Patents by Inventor Michael Lee Spohn

Michael Lee Spohn 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: 10403010
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for medical imaging systems. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving one or more image reconstruction parameters defining an image reconstruction process for reconstructing one or more images from medical imaging data, identifying a target hardware allocation based on the one or more image reconstruction parameters, and reconstructing, via computing device hardware as specified by the target hardware allocation, one or more images from the medical imaging data according to the image reconstruction process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Michael Lee Spohn, Robert Johnsen, Kenneth Vosniak, Kathryn Littlejohn
  • Publication number: 20190087986
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for medical imaging systems. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving one or more image reconstruction parameters defining an image reconstruction process for reconstructing one or more images from medical imaging data, identifying a target hardware allocation based on the one or more image reconstruction parameters, and reconstructing, via computing device hardware as specified by the target hardware allocation, one or more images from the medical imaging data according to the image reconstruction process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Lee Spohn, Robert Johnsen, Kenneth Vosniak, Kathryn Littlejohn
  • Patent number: 9311707
    Abstract: A method for attenuation correction of a phantom image in a PET imaging system includes obtaining raw scan data of a scanned phantom, a non attenuation corrected template image of a stock phantom of like type to the scanned phantom, and an attenuation map of the stock phantom. The method further includes generating a non-attenuation corrected raw image of the scanned phantom based on the raw scan data, registering the template image and attenuation map to the raw image through a rigid image transform, and applying the registered attenuation map to the raw scan data to enable reconstruction of an attenuation corrected final image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Timothy Wayne Deller, Michael Lee Spohn, Sonal Ambwani
  • Patent number: 9270904
    Abstract: An X-ray imaging system is provided. The X-ray imaging system includes an X-ray radiation source. The X-ray imaging system also includes a source controller coupled to the source and configured to command emission of X-rays for image exposures. The X-ray imaging system further includes a digital X-ray detector configured to acquire X-ray image data without communication from the source controller, wherein the digital X-ray detector includes a photovoltaic device, and the digital X-ray detector is configured to determine one or more of a beginning, end, or duration of an image exposure via the photovoltaic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Christopher Alden Hammond, Ping Xue, Diego Fernando Freire Munoz, Amanda Lynn Pratt, Robert Carl Minnich, Gregory Donald Schumacher-Novak, Michael Lee Spohn
  • Publication number: 20150090890
    Abstract: A method for attenuation correction of a phantom image in a PET imaging system includes obtaining raw scan data of a scanned phantom, a non attenuation corrected template image of a stock phantom of like type to the scanned phantom, and an attenuation map of the stock phantom. The method further includes generating a non-attenuation corrected raw image of the scanned phantom based on the raw scan data, registering the template image and attenuation map to the raw image through a rigid image transform, and applying the registered attenuation map to the raw scan data to enable reconstruction of an attenuation corrected final image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: TIMOTHY WAYNE DELLER, MICHAEL LEE SPOHN, SONAL AMBWANI
  • Publication number: 20140064454
    Abstract: An X-ray imaging system is provided. The X-ray imaging system includes an X-ray radiation source. The X-ray imaging system also includes a source controller coupled to the source and configured to command emission of X-rays for image exposures. The X-ray imaging system further includes a digital X-ray detector configured to acquire X-ray image data without communication from the source controller, wherein the digital X-ray detector includes a photovoltaic device, and the digital X-ray detector is configured to determine one or more of a beginning, end, or duration of an image exposure via the photovoltaic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Christopher Alden Hammond, Ping Xue, Diego Fernando Freire Muñoz, Amanda Lynn Pratt, Robert Carl Minnich, Gregory Donald Schumacher-Novak, Michael Lee Spohn