Patents by Inventor Peter Ngan

Peter Ngan 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).

  • Publication number: 20100210943
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for echoperiodontal imaging. In one embodiment, a system includes a transducer configured to transmit a series of ultrasonic signals at a plurality of corresponding locations along a jaw and receive a plurality of echo signals; and an imaging system controller configured to obtain a plurality of echo signal data and a plurality of transducer positions, where each echo signal data corresponds to one of the plurality of transducer position. In another embodiment, a method includes transmitting a series of ultrasonic signals at a plurality of corresponding locations along a jaw; receiving a plurality of echo signals; obtaining a plurality of echo signal data and a plurality of corresponding transducer positions; and reconstruct image data of a portion of the jaw for display on a display device based upon the obtained echo signal data and corresponding transducer positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ahmed M. Mahmoud, Osama M. Mukdadi, Richard Crout, Peter Ngan