Patents by Inventor NICK FLAESCHNER

NICK FLAESCHNER 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: 11978136
    Abstract: The invention provides for a medical imaging system (100, 400) comprising a memory (110) storing machine executable instructions (120) and a configured artificial neural network (122). The medical imaging system further comprises a processor (104) configured for controlling the medical imaging system. Execution of the machine executable instructions causes the processor to receive (200) magnetic resonance imaging data (124), wherein the magnetic resonance imaging data is BOLD functional magnetic resonance imaging data descriptive of a time dependent BOLD signal (1100) for each of a set of voxels. Execution of the machine executable instructions further causes the processor to construct (202) a set of initial signals (126) by reconstructing the time dependent BOLD signal for each of the set of voxels using the magnetic resonance imaging data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Arne Ewald, Nick Flaeschner, Bernhard Gleich, Ingmar Graesslin, Peter Boernert, Ingo Schmale, Johannes Adrianus Overweg
  • Patent number: 11610369
    Abstract: A method (10) that encodes electrode locations to a mean scalp mesh for adaptation to subsequent image scans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Lyubomir Georgiev Zagorchev, Fabian Wenzel, Nick Flaeschner, Katerina Georgopoulou, Arne Ewald, Shiv Sabesan
  • Publication number: 20220317215
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system (10) for functional magnetic resonance image data acquisition. The system comprises an input unit (20), a magnetic resonance imaging “MRI” device (30), an electroencephalography “EEG” data acquisition device (40), and a processing unit (50). The input unit is configured to provide task based information to a patient, wherein the task based information extends over a period of time. The MRI device is configured to acquire functional magnetic resonance imaging “fMRI” data relating to brain activity of the patient, wherein the fMRI data extends over the period of time. The EEG device is configured to acquire EEG data relating to electrical activity of the brain of the patient, wherein the EEG data extends over the period of time. The processing unit is configured to utilize the task based information that extends over the period of time and the EEG data that extends over the period of time to determine at least one first sub-set period of time over the period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Nick FLÄSCHNER, Arne EWALD, Rudolf Mathias Johannes Nicolaas LAMERICHS
  • Publication number: 20220203124
    Abstract: The invention relates to a planning apparatus for planning a radiation therapy. A medical image, in which a target to be irradiated is indicated, is reformatted based on ray geometries to be used during the radiation therapy to be planned, resulting in several reformatted medical images. Radiation therapy parameters being indicative of intensities of rays 5 to be used for irradiating a target 4 are determined based on the reformatted medical images by using a neural network unit. This allows to determine high quality radiation therapy parameters and hence allows for an improved planning of a radiation therapy. In particular, radiation and absorptions physics can be captured better, which can lead to the improved quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Nick FLAESCHNER, Harald Sepp HEESE, Maria Luiza BONDAR, Kay SUN, Jens WIEGERT, Rolf Juergen WEESE
  • Publication number: 20220193448
    Abstract: The invention relates a system for assisting in planning a radiation therapy treatment provided using a treatment plan comprising irradiation parameters for controlling a delivery of radiation. The system is configured to (i) receive a first dose distribution, (ii) obtain a first objective function, which depends upon at least one parameter and a dose distribution, (iii) determine a first value of the parameter such that the first objective function fulfills a predefined criterion when being evaluated for the first value of the parameter and for a second dose distribution derived from the first dose distribution, (iii) provide the first objective function in connection with the first value of the at least one parameter to a user for modifying the first objective function to generate a second objective function, and (v) determine the treatment plan using the second objective function. Further, the invention relates to a corresponding method and computer program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Rolf Juergen WEESE, Alfonso Agatino ISOLA, Maria Luiza BONDAR, Torbjoern VIK, Nick FLAESCHNER, Jens WIEGERT, Harald Sepp HEESE
  • Publication number: 20220028133
    Abstract: The invention provides for a medical imaging system (100, 400) comprising a memory (110) storing machine executable instructions (120) and a configured artificial neural network (122). The medical imaging system further comprises a processor (104) configured for controlling the medical imaging system. Execution of the machine executable instructions causes the processor to receive (200) magnetic resonance imaging data (124), wherein the magnetic resonance imaging data is BOLD functional magnetic resonance imaging data descriptive of a time dependent BOLD signal (1100) for each of a set of voxels. Execution of the machine executable instructions further causes the processor to construct (202) a set of initial signals (126) by reconstructing the time dependent BOLD signal for each of the set of voxels using the magnetic resonance imaging data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Arne EWALD, Nick FLAESCHNER, Bernhard GLEICH, Ingmar GRAESSLIN, Peter BOERNERT, Ingo SCHMALE, Johannes Adrianus OVERWEG
  • Publication number: 20210383603
    Abstract: A method (10) that encodes electrode locations to a mean scalp mesh for adaptation to subsequent image scans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Lyubomir Georgiev Zagorchev, Fabian Wenzel, Nick Flaeschner, Katerina Georgopoulou, Arne Ewald, Shiv Sabesan
  • Publication number: 20200170534
    Abstract: The invention provides for a medical instrument (100, 400, 500, 600) comprising an activity measurement system (106) configured for measuring brain activity data (138) from a subject (102). The medical instrument further comprises a stimulus presentation system (108) configured for providing sensory stimulus to the subject. The medical instrument further comprises a memory (130) for storing machine executable instructions (132) and for storing a stimulus reinforcer database (134). The stimulus reinforcer database comprises entries. Each entry comprises commands configured for controlling the stimulus presentation system to provide the sensory stimulus to the subject. The medical instrument further comprises a processor (120) for controlling the medical instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: NICK FLAESCHNER, RONALDUS MARIA AARTS, PETER BOERNERT, ARNE EWALD, GLEICH BERNHARD, INGMAR GRAESSLIN, RAYMOND VAN EE