Patents by Inventor Katrin Amunts

Katrin Amunts 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: 9872648
    Abstract: A method and a device for collecting data for posturography comprising a magnetizable body and an acceleration sensor are located on the platform, which magnetizable body and acceleration sensor are connected to a computer by means of an A/D converter. An electromagnet is located under the platform and is attached so as to be displaceable in two axes parallel to the plane of the platform, wherein the electromagnet is connected to an A/D converter and a power supply by means of a circuit, and a time-variable display, which is connected to the A/D converter, and a digital camera which are connected to the computer. By means of the method and the device it is now possible to standardize posturographic measurements, simultaneously detect the acceleration and the position of the platform, and more variably carry out provocations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH
    Inventors: Mehmet Eylem Kirlangic, Martina Minnerop, Christian Spross, Boris Boeckem, Markus Paulzen, Manfred Bednarek, Silke Lux, Katrin Amunts
  • Publication number: 20160157770
    Abstract: A method and a device for collecting data for posturography comprising a magnetizable body and an acceleration sensor are located on the platform, which magnetizable body and acceleration sensor are connected to a computer by means of an A/D converter. An electromagnet is located under the platform and is attached so as to be displaceable in two axes parallel to the plane of the platform, wherein the electromagnet is connected to an A/D converter and a power supply by means of a circuit, and a time-variable display, which is connected to the A/D converter, and a digital camera which are connected to the computer. By means of the method and the device it is now possible to standardize posturographic measurements, simultaneously detect the acceleration and the position of the platform, and more variably carry out provocations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Mehmet Eylem KIRLANGIC, Martina MINNEROP, Christian SPROSS, Boris BOECKEM, Markus PAULZEN, Manfred BEDNAREK, Silke LUX, Katrin AMUNTS
  • Patent number: 8160317
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the topographical presentation of structural alterations in an examined brain using volume data records. In line with the invention, this method is distinguished in that functional areas are mapped by extracting profiles, where the profiles record boundaries for two functional areas in the examined brain, in that the boundaries of the two functional areas are recorded by calculating a multivariant distance measurement, and in that a microstructure in the region of the boundaries of the two cortical areas is recorded and is compared with at least one microstructure in a boundary region of a reference brain. To increase the comparability of various areas in various brains taking into account the interindividual variability, it is expedient for the volume data records to be transformed to a target volume data record using an elastic registration method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH
    Inventors: Katrin Amunts, Karl Zilles, Hartmut Mohlberg, Axel Schleicher, Lars Hömke
  • Publication number: 20080298653
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the topographical presentation of structural alterations in an examined brain using volume data records. In line with the invention, this method is distinguished in that functional areas are mapped by extracting profiles, where the profiles record boundaries for two functional areas in the examined brain, in that the boundaries of the two functional areas are recorded by calculating a multivariant distance measurement, and in that a microstructure in the region of the boundaries of the two cortical areas is recorded and is compared with at least one microstructure in a boundary region of a reference brain. To increase the comparability of various areas in various brains taking into account the interindividual variability, it is expedient for the volume data records to be transformed to a target volume data record using an elastic registration method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: Forschungszentrum Julich GMBH
    Inventors: Katrin Amunts, Karl Zilles, Hartmut Mohlberg, Axel Schleicher, Lars Homke