Patents by Inventor Karsten Schörner

Karsten Schörner 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: 10282872
    Abstract: A method is provided for reducing noise in a tomogram and/or volume rendering of at least one object. The noise can occur when scattered radiation artifacts are corrected. At least one tomogram that is affected by scattered radiation and at least one preliminary tomogram that has been corrected by a defined correction method are produced from a plurality of projection image datasets that are affected by scattered radiation. The noise emerging when scattered radiation artifacts are corrected may be reduced by selectively smoothening the noise using a filter based on an edge contour of the at least one object, which contour is rendered in the tomogram that is affected by scattered radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH
    Inventors: Frank Dennerlein, Matthias Goldammer, Michael Schrapp, Karsten Schoerner, Juergen Stephan
  • Publication number: 20170032547
    Abstract: A method is provided for reducing noise in a tomogram and/or volume rendering of at least one object. The noise can occur when scattered radiation artefacts are corrected. At least one tomogram that is affected by scattered radiation and at least one preliminary tomogram that has been corrected by a defined correction method are produced from a plurality of projection image datasets that are affected by scattered radiation. The noise emerging when scattered radiation artefacts are corrected may be reduced by selectively smoothening the noise using a filter based on an edge contour of the at least one object, which contour is rendered in the tomogram that is affected by scattered radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare GMBH
    Inventors: Frank Dennerlein, Matthias Goldammer, Michael Schrapp, Karsten Schoerner, Juergen Stephan
  • Patent number: 9367903
    Abstract: Artifacts caused by scattered radiation when generating X-ray images of objects are corrected using a temporally alterable modulation of the primary radiation. A respective set of originally amplitude-modulated modulation projections of the object is generated and a respective scattered image allocated to the respective modulation projections is calculated. The method is particularly suitable for fast CT scans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Matthias Goldammer, Karsten Schörner
  • Patent number: 9263164
    Abstract: A method and a device produce X-ray images of objects, according to which artifacts caused by scattered radiation are corrected. To this end, a modulator field is used, that can be moved from a first position to a second position, thereby enabling modulator field areas with small and relatively large X-ray attenuation coefficients to be interchanged. An initial amplitude-modulated projection of the object is respectively produced in each of the two positions, and a scattered image associated with the projection is respectively calculated. This is especially suitable for rapid CT scans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Matthias Goldammer, Karsten Schörner
  • Publication number: 20140146935
    Abstract: A method and a device produce X-ray images of objects, according to which artefacts caused by scattered radiation are corrected. To this end, a modulator field is used, that can be moved from a first position to a second position, thereby enabling modulator field areas with small and relatively large X-ray attenuation coefficients to be interchanged. An initial amplitude-modulated projection of the object is respectively produced in each of the two positions, and a scattered image associated with the projection is respectively calculated. This is especially suitable for rapid CT scans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Matthias Goldammer, Karsten Schörner
  • Publication number: 20140056407
    Abstract: Artifacts caused by scattered radiation when generating X-ray images of objects are corrected using a temporally alterable modulation of the primary radiation. A respective set of originally amplitude-modulated modulation projections of the object is generated and a respective scattered image allocated to the respective modulation projections is calculated. The method is particularly suitable for fast CT scans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Matthias Goldammer, Karsten Schörner