Patents by Inventor Rainer Kärgel

Rainer Kärgel 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).

  • Determination of a degree of deformity of at least one vertebral bone
    Patent number: 11074688
    Abstract: For processing a medical image, medical image data representing a medical image of at least a portion of a vertebral column is received. The medical image data is processed to determine a plurality of positions within the image. Each of the plurality of positions corresponds to a position relating to a vertebral bone within the vertebral column. Data representing the plurality of positions is processed to determine a degree of deformity of at least one vertebral bone within the vertebral column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Guillaume Chabin, Jonathan Sperl, Rainer Kärgel, Sasa Grbic, Razvan Ionasec, Dorin Comaniciu
  • Processing a Medical Image
    Publication number: 20200160515
    Abstract: For processing a medical image, medical image data representing a medical image of at least a portion of a vertebral column is received. The medical image data is processed to determine a plurality of positions within the image. Each of the plurality of positions corresponds to a position relating to a vertebral bone within the vertebral column. Data representing the plurality of positions is processed to determine a degree of deformity of at least one vertebral bone within the vertebral column.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Guillaume Chabin, Jonathan Sperl, Rainer Kärgel, Sasa Grbic, Razvan Ionasec, Dorin Comaniciu