Patents by Inventor Mark B. Ivey

Mark B. Ivey 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).

  • User selectable and user definable scanning protocols in mammographic film scanning system with stack film feeder
    Patent number: 8073222
    Abstract: A system and method for processing mammographic data are described. The system includes a user input/output system adapted and configured to receive from a user a user-defined scanning protocol that identifies the laterality and view type for each mammographic film in a film case to be scanned. A storage system stores the user-defined scanning protocol for subsequent use in scanning film cases. A scanning system scans film cases and generates digitized versions of each mammographic film. A processor then assigns laterality and view types to the digitized versions of the mammographic film according to the user-defined scanning protocol. The system also receives user alterations to stored scanning protocols. The system can also re-assign a case scanned according to one scanning protocol to another scanning protocol in response to a user's instruction to do so.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Hologic, Inc.
    Inventors: Julian Marshall, Mark B. Ivey, Brian T. Matuska
  • User Selectable and User Definable Scanning Protocols In Mammographic Film Scanning System With Stack Film Feeder
    Publication number: 20110194157
    Abstract: A system and method for processing mammographic data are described. The system includes a user input/output system adapted and configured to receive from a user a user-defined scanning protocol that identifies the laterality and view type for each mammographic film in a film case to be scanned. A storage system stores the user-defined scanning protocol for subsequent use in scanning film cases. A scanning system scans film cases and generates digitized versions of each mammographic film. A processor then assigns laterality and view types to the digitized versions of the mammographic film according to the user-defined scanning protocol. The system also receives user alterations to stored scanning protocols. The system can also re-assign a case scanned according to one scanning protocol to another scanning protocol in response to a user's instruction to do so.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: HOLOGIC, INC.
    Inventors: Julian Marshall, Mark B. Ivey, Brian T. Matuska
  • User definable scanning protocols for use with mammographic computer-aided detection and film scanning systems
    Patent number: 7929740
    Abstract: A system and method for processing mammographic data are described. The system includes a user input/output system adapted and configured to receive from a user a user-defined scanning protocol that identifies the laterality and view type for each mammographic film in a film case to be scanned. A storage system stores the user-defined scanning protocol for subsequent use in scanning film cases. A scanning system scans film cases and generates digitized versions of each mammographic film. A processor then assigns laterality and view types to the digitized versions of the mammographic film according to the user-defined scanning protocol. The system also receives user alterations to stored scanning protocols. The system can also re-assigns a case scanned according to one scanning protocol to another scanning protocol in response to a user's instruction to do so.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Hologic, Inc.
    Inventors: Julian Marshall, Mark B. Ivey, Brian T. Matuska