Patents by Inventor Luca Valente

Luca Valente 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).

  • System and method for detection of acoustic shadows and automatic assessment of image usability in 3D ultrasound images
    Patent number: 8582848
    Abstract: A method for automatically assessing medical ultrasound (US) image usability, includes extracting one or more features from at least one part of a medical ultrasound image, calculating for each feature a feature score for each pixel of the at least one part of the ultrasound image, and classifying one or more image pixels of the at least one part as either usable or unusable, based on a combination of feature scores for each pixel, where usable pixels have intensity values substantially representative of one or more anatomical structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Gareth Funka-Lea, Jeffrey Stoll, Luca Valente
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTION OF ACOUSTIC SHADOWS AND AUTOMATIC ASSESSMENT OF IMAGE USABILITY IN 3D ULTRASOUND IMAGES
    Publication number: 20120243757
    Abstract: A method for automatically assessing medical ultrasound (US) image usability, includes extracting one or more features from at least one part of a medical ultrasound image, calculating for each feature a feature score for each pixel of the at least one part of the ultrasound image, and classifying one or more image pixels of the at least one part as either usable or unusable, based on a combination of feature scores for each pixel, where usable pixels have intensity values substantially representative of one or more anatomical structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: Siemens Corporation
    Inventors: Gareth Funka-Lea, Jeffrey Stoll, Luca Valente