Patents by Inventor Nicolas F. Villain

Nicolas F. Villain 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).

  • Detection and tracking of interventional tools
    Patent number: 8831303
    Abstract: The present invention relates to minimally invasive X-ray guided interventions, in particular to an image processing and rendering system and a method for improving visibility and supporting automatic detection and tracking of interventional tools that are used in electrophysiological procedures. According to the invention, this is accomplished by calculating differences between 2D projected image data of a preoperatively acquired 3D voxel volume showing a specific anatomical region of interest or a pathological abnormality (e.g. an intracranial arterial stenosis, an aneurysm of a cerebral, pulmonary or coronary artery branch, a gastric carcinoma or sarcoma, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Nicolas F. Villain, Cécile A. M. Picard, Nicolas P. B. Gogin
  • DETECTION AND TRACKING OF INTERVENTIONAL TOOLS
    Publication number: 20100226537
    Abstract: The present invention relates to minimally invasive X-ray guided interventions, in particular to an image processing and rendering system and a method for improving visibility and supporting automatic detection and tracking of interventional tools that are used in electrophysiological procedures. According to the invention, this is accomplished by calculating differences between 2D projected image data of a preoperatively acquired 3D voxel volume showing a specific anatomical region of interest or a pathological abnormality (e.g. an intracranial arterial stenosis, an aneurysm of a cerebral, pulmonary or coronary artery branch, a gastric carcinoma or sarcoma, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Nicolas F. Villain, Cecile A.M. Picard, Nicolas P.B Gogin