Patents by Inventor Matthias Thorn

Matthias Thorn 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: 8826173
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for generating on at least one display device a graphics display of data descriptors. The data descriptors, describing items of data, are arranged on an interactive timeline as interactive timeline elements along with interactive data elements. The interactive timeline elements and the interactive data elements allow retrieval of the items of data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Susanne Bay, Lutz Gündel, Labib Khanafer, Ralf Krumtünger, Matthias Thorn
  • Patent number: 8224419
    Abstract: In a medical visualization method, wherein: a series of organ slice images are acquired at different points in time by an imaging modality; the acquired organ slice images are stored in an image data memory with information about the series and/or the point in time of the acquisition. A data connection between an input/output device and the image data memory is established and the available series are determined. Series that are specific to the organ are symbolically represented with a display of the availability thereof. The organ slice images associated with a selected series are displayed. An input/output device as well as a computer program product operates according to the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Matthias Thorn
  • Patent number: 8184884
    Abstract: A method is described for evaluating a tomography data record. In at least one embodiment, a tomography data record of a hollow organ is generated, the tomography data record is analyzed automatically, and organ sections to be assessed as critical are determined. Further, a corresponding findings list entry is generated in a findings list as a reaction to a determined organ section to be assessed as critical, various organ sections are displayed successively on the basis of the tomography data record, and after its first display, an organ section assessed as critical can be selected for renewed display directly via the findings list. Furthermore, a corresponding tomography workstation is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Sühling, Matthias Thorn
  • Patent number: 7751605
    Abstract: A method and a device are disclosed for visualizing a sequence of tomographic image data records of an examination volume that has been recorded at a time interval from one another. In at least one embodiment of the method, the image data records are firstly registered with one another. On the basis of the registration with regard to a display perspective and a displayed volume region identical views are generated from at least three of the image data records and displayed on an imaging surface of a graphic display unit in a fashion superposed on one another with adjustable weighting and/or adjustable transparency. For the superposed display, there are inserted on the imaging surface one or more controllers by whose interactive operation an operator can adjust or vary the weighting and/or transparency with which the at least three views are superposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Lutz Gūndel, Matthias Thorn
  • Publication number: 20090083664
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for generating on at least one display device a graphics display of data descriptors. The data descriptors, describing items of data, are arranged on an interactive timeline as interactive timeline elements along with interactive data elements. The interactive timeline elements and the interactive data elements allow retrieval of the items of data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventors: Susanne Bay, Lutz Gundel, Labib Khanafer, Rafl Krumtunger, Matthias Thorn
  • Publication number: 20090022261
    Abstract: A method is described for evaluating a tomography data record. In at least one embodiment, a tomography data record of a hollow organ is generated, the tomography data record is analyzed automatically, and organ sections to be assessed as critical are determined. Further, a corresponding findings list entry is generated in a findings list as a reaction to a determined organ section to be assessed as critical, various organ sections are displayed successively on the basis of the tomography data record, and after its first display, an organ section assessed as critical can be selected for renewed display directly via the findings list. Furthermore, a corresponding tomography workstation is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventors: Michael Suhling, Matthias Thorn
  • Publication number: 20080117204
    Abstract: A rendering performance regulator is used to assist in rendering and displaying a three-dimensional image of a three-dimensional image dataset on a display device. The rendering performance regulator may be coupled to a processor, a graphics processing unit, or combinations thereof. The three-dimensional image may be static or dynamic. An interface for interacting with the rendering performance regulator is displayed on the display device. The interface allows for changing the quality of the static three-dimensional image and the dynamic three-dimensional image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventor: Matthias Thorn
  • Publication number: 20080024524
    Abstract: At least one embodiment of the invention relates to the display of image data collected for medical purposes at actual object size, in particular to a device, a method and/or a computer program for driving a display unit. In at least one embodiment, the device for driving a display unit that can be connected to the device is designed to display a section of image data, recorded for medical purposes, of an object by way of the display unit, the display unit and the image data each having a field of view, the field of view of the display unit being smaller than the field of view of the image data, and the object sizes represented in the section being equal to the actual object sizes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Inventors: Eckhard Hempel, Matthias Thorn
  • Publication number: 20070238960
    Abstract: In a medical visualization method, wherein: a series of organ slice images are acquired at different points in time by an imaging modality; the acquired organ slice images are stored in an image data memory with information about the series and/or the point in time of the acquisition. A data connection between an input/output device and the image data memory is established and the available series are determined. Series that are specific to the organ are symbolically represented with a display of the availability thereof. The organ slice images associated with a selected series are displayed. An input/output device as well as a computer program product operates according to the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Inventor: Matthias Thorn
  • Publication number: 20070230761
    Abstract: A method and a device are disclosed for visualizing a sequence of tomographic image data records of an examination volume that has been recorded at a time interval from one another. In at least one embodiment of the method, the image data records are firstly registered with one another. On the basis of the registration with regard to a display perspective and a displayed volume region identical views are generated from at least three of the image data records and displayed on an imaging surface of a graphic display unit in a fashion superposed on one another with adjustable. weighting and/or adjustable transparency. For the superposed display, there are inserted on the imaging surface one or more controllers by whose interactive operation an operator can adjust or vary the weighting and/or transparency with which the at least three views are superposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Inventors: Lutz Gundel, Matthias Thorn
  • Publication number: 20030030635
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method or system for reproducing a 3D object, in particular for modeling a pathologic preparation, with the following steps: providing picture data of the 3D object, such as of a pathological preparation, smoothing and/or equalizing the picture data so as to obtain modified picture data from the object with a minimum of deviations from the 3D object and transferring the resulting picture data to corresponding grid system data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2002
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Applicant: Deutches Krebsforschungszentrum dkfz
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Meinzer, Manuela Makabe, Matthias Thorn