Patents by Inventor Mark Douglas Herold

Mark Douglas Herold 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).

  • Imaging system subject support
    Patent number: 9532751
    Abstract: Described herein is an approach to determine a deflection of a portion of an imaging system tabletop located at iso-center utilizing a tabletop deflection determiner with a least a first portion located on a rotating gantry portion of the imaging system. In one non-limiting instance, an imaging system includes a rotating gantry portion (606) with an aperture defining an examination region, a tabletop (620) that supports a subject or object in the examination region, wherein the tabletop cantilevers into and deflects in the examination region, and a tabletop deflection determiner (622) that determines a deflection of the tabletop in the examination region, wherein a first portion (702, 706) of the tabletop deflection determiner is located on the rotating gantry portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Mark Douglas Herold, Ted Alan Bremenour, John Carlon
  • Method and apparatus for illuminating the interior of a medical imaging device
    Patent number: 9532727
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for illuminating the interior of a medical imaging device is provided. The method and apparatus may convey information to the patient within the scanning tube via the use of different colors or brightness of illuminating light and images and/or text may be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Mark Douglas Herold, Daniel David Judkins
  • Dynamic collimation
    Patent number: 9295434
    Abstract: A method includes performing a three dimensional volume scan of a region of interest located in a portion of an object or subject in an examination region, including dynamically collimating a radiation beam used to perform the scan so that a geometry and/or location of the radiation beam tracks, during the scan, to a geometry and/or location of the region of interest, wherein the region of interest is a sub-region of the portion of the object or subject in the examination region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventor: Mark Douglas Herold
  • IMAGING SYSTEM SUBJECT SUPPORT
    Publication number: 20150289826
    Abstract: Described herein is an approach to determine a deflection of a portion of an imaging system tabletop located at iso-center utilizing a tabletop deflection determiner with a least a first portion located on a rotating gantry portion of the imaging system. In one non-limiting instance, an imaging system includes a rotating gantry portion (606) with an aperture defining an examination region, a tabletop (620) that supports a subject or object in the examination region, wherein the tabletop cantilevers into and deflects in the examination region, and a tabletop deflection determiner (622) that determines a deflection of the tabletop in the examination region, wherein a first portion (702, 706) of the tabletop deflection determiner is located on the rotating gantry portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Mark Douglas Herold, Ted Alan Bremenour, John Carlon
  • DYNAMIC COLLIMATION
    Publication number: 20140177782
    Abstract: A method includes performing a three dimensional volume scan of a region of interest located in a portion of an object or subject in an examination region, including dynamically collimating a radiation beam used to perform the scan so that a geometry and/or location of the radiation beam tracks, during the scan, to a geometry and/or location of the region of interest, wherein the region of interest is a sub-region of the portion of the object or subject in the examination region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventor: Mark Douglas Herold
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ILLUMINATING THE INTERIOR OF A MEDICAL IMAGING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20110082348
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for illuminating the interior of a medical imaging device is provided. The method and apparatus may convey information to the patient within the scanning tube via the use of different colors or brightness of illuminating light and images and/or text may be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Mark Douglas Herold, Daniel David Judkins