Patents by Inventor Richard Lawrence VanMetter

Richard Lawrence VanMetter 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).

  • Renormalization of dual-energy images
    Patent number: 8184877
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for generating a composite image from dual-energy projection radiographic image data and renormalizing the composite image such that the pixel values for the composite image have the same relationship to the detected x-ray energy as the original high- and low-energy images. The method disclosed further provides for renormalization of material specific decomposition images formed form dual energy projection radiographic image data such that the decomposition images are on a common scale with either the high-energy, low-energy or composite image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Carestream Health, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Lawrence VanMetter, John Yorkston, Jeffery H. Siewersden
  • RENORMALIZATION OF DUAL-ENERGY IMAGES
    Publication number: 20080192898
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for generating a composite image from dual-energy projection radiographic image data and renormalizing the composite image such that the pixel values for the composite image have the same relationship to the detected x-ray energy as the original high- and low-energy images. The method disclosed further provides for renormalization of material specific decomposition images formed form dual energy projection radiographic image data such that the decomposition images are on a common scale with either the high-energy, low-energy or composite image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2008
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventors: Richard Lawrence VanMetter, John Yorkston, Jeffery H. Siewersden