Patents by Inventor Michael R. Voin

Michael R. Voin 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).

  • ACOUSTIC IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ACOUSTIC IMAGING WITH CONTRAST QUANITFICATION
    Publication number: 20110254842
    Abstract: A system (100) and method (400) of acoustic imaging receives an acoustic signal that is scanned to interrogate a target volume within a subject (430), processes the received acoustic signal to produce three-dimensional acoustic image data for a region of interest within the target volume (450); and quantifies the contrast of the three-dimensional acoustic image data in the region of interest at a sampling time that is offset by a selected time period with respect to a time when a contrast enhancement medium is introduced into the subject's circulatory system (480). In one embodiment, quantification is performed by setting an intensity threshold (410), and determining a percentage of voxels of the three-dimensional acoustic image data for the region of interest which have an intensity value greater than the intensity threshold (470).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2009
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Julia Dmitrieva, Jayne Louise Angela Armfield, Junzhen Man, Jeffry Earl Powers, Michael R. Voin