Patents by Inventor Robert Scott Harris

Robert Scott Harris 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).

  • Image derived input function for PET lung assessment
    Patent number: 8527034
    Abstract: An input function indicative of a time-activity curve in pulmonary arterial plasma is produced from a series of PET image frames in lieu of manual blood sampling. Two manually acquired blood samples are input along with pixel values of a blood pool region of interest (ROI) in the PET image frames into a two-parameter model of the ROI's time-activity curve. In an iterative process the model converges to accurately indicate the amount of 18F-FDG tracer in the arterial blood. Pulmonary uptake of the tracer is assessed with the PET image frames and the calculated input function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Tobias Schroder, Marcos F. Vidal Melo, Guido Musch, Robert Scott Harris, Jose G. Venegas, Tilo Winkler
  • Image Derived Input Function For PET Lung Assessment
    Publication number: 20090018438
    Abstract: An input function indicative of a time-activity curve in pulmonary arterial plasma is produced from a series of PET image frames in lieu of manual blood sampling. Two manually acquired blood samples are input along with pixel values of a blood pool region of interest (ROI) in the PET image frames into a two-parameter model of the ROI's time-activity curve. In an iterative process the model converges to accurately indicate the amount of 18F-FDG tracer in the arterial blood. Pulmonary uptake of the tracer is assessed with the PET image frames and the calculated input function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2007
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Inventors: Tobias Schroder, Marcos F. Vidal Melo, Guido Musch, Robert Scott Harris, Jose G. Venegas, Tilo Winkler