Patents by Inventor Marina Alberti

Marina Alberti 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).

  • Systems and methods for detecting and displaying body lumen bifurcations
    Patent number: 11064972
    Abstract: A method for generating an ultrasound image includes receiving a sequence of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) data obtained as an IVUS imager moves through a body lumen; identifying at least one bifurcation of the body lumen from the sequence of IVUS data; determining a bifurcation angle between two branches of the body lumen; and displaying a longitudinal view of the body lumen using the IVUS data and incorporating the bifurcation angle to angularly align portions of the longitudinal view corresponding to the two portions of the body lumen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Simone Balocco, Marina Alberti, Carlo Gatta, Francesco Ciompi, Oriol Pujol, Xavier Carrillo, Josepa Mauri Ferre, Oriol Rodriguez, Eduard Fernandez-Nofrerias, Petia Radeva
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NAVIGATING AND VISUALIZING INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND SEQUENCES
    Publication number: 20120283569
    Abstract: A method for processing a sequence of ultrasound frames for display includes receiving a sequence of ultrasound frames; characterizing a morphology of regions within a plurality of the ultrasound frames; determining a frame profile for each of the plurality of ultrasound frames; detecting a plurality of key frames from the plurality of ultrasound frames using the frame profiles of the plurality of ultrasound frames; and displaying at least one of the key frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: Boston Scientific SciMed, Inc.
    Inventors: Francesco Ciompi, Josepa Mauri Ferre, Oriol Pujol, Xavier Carrillo, Petia Radeva, Carlo Gatta, Simone Balocco, Eduardo Fernandez-Nofrerias, Marina Alberti, Oriol Rodriguez
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AND DISPLAYING BODY LUMEN BIFURCATIONS
    Publication number: 20120130243
    Abstract: A method for generating an ultrasound image includes receiving a sequence of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) data obtained as an IVUS imager moves through a body lumen; identifying at least one bifurcation of the body lumen from the sequence of IVUS data; determining a bifurcation angle between two branches of the body lumen; and displaying a longitudinal view of the body lumen using the IVUS data and incorporating the bifurcation angle to angularly align portions of the longitudinal view corresponding to the two portions of the body lumen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: Boston Scientific SciMed, Inc.
    Inventors: Simone Balocco, Marina Alberti, Carlo Gatta, Francesco Ciompi, Oriol Pujol, Xavier Carrillo, Josepa Mauri Ferre, Oriol Rodriguez, Eduard Fernandez-Nofrerias, Petia Radeva