Patents by Inventor Ofer Pinhasi

Ofer Pinhasi 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).

  • System and apparatus for classifying x-ray energy into discrete levels
    Patent number: 8488854
    Abstract: A system and apparatus for classifying x-ray energy into discrete levels include an imaging system comprising an x-ray source, a detector, and a DAS having a discriminator assembly configured to count photon hits in the detector. A computer causes the discriminator assembly to count photon hits in the detector having an energy level greater than or equal to first and second threshold levels during an imaging scan, wherein the second threshold level is distinct from the first threshold level. The computer further modifies the counted photon hits having an energy level greater than or equal to the first threshold level based on the counted photon hits having an energy level greater than or equal to the second threshold level and reconstructs an image based on the modified photon hits and based on the counted photon hits having an energy level greater than or equal to a second threshold level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Israel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jerome Stephen Arenson, Ofer Pinhasi, Daniel Rubin, Baruch Rosner, Lev Greenberg
  • SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR CLASSIFYING X-RAY ENERGY INTO DISCRETE LEVELS
    Publication number: 20130148873
    Abstract: A system and apparatus for classifying x-ray energy into discrete levels include an imaging system comprising an x-ray source, a detector, and a DAS having a discriminator assembly configured to count photon hits in the detector. A computer causes the discriminator assembly to count photon hits in the detector having an energy level greater than or equal to first and second threshold levels during an imaging scan, wherein the second threshold level is distinct from the first threshold level. The computer further modifies the counted photon hits having an energy level greater than or equal to the first threshold level based on the counted photon hits having an energy level greater than or equal to the second threshold level and reconstructs an image based on the modified photon hits and based on the counted photon hits having an energy level greater than or equal to a second threshold level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Inventors: Jerome Stephen Arenson, Ofer Pinhasi, Daniel Rubin, Baruch Rosner, Lev Greenberg