Patents by Inventor Marco Mattiuzzi
Marco Mattiuzzi 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).
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Patent number: 8509928Abstract: Method for producing a stationary wave field of arbitrary shape comprising the steps of defining at least one volume being limited in the direction of the axis of propagation of a beam, of the type 0?z?L; defining an intensity pattern within the said region 0?z?L by a function F(z), describing the said localized and stationary intensity pattern, which is approximated by means of a Fourier expansion or by a similar expansion in terms of (trigonometric) orthogonal functions; providing a generic superposition of Bessel or other beams highly transversally confined; calculating the maximum number of superimposed Bessel beams the amplitudes, the phase velocities and the relative phases of each Bessel beam of the superposition, and the transverse and longitudinal wavenumbers of each Bessel beam of the superposition.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2005Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: Bracco Imaging S.P.A.Inventors: Valerio Abate, Cesar Augusto Dartora, Hugo Enrique Hernàndez Figueroa, Marco Mattiuzzi, Kleber Zuza Nobrega, Michel Zamboni Rached, Erasmo Recami
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Patent number: 8345940Abstract: Method for automatic processing and evaluation of images, particularly diagnostic images, comprising an image processing tool in the form of a software program which is executable by the computer hardware and which image processing tool processes image data of a digital input image generating a modified digital output image whose image data are outputted in a graphical and/or alphanumerical format highlighting certain predetermined features or qualities of the corresponding regions of an imaged body or object, characterized in that the image processing tool comprises a first image detecting module which is an image processing module based on image processing non expert algorithms and which furnishes at its output a modified image file which modified image data are further processed by a classification or evaluation module which is a second image processing module comprising an image processing tool consisting in an expert image processing algorithm such as a classification or prediction algorithm the output oType: GrantFiled: October 24, 2006Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: Bracco Imaging S.P.A.Inventors: Marco Mattiuzzi, Toni Werner Vomweg
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Patent number: 8155406Abstract: An image processing system particularly for use with diagnostic images includes at least one processing unit, which receives digital images acquired by one or more imaging apparatus and provides output images, processed by an image processing program loaded in the memory of the processing unit and executed thereby, wherein the system includes a central service unit having an interface to be accessed by remote users, which connect to the central unit by remote communication.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2006Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Bracco Imaging S.p.A.Inventor: Marco Mattiuzzi
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Patent number: 8150151Abstract: A method for coding pixels or voxels of a digital or digitalized two dimensional or three dimensional image includes the steps of: providing a digital image in which each pixel or voxel is defined by a variable in a grey scale image, or by HSV or RGB values in a color image; generating a vector univocally associated to the target pixel or voxel and having components generated as a function of the values of the pixels or voxels in a window that includes the target pixel or voxel and neighboring pixels or voxels. The function of the values of the target pixel or voxel and of the pixels or voxels in the window corresponds to the characteristic parameters of the numerical matrix representing the pixels or voxels of the window or of a transformation of the numerical matrix.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2006Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: Bracco Imaging S.p.A.Inventors: Ilaria Gori, Marco Mattiuzzi
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Publication number: 20110176710Abstract: Method for automatic processing and evaluation of images, particularly diagnostic images, comprising an image processing tool in the form of a software program which is executable by the computer hardware and which image processing tool processes image data of a digital input image generating a modified digital output image whose image data are outputted in a graphical and/or alphanumerical format highlighting certain predetermined features or qualities of the corresponding regions of an imaged body or object, characterized in that the image processing tool comprises a first image detecting module which is an image processing module based on image processing non expert algorithms and which furnishes at its output a modified image file which modified image data are further processed by a classification or evaluation module which is a second image processing module comprising an image processing tool consisting in an expert image processing algorithm such as a classification or prediction algorithm the output oType: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2006Publication date: July 21, 2011Applicant: BRACCO IMAGING S.P.A.Inventors: Marco Mattiuzzi, Toni Werner Vomweg
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Publication number: 20110100880Abstract: Method for producing a stationary wave field of arbitrary shape comprising the steps of defining at least one volume being limited in the direction of the axis of propagation of a beam, of the type 0?z?L; defining an intensity pattern within the said region 0?z?L by a function F(z), describing the said localized and stationary intensity pattern, which is approximated by means of a Fourier expansion or by a similar expansion in terms of (trigonometric) orthogonal functions; providing a generic superposition of Bessel or other beams highly transversally confined; calculating the maximum number of superimposed Bessel beams the amplitudes, the phase velocities and the relative phases of each Bessel beam of the superposition, and the transverse and longitudinal wavenumbers of each Bessel beam of the superposition.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2005Publication date: May 5, 2011Applicant: Bracco Imaging S.p.A.Inventors: Erasmo Recami, Michel Zamboni Rached, Hugo Enrique Hernandez Figueroa, Valerio Abate, Cesar Augusto Dartora, Kleber Zuza Nobrega, Marco Mattiuzzi
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Device for Localized Thermal Ablation of Biological Tissue, Particularly Tumoral Tissues or the Like
Publication number: 20100280505Abstract: Device for localized thermal ablation of lesion tissues, particularly tumoral tissues or the like, which device comprises: a probe or needle intended to be positioned with the end tip at the lesion tissue or tumoral tissue area to be removed; which probe or needle support at least a light guide as an elongated member like a thin wire or thread, one of the ends thereof is an end emitting heating electromagnetic energy and which light guide ends at said end of the probe or needle by a tip irradiating said electromagnetic energy, particularly as a laser light and the other end thereof is connected to a source generating the electromagnetic energy; means for controlling the activation/deactivation of the source generating the electromagnetic energy.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2007Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: BRACCO IMAGING S.P.A.Inventors: Marco MATTIUZZI, Gaetano CASCINI, Davide RUSSO -
Publication number: 20100241111Abstract: Device for localized thermal ablation of lesion tissues, particularly tumoral tissues or the like, which device comprises: a probe or needle intended to be positioned with the end tip at the lesion tissue or tumoral tissue area to be removed; which probe or needle support at least a light guide as an elongated member like a thin wire or thread, one of the ends thereof is an end emitting heating electromagnetic energy and which light guide ends at said end of the probe or needle by a tip irradiating said electromagnetic energy, particularly as a laser light and the other end thereof is connected to a source generating the electromagnetic energy; means for controlling the activation/deactivation of the source generating the electromagnetic energy.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2007Publication date: September 23, 2010Applicant: BRACCO IMAGING S.P.A.Inventors: Marco Mattiuzzi, Gaetano Cascini, Davide Russo
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Publication number: 20100234834Abstract: Device for localized thermal ablation of lesion tissues, particularly tumoral tissues or the like, which device comprises: a probe or needle intended to be positioned with the end tip at the lesion tissue or tumoral tissue area to be removed; which probe or needle support at least a light guide as an elongated member like a thin wire or thread, one of the ends thereof is an end emitting heating electromagnetic energy and which light guide ends at said end of the probe or needle by a tip irradiating said electromagnetic energy, particularly as a laser light and the other end thereof is connected to a source generating the electromagnetic energy; means for controlling the activation/deactivation of the source generating the electromagnetic energy. Characterized in that in combination it comprises means for the controlled distribution of the heating action on the lesion tissue area generated by the electromagnetic energy emitted by the irradiating tip inside a volume having a predetermined size.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2007Publication date: September 16, 2010Applicant: BRACCO IMAGING S.P.A.Inventors: Marco Mattiuzzi, Gaetano Cascini, Davide Russo
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Publication number: 20100135544Abstract: In a method for registering biomedical images such as at least a first and a second digital or digitalized image or set of cross-sectional images of the same object, within the first image or set of images a certain number of landmarks, so called features are individuated by selecting a certain number of pixels or voxels. The position of each pixel or voxel selected as a feature is tracked from the first to the second image or set of images by determining the optical flow vector from the first to the second image or set of images for each pixel or voxel selected as a feature. Registration of the first and second images or set of images is carried out by applying the inverse optical flow to the pixels or voxels of the second image or set of images.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2006Publication date: June 3, 2010Applicant: BRACCO IMAGING S.P.A.Inventors: Marco Mattiuzzi, Ilaria Gori, Toni Werner Vomweg
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Publication number: 20100138422Abstract: An image processing system particularly for use with diagnostic images, comprises at least one processing unit, which receives digital images acquired by one or more imaging apparatus and provides output images, processed by means of an image processing program loaded in the memory of the processing unit and executed thereby, characterized in that it consists of a central service unit, comprising an interface to be accessed by remote users, which connect to said central unit by remote communication means.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2006Publication date: June 3, 2010Applicant: BRACCO IMAGING S.P.A.Inventor: Marco Mattiuzzi
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Publication number: 20080212887Abstract: A method for coding pixels or voxels of a digital or digitalized two dimensional or three dimensional image, comprises the steps of: providing a digital image consisting in a two dimensional array of pixels or in a three dimensional array of voxels, each pixel or voxel being defined by at least one variable as its intensity in a grey scale image or the HSV (Hue, Saturation and Value) or the RGB values in a colour image; each pixel or voxel and for each target pixel or voxel a neighborhood being formed by a pixel or voxel windows comprising the said target pixel or voxel and a certain number of surrounding pixels or voxels for each target pixel or voxel generating a vector univocally associated to the said target pixel or voxel, the components of the said vectors being generated as a function of the values of the said target pixel or voxel and of each of the pixels or voxels of the said pixel or voxel window.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2006Publication date: September 4, 2008Applicant: BRACCO IMAGING S.P.A.Inventors: Ilaria Gori, Marco Mattiuzzi
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Publication number: 20060235296Abstract: The invention refers to methods of Phase-Sensitive X-ray Imaging wherein the contrast is enhanced by use of a contrast agent selected from contrats agents usually used in other diagnostic techniques such as MRI, Ultrasound, X-ray absortion, PET and the like. Microparticulate and microbubbles are particularly preferred.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2004Publication date: October 19, 2006Applicant: Bracco Imaging S.p.A.Inventors: Marco Mattiuzzi, Fulvia Arfelli, Ralf-Hendrik Menk, Luigi Rigon, Hans-Jürgen Besch