Patents by Inventor Matthias Lichy

Matthias Lichy 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: 11857145
    Abstract: One embodiment relates to a method for providing image data of a hollow organ. The method includes applying a first contrast agent to a lumen of the hollow organ, to obtain a contrast agent filling of the lumen; applying a second contrast agent to a blood vessel system, the blood vessel system supplying a wall of the hollow organ, the second contrast agent having a different absorption spectrum than the first contrast agent; generating spectrally resolved computed tomography data of an examination area, the examination area including the hollow organ; calculating first image data indicative of a presence of the first contrast agent and second image data indicative of a presence of the second contrast agent by applying a material separation algorithm onto the spectrally resolved computed tomography data; and providing the image data of the hollow organ including the first image data and the second image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH
    Inventors: Matthias Lichy, Bernhard Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20230320616
    Abstract: A method for determining a quantitative result CT parameter map in a region of interest of an object under examination is described. The method includes acquiring a sequence of quantitative input CT parameter maps for at least two predetermined times, the sequence being generated by a contrast-enhanced spectral multiphase CT of the region of interest; receiving a sequence of contrast-enhanced MRI image datasets, the MRI datasets having a higher temporal resolution than the sequence of input CT parameter maps; determining a relation between the MRI image datasets and the input CT parameter maps; and determining the result CT parameter map based on the determined relation and the MRI image datasets for at least one additional time, the at least one additional time being different from the predetermined time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Lichy, Bernd Hofmann, Bernhard Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20230200755
    Abstract: A method for providing thermal conductivity data relating to an anatomical structure, comprises: receiving first spectral computed tomography data relating to the anatomical structure; calculating a fat map of the anatomical structure and a water map of the anatomical structure based on the first spectral computed tomography data; calculating the thermal conductivity data relating to the anatomical structure based on the fat map and the water map; and providing the thermal conductivity data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd HOFMANN, Matthias Lichy, Bernhard Schmidt
  • Patent number: 10699392
    Abstract: A method is for setting a contrast of a multi-energy CT image representation. In an embodiment of the method, a plurality of multispectral image datasets of an examination region of a patient are received. Furthermore, an automated identification of a structure to be examined is achieved based upon the multispectral image datasets and an automated combining of the differently weighted multispectral image datasets is accomplished such that the contrast between the structure to be examined and its environment is improved compared to a uniform weighting. Further, a multi-energy CT imaging method is described. An image setting device is also described. In addition, a computed tomography system is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Lichy, Sebastian Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20070076931
    Abstract: In a method for display of at least one medical finding, at least one part of a body of a patient is shown on a display medium in a body view. A localization in the body of the patient is associated with each finding, and the localizations are marked at a point in the body view corresponding to the localization. The display medium is interactively operable, and a data set associated with the corresponding finding is displayed on the display medium by interaction with a marked localization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2006
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Inventors: Sultan Haider, Peter Kreisler, Klaus Kuper, Horst Allgaier, Matthias Lichy, Heinz-Peter Schlemmer