Patents by Inventor Martti Kalke

Martti Kalke 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: 7215730
    Abstract: A medical X-ray device arrangement for producing three-dimensional information of an object in a medical X-ray imaging, the medical X-ray device arrangement comprising an X-ray source for X-radiating the object from at least two different directions and a detector for detecting the X-radiation to form projection data of the object. The medical X-ray device arrangement comprises means for modelling X-ray attenuation coefficient of said object using a multiresolution representation, eliminating part of the coefficients in said multiresolution representation to form reduced multiresolution representation, and utilizing said projection data in a regularized reconstruction method based on minimizing the penalty F(f)=?Af?m?2/2+??f?B+?g(f) over the coefficients in the said reduced multiresolution representation to produce three-dimensional information of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: GE Healthcare Finland Oy
    Inventors: Martti Kalke, Samuli Siltanen, Simopekka Vänskä, Matti Lassas, Maaria Rantala
  • Publication number: 20070041489
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and system for determining a sharp panoramic image constructed from a group of projection images, especially the invention relates to defining a structure of the panoramic X-ray image of an area of a dentition and of jaws. The structure of a panoramic image to be generated from a group of projection images is determined by at least two crucial parameters, namely parameters of the central surface S of the sharp layer and thickness t(s) of the sharp layer, using penalty function F(S,t), which is at least a penalty function F3(S,t) of low-frequency changes in the computed panoramic image corresponding to the choices S and t(S). After computing F3(S,t) the best center surface and thickness function (in other words the sharpest layer of the panoramic image) is obtained by minimizing said penalty function F(S,t) over parameter space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2005
    Publication date: February 22, 2007
    Inventors: Samuli Siltanen, Martti Kalke, Henri Setala, Esa Suuronen
  • Publication number: 20060146982
    Abstract: This invention relates to a medical X-ray device arrangement for producing three-dimensional information of an object in a medical X-ray imaging, the medical X-ray device arrangement comprising an X-ray source for X-radiating the object from at least two different directions and a detector for detecting the X-radiation to form projection data of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Inventors: Jari Kaipio, Samuli Siltanen, Martti Kalke, Ville Kolehmainen, Matti Lassas
  • Publication number: 20060146983
    Abstract: A medical X-ray device arrangement for producing three-dimensional information of an object in a medical X-ray imaging, the medical X-ray device arrangement comprising an X-ray source for X-radiating the object from at least two different directions and a detector for detecting the X-radiation to form projection data of the object. The medical X-ray device arrangement comprises means for modelling X-ray attenuation coefficient of said object using a multiresolution representation, eliminating part of the coefficients in said multiresolution representation to form reduced multiresolution representation, and utilizing said projection data in a regularized reconstruction method based on minimizing the penalty F(ƒ)=?Aƒ?m?2/2+??ƒ?B+?g(ƒ) over the coefficients in the said reduced multiresolution representation to produce three-dimensional information of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Inventors: Martti Kalke, Samuli Siltanen, Simopekka Vanska, Matti Lassas, Maaria Rantala