Patents by Inventor Kenneth Puterbaugh

Kenneth Puterbaugh 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).

  • Method and apparatus for reducing positron emission tomography (PET) event losses by effective bandwidth utilization
    Patent number: 8352811
    Abstract: An event data transmission scheme is provided for reducing positron emission tomography event losses. The event data transmission scheme employs a more effective use of available data bandwidth. Each of a plurality of detector data slots is connected directly to a data aggregation control interface, and the control interface is connected to a coincidence processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael E. Casey, Andrew P. Moor, Kenneth Puterbaugh
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET) EVENT LOSSES BY EFFECTIVE BANDWIDTH UTILIZATION
    Publication number: 20100070808
    Abstract: An event data transmission scheme is provided for reducing positron emission tomography event losses. The event data transmission scheme employs a more effective use of available data bandwidth. Each of a plurality of detector data slots is connected directly to a data aggregation control interface, and the control interface is connected to a coincidence processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC.
    Inventors: Michael E. Casey, Andrew P. Moor, Kenneth PUTERBAUGH