Patents by Inventor Osama Mawlawi

Osama Mawlawi 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, program product, and methods for attenuation correction of emission data on PET/CT and SPEC/CT
    Patent number: 7787675
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide the use of average CT (ACT) to match the temporal resolution of CT and PET to enhance PET imaging and evaluated tumor quantification with HCT and ACT. For example, an embodiment of a method of enhanced PET imaging on a PET/CT scanner includes generating an average CT scan responsive to 4D CT emission image data to thereby correct attenuation in PET emission image data. Another embodiment of a method of attenuation correction in a PET/CT scan includes averaging a plurality of consecutive low dose CT images of approximately one breathing cycle to thereby obtain an average CT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignees: General Electric Company, Board Of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Tinsu Pan, Osama Mawlawi, Dershan Luo, Steven G. Kohlmyer, Dennis P. Hurley
  • System, program product, and methods for attenuation correction of emission data on PET/CT and SPECT/CT
    Publication number: 20070081704
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide the use of average CT (ACT) to match the temporal resolution of CT and PET to enhance PET imaging and evaluated tumor quantification with HCT and ACT. For example, an embodiment of a method of enhanced PET imaging on a PET/CT scanner includes generating an average CT scan responsive to 4D CT emission image data to thereby correct attenuation in PET emission image data. Another embodiment of a method of attenuation correction in a PET/CT scan includes averaging a plurality of consecutive low dose CT images of approximately one breathing cycle to thereby obtain an average CT.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Inventors: Tinsu Pan, Osama Mawlawi, Dershan Luo, Steven Kohlmyer, Dennis Hurley