Patents by Inventor Milena Planells-Rodriguez

Milena Planells-Rodriguez 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 extracting spine geometrical data
    Patent number: 7046830
    Abstract: A method for extracting geometrical data from a 2-D digital image of the spine, comprising steps for determining spine outlines, endplates and corners wherein: digitizing the spine center line and end points; constructing a 2-D image band, referred to as Rubber-Band, whose center line is a spline representing the spine center line, and unfolding said Rubber-Band for constructing a 2-D Rectangular-Band; processing the 2-D Rectangular-Band image data in order to estimate best paths going through selected points for determining the spine outlines, then the endplates based on the found outline data and the corners at the intersection of the outlines and endplates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.V.
    Inventors: Olivier Gerard, Milena Planells-Rodriguez, Sherif Makram-Ebeid, Pierre Lelong, Bert Leo Alfons Verdonck
  • Method and system for extracting spine frontal geometrical data including vertebra pedicle locations
    Patent number: 6850635
    Abstract: The invention relates to an image processing method of extracting geometrical data of the spine, for extracting the left and right pedicle landmarks of each spine vertebra, comprising steps of: acquiring image data of a 2-D frontal image of the spine; associating spine States to vertebra positions along the spine and estimating locations of left and right pedicle landmark Candidates in each State; defining a State Cost for forming Couples of left and right pedicle landmark Candidates (PL and PR); estimating sets of Best Couple Candidates, in each State, from the lowest State Costs; defining a Path Cost to go from one State to the next State; selecting a pedicle landmark Couple in each spine State (V) among the Best Couple Candidates from the minimum Path Costs, and localizing the left and right pedicle landmarks of each spine vertebra from said selected pedicle landmark Couple. The invention also relates to a system, a medical apparatus and a program product for carrying out the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.V.
    Inventors: Olivier Gerard, Milena Planells-Rodriguez, Pierre Lelong, Sherif Makram-Ebeid
  • Method and system for extracting spine geometrical data
    Publication number: 20020136437
    Abstract: A method for extracting geometrical data from a 2-D digital image of the spine, comprising steps for determining spine outlines, endplates and corners wherein:
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2001
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventors: Olivier Gerard, Milena Planells-Rodriguez, Sherif Makram-Ebeid, Pierre Lelong, Bert Leo Alfons Verdonck
  • Method and system for extracting spine frontal geometrical data including vertebra pedicle locations
    Publication number: 20020061126
    Abstract: The invention relates to an image processing method of extracting geometrical data of the spine, for extracting the left and right pedicle landmarks of each spine vertebra, comprising steps of:
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2001
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Inventors: Olivier Gerard, Milena Planells-Rodriguez, Pierre Lelong, Sherif Makram-Ebeid