Patents by Inventor Omar G. El-Ghazzawy

Omar G. El-Ghazzawy 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 apparatus for acquiring overlapped medical image slices
    Patent number: 9478009
    Abstract: The disclosure describes a technique for medical imaging, referred to herein as the Rapid Interleave Overlap Technique (RIOT), wherein image data is acquired as a plurality of series sequences in a manner that allows for unlimited overlap. RIOT involves interleaving and overlapping 2D image slices of multiple series of image data of the same ROI into a composite data set from which MPR and 3D reconstructions exhibiting excellent resolution properties and crisp image quality can be generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Inventors: Madelyn Milagros Stazzone, Omar G. El-Ghazzawy, Fred William Prior
  • Method and Apparatus for Acquiring Overlapped Medical Image Slices
    Publication number: 20120029341
    Abstract: The disclosure describes a technique for medical imaging, referred to herein as the Rapid Interleave Overlap Technique (RIOT), wherein image data is acquired as a plurality of series sequences in a manner that allows for unlimited overlap. RIOT involves interleaving and overlapping 2D image slices of multiple series of image data of the same ROI into a composite data set from which MPR and 3D reconstructions exhibiting excellent resolution properties and crisp image quality can be generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventors: Madelyn Milagros Stazzone, Omar G. El-Ghazzawy, Fred William Prior
  • Method and apparatus for acquiring overlapped medical image slices
    Patent number: 8046044
    Abstract: The disclosure describes a technique for medical imaging, referred to herein as the Rapid Interleave Overlap Technique (RIOT), wherein image data is acquired as a plurality of series sequences in a manner that allows for unlimited overlap. RIOT involves interleaving and overlapping 2D image slices of multiple series of image data of the same ROI into a composite data set from which MPR and 3D reconstructions exhibiting excellent resolution properties and crisp image quality can be generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Washington University
    Inventors: Madelyn Milagros Stazzone, Omar G. El-Ghazzawy, Fred William Prior