition is present; downloading via the dose data provisioning module, upon the checking indicating a presence of the trigger condition, second dose data, including or indicating a respective unique study-identifying characteristic value, based upon the first dose data from the cloud-based dose management system; and providing the second dose data to a reporting system or another local apparatus within the local Intranet, either automatically or upon a provisioning condition being fulfilled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventor: Karlheinz DORN
  • Patent number: 11252102
    Abstract: A device transmits a request to access image data stored in a cloud and then receives an access path to the image data. If the image data are in a first data format, the device reads the image data via the access path, converts them into the second data format, and stores the converted image data in the cloud. It also modifies the access path according to a modification rule and stores the modified access path in the cloud. If the image data are in the second data format, the device either always reads the image data in the second data format via the access path or checks whether a special instruction has been defined. On the basis of the special instruction, the device either reads the image data in the second data format via the access path or remodifies the access path using the modification rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Karlheinz Dorn
  • Patent number: 11069428
    Abstract: Measurement results are acquired by a number of medical imaging systems in each case using a respective measurement protocol and by applying a respective dose. Data records are automatically placed in a cloud by the systems or a PACS connected to the respective system. Measurement protocols, applied doses, and anonymized images of the data records are referenced among each other. The data records placed in the cloud are assigned the respective examination type and an identification of the respective system and/or an identification of the type of respective system. The cloud accepts data queries from users. The data queries as a search criterion specify at least the examination type, the identification of the respective system, and/or the identification of the type of the respective system. The data records are determined by the cloud in accordance with the respective data query and are made available to the respective user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Karlheinz Dorn, Thomas Goßler, Andrew John Hewett, Vladyslav Ukis
  • Patent number: 11026652
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and a system are for providing a dose reference value for a patient. In an embodiment, the method includes: determining a body parameter value for each of at least one body parameter of a patient; determining an adjustment factor based at least on the at least one determined body parameter value of the patient; determining a base dose reference value; and providing the dose reference value for the patient based on the base dose reference value adjusted using the determined adjustment factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH
    Inventor: Karlheinz Dorn
  • Patent number: 10945696
    Abstract: In a method, a topogram of an examination volume is received via an interface. A water equivalent diameter (abbreviated to WED) of a slice plane of the examination volume is then determined, via a computer unit, based on the topogram. Thereafter, via the computer unit, a noise level is determined based on the WED, the noise level being an upper threshold value for noise of a CT image dataset. Finally, via the computer unit, a reference dose parameter is determined, based on the noise level determined and the WED, the reference dose parameter corresponding to a first x ray dose, absorbable in the slice plane during a recording of a first CT image dataset of the examination volume upon noise of the first CT image dataset corresponding to the noise level determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH
    Inventor: Karlheinz Dorn
  • Publication number: 20200371852
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method is for providing cross-linking between cloud-based web-applications. A consumer web-application calls a Uniform Resource Locator, URL, implemented in a customized provider webpage of a provider web-application to activate the customized provider webpage of the provider web-application via a cross link, the URL, including an URL extension with additional URL parameters to provide autonavigation to a customized specific internal view of the activated provider webpage. The customized specific internal view of the activated provider webpage is opened automatically on top of the calling web-application until the activated provider webpage is closed in response to a corresponding user command input via a user interface. The last state and context of the calling consumer web-application is kept and is used to restore automatically the original calling consumer web-application after the provider webpage of the provider web-application is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Karlheinz DORN, Andreas FALKNER
  • Publication number: 20200100755
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and a system are for providing a dose reference value for a patient. In an embodiment, the method includes: determining a body parameter value for each of at least one body parameter of a patient; determining an adjustment factor based at least on the at least one determined body parameter value of the patient; determining a base dose reference value; and providing the dose reference value for the patient based on the base dose reference value adjusted using the determined adjustment factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventor: Karlheinz DORN
  • Publication number: 20200069277
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, as well as a system, is for evaluating dose events of at least one medical imaging exam. In an embodiment, the method includes receiving at least one list of dose events of the at least one medical imaging exam; providing a body region counter value indicating a number of body regions; determining whether the body region counter value is 1 or larger than 1; associating, upon the body region counter value provided being 1, all of the dose events with a standardized body region based protocol identifier; and associating, upon the value being larger than 1, each dose event with at least one standardized body region based protocol identifier, each of the dose events being respectively associated with a number of different standardized body region based protocol identifiers, with which each of the dose events are associated, is equal to the body region counter value provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventor: Karlheinz DORN
  • Patent number: 10529447
    Abstract: In a method, a personal dose report image is received via a first interface. The personal dose report image includes personal data and dose data of an imaging by way of ionizing radiation. The personal data and the dose data are contained as rasterized text in the personal dose report image and the personal data or the dose data includes a first signal word. A first position of the first signal word in the personal dose report image is determined through optical character recognition. An image area in the personal dose report image is determined based on the first position, the image area including at least a part of the personal data. An anonymized dose report image based on the personal dose report image is determined, at least the image area of the anonymized dose report image corresponding to the image area of the personal dose report image being anonymized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH
    Inventor: Karlheinz Dorn
  • Patent number: 10423655
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for automatically controlling loading processes of dose information images. In one example, the method includes receiving a data record at a local data repository, wherein the data record contains a dose information image and a scanner index. The method further includes: comparing the scanner index against a whitelist from the central data repository; transmitting the data record from the local data repository to a checking directory of the central data repository when the scanner index is not contained in the whitelist; validating the dose information image from the checking directory by character recognition; and entering the scanner index in the whitelist in the event of successful validation of the dose information image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventor: Karlheinz Dorn
  • Publication number: 20190254620
    Abstract: In a method, a topogram of an examination volume is received via an interface. A water equivalent diameter (abbreviated to WED) of a slice plane of the examination volume is then determined, via a computer unit, based on the topogram. Thereafter, via the computer unit, a noise level is determined based on the WED, the noise level being an upper threshold value for noise of a CT image dataset. Finally, via the computer unit, a reference dose parameter is determined, based on the noise level determined and the WED, the reference dose parameter corresponding to a first x ray dose, absorbable in the slice plane during a recording of a first CT image dataset of the examination volume upon noise of the first CT image dataset corresponding to the noise level determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventor: Karlheinz Dorn
  • Patent number: 10349912
    Abstract: In a method, a water equivalent diameter (abbreviated to WED) of a slice plane of an examination volume is received via an interface. In an embodiment, a noise level based on the water equivalent diameter is determined via a computer unit, the noise level being an upper threshold value for the noise of a CT image dataset. Furthermore a reference dose parameter is determined based on the noise level and the water equivalent diameter via the computer unit, the reference dose parameter corresponding to a first x-ray dose, which would be absorbed in the slice plane during a recording of a first CT image dataset of the examination volume upon the noise of the first CT image dataset corresponding to the noise level. Finally, the reference dose parameter is indirectly proportional to a power of the noise level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH
    Inventor: Karlheinz Dorn
  • Patent number: 10299754
    Abstract: In at least one embodiment, X-ray images of a human examination object acquired via X-ray equipment are each spatially-resolved in a plurality of dimensions. In each case, one dimension extends in the head-foot direction of the examination object. The respective body region is detected in the X-ray images in steps that are equidistant in the head-foot direction and, based on this, the water-equivalent diameter of the examination object is determined in a plane orthogonal to the head-foot direction. The water equivalent diameters determined for each respective position is stored with allocation to the X-ray images and the respective position in the head-foot direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH
    Inventor: Karlheinz Dorn
  • Publication number: 20190066848
    Abstract: A method is for comparing reference values in medical imaging processes of different medical imaging devices. In an embodiment, the method includes providing a data base of reference values, each reference value of the data base being assigned to a defined global identification specifying the medical imaging process; creating a label for the medical imaging process at a local medical imaging device using the defined global identification; and providing a mapping assigning a local identification to the defined global identification, for supporting the creation of the label for the medical imaging process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventor: Karlheinz DORN
  • Patent number: 10191626
    Abstract: A system for managing and processing data in a medical facility is specified. The system includes at least one browser application for running on a user device. The browser application is set up to display data record lists containing a respective list entry for a number of medical data records of at least one particular data type and individual list entries for inspection and processing. The browser application has a multilayer component architecture having a frame layer, a view layer, a view model layer, a model layer and a driver layer. In this case, the components of the view model layer are generic, that is to say independent of the data type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Karlheinz Dorn
  • Publication number: 20190015065
    Abstract: In at least one embodiment, X-ray images of a human examination object acquired via X-ray equipment are each spatially-resolved in a plurality of dimensions. In each case, one dimension extends in the head-foot direction of the examination object. The respective body region is detected in the X-ray images in steps that are equidistant in the head-foot direction and, based on this, the water-equivalent diameter of the examination object is determined in a plane orthogonal to the head-foot direction. The water equivalent diameters determined for each respective position is stored with allocation to the X-ray images and the respective position in the head-foot direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventor: Karlheinz DORN