Patents by Inventor Malte Meesmann

Malte Meesmann 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: 8103078
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method for determining a plurality of ECG-triggered recording times for cardiac imaging, comprising the steps: recording a plurality of images of the heart at predetermined time intervals; assigning the images to specific cardiac phase times; comparing the images in order to determine similarity measures between two images in each case, said similarity measures representing states of the heart requiring to be imaged that are similar in terms of imaging technology; identifying a group of images with mutual similarity measures in a predefined area, between the pairs of images; and specifying the cardiac phase times associated with the images in the group as the plurality of ECG-triggered recording times. In a further aspect the method can additionally include the step of performing the moving-target imaging based on image recordings at the specific recording times with the aid of ECG triggering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jan Boese, Malte Meesmann
  • Publication number: 20080187092
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method for determining a plurality of ECG-triggered recording times for cardiac imaging, comprising the steps: recording a plurality of images of the heart at predetermined time intervals; assigning the images to specific cardiac phase times; comparing the images in order to determine similarity measures between two images in each case, said similarity measures representing states of the heart requiring to be imaged that are similar in terms of imaging technology; identifying a group of images with mutual similarity measures in a predefined area, between the pairs of images; and specifying the cardiac phase times associated with the images in the group as the plurality of ECG-triggered recording times. In a further aspect the method can additionally include the step of performing the moving-target imaging based on image recordings at the specific recording times with the aid of ECG triggering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventors: Jan Boese, Malte Meesmann