Patents by Inventor Michal Merman

Michal Merman 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: 10656291
    Abstract: A nuclear medicine (NM) multi-head imaging system is provided that includes a gantry, plural detector units mounted to the gantry, and at least one processor. Each detector unit defines a detector unit position and corresponding view oriented toward a center of the bore, and is configured to acquire imaging information over a sweep range. The at least one processor is operably coupled to at least one of the detector units, and is configured to acquire, via the detector units, imaging information. The imaging information includes focused imaging information corresponding to a focused region and background imaging information corresponding to surrounding tissue of the focused region. The at least one processor is also configured to reconstruct an image using the focused imaging information and the background imaging information using a first reconstruction technique for the focused imaging information and a different, second reconstruction technique for the background imaging information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Yariv Grobshtein, Michal Merman
  • Publication number: 20180259659
    Abstract: A nuclear medicine (NM) multi-head imaging system is provided that includes a gantry, plural detector units mounted to the gantry, and at least one processor. Each detector unit defines a detector unit position and corresponding view oriented toward a center of the bore, and is configured to acquire imaging information over a sweep range. The at least one processor is operably coupled to at least one of the detector units, and is configured to acquire, via the detector units, imaging information. The imaging information includes focused imaging information corresponding to a focused region and background imaging information corresponding to surrounding tissue of the focused region. The at least one processor is also configured to reconstruct an image using the focused imaging information and the background imaging information using a first reconstruction technique for the focused imaging information and a different, second reconstruction technique for the background imaging information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Michal Merman, Yariv Grobshtein
  • Patent number: 8804133
    Abstract: A method of imaging at least a part of an object. The method comprises splitting electro-magnetic radiation to first and second portions, propagating the first and second portions, spectrally dispersing the first portion toward the part and the second portion toward a reference element, combining between reflections of the spectrally dispersed first and second portions to produce an interference signal, capturing an image of the part from the interference, and adjusting at least one of a tilt of said image plane and a curvature of the image by changing a deviation between the phase of at least one spectral component of the first portion and the phase of at least one spectral component of the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Technion Research & Development Foundation Limited
    Inventors: Dvir Yelin, Michal Merman
  • Publication number: 20100315652
    Abstract: A method of imaging at least a part of an object. The method comprises splitting electro-magnetic radiation to first and second portions, propagating the first and second portions, spectrally dispersing the first portion toward the part and the second portion toward a reference element, combining between reflections of the spectrally dispersed first and second portions to produce an interference signal, capturing an image of the part from the interference, and adjusting at least one of a tilt of said image plane and a curvature of the image by changing a deviation between the phase of at least one spectral component of the first portion and the phase of at least one spectral component of the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: Technion Research & Development Foundation Ltd.
    Inventors: Dvir YELIN, Michal Merman