Patents by Inventor Melanie SCHELLENBERG

Melanie SCHELLENBERG 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).

  • Method and system for context-aware photoacoustic imaging
    Patent number: 12569142
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus for photoacoustic imaging (PAI) or ultrasound (US) imaging of biological tissue (18). The method comprises recording 2D-PAI and/or US images (46) of said biological tissue (18), each 2D-PAI or US image (46) being associated with a corresponding image plane (38), providing, prior to recording said 2D-PAI or US images (46) of said biological tissue (18), an optical pattern (28, 40) on or close to a surface of said biological tissue, said optical pattern (28, 40) comprising one or more optical dyes configured for absorbing light at a pattern-characteristic wavelength. The optical pattern (28, 40) is configured such that the location of the image plane (38) with respect to the optical pattern (28, 40) can be determined at least approximately from said representation of the optical pattern (28, 40) in said 2D-PAI image (46) and/or that the relative location of consecutively taken 2D-PAI images (46) with respect to each other can be at least approximately determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum Stiftung des öffentlichen Rechts
    Inventors: Niklas Holzwarth, Kris Dreher, Melanie Schellenberg, Jan-Hinrich Nölke, Janek Gröhl, Lena Maier-Hein
  • Method And System For Context-Aware Photoacoustic Imaging
    Publication number: 20230248244
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus for photoacoustic imaging (PAI) or ultrasound (US) imaging of biological tissue (18). The method comprises recording 2D-PAI and/or US images (46) of said biological tissue (18), each 2D-PAI or US image (46) being associated with a corresponding image plane (38), providing, prior to recording said 2D-PAI or US images (46) of said biological tissue (18), an optical pattern (28, 40) on or close to a surface of said biological tissue, said optical pattern (28, 40) comprising one or more optical dyes configured for absorbing light at a pattern-characteristic wavelength. The optical pattern (28, 40) is configured such that the location of the image plane (38) with respect to the optical pattern (28, 40) can be determined at least approximately from said representation of the optical pattern (28, 40) in said 2D-PAI image (46) and/or that the relative location of consecutively taken 2D-PAI images (46) with respect to each other can be at least approximately determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Niklas HOLZWARTH, Kris DREHER, Melanie SCHELLENBERG, Jan-Hinrich NÖLKE, Janek GRÖHL, Lena MAIER-HEIN