Patents by Inventor Roman Schaffert

Roman Schaffert 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).

  • Patent number: 11423554
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a computer-implemented method for the provision of a transformation instruction for registering a 2D image with a 3D image. The method includes: receiving the 2D image and the 3D image; generating input data based on the 2D image having contour pixels and the 3D image having contour voxels; applying a trained function to the input data for identification of contour pixels of the 2D image and contour voxels of the 3D image, wherein at least one parameter of the trained function is adjusted based on a comparison of training contour pixels with comparison contour pixels and a comparison of training contour voxels corresponding thereto with comparison contour voxels; determining the transformation instruction based on the identified contour pixels of the 2D image and the contour voxels corresponding thereto of the 3D image for registering the 2D image with the 3D image; and providing the transformation instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Anja Borsdorf, Roman Schaffert, Jian Wang, Markus Weiss
  • Publication number: 20210065388
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a computer-implemented method for the provision of a transformation instruction for registering a 2D image with a 3D image. The method includes: receiving the 2D image and the 3D image; generating input data based on the 2D image having contour pixels and the 3D image having contour voxels; applying a trained function to the input data for identification of contour pixels of the 2D image and contour voxels of the 3D image, wherein at least one parameter of the trained function is adjusted based on a comparison of training contour pixels with comparison contour pixels and a comparison of training contour voxels corresponding thereto with comparison contour voxels; determining the transformation instruction based on the identified contour pixels of the 2D image and the contour voxels corresponding thereto of the 3D image for registering the 2D image with the 3D image; and providing the transformation instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Anja Borsdorf, Roman Schaffert, Jian Wang, Markus Weiss
  • Patent number: 10832421
    Abstract: A method for determining or updating a registration between a 3D image of a region of interest and a set of at least two 2D images of the same region of interest includes selecting at least one respective contour point in the 3D image for each 2D image. A 2D position of a respective depiction of each contour point is determined in the respective 2D image. At least one condition for the registration parameters that needs to be fulfilled is determined, for each contour point, to map the respective contour point to the respective 2D position in the respective 2D image. An updated set of registration parameters is determined by solving a set of equations or an optimization problem that depends on the conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Anja Borsdorf, Roman Schaffert, Jian Wang
  • Publication number: 20190057510
    Abstract: A method for determining or updating a registration between a 3D image of a region of interest and a set of at least two 2D images of the same region of interest includes selecting at least one respective contour point in the 3D image for each 2D image. A 2D position of a respective depiction of each contour point is determined in the respective 2D image. At least one condition for the registration parameters that needs to be fulfilled is determined, for each contour point, to map the respective contour point to the respective 2D position in the respective 2D image. An updated set of registration parameters is determined by solving a set of equations or an optimization problem that depends on the conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Anja Borsdorf, Roman Schaffert, Jian Wang
  • Patent number: 10062174
    Abstract: A method includes, following specification of an initial transformation as a test transformation that is to be optimized, determining a 2D gradient x-ray image and a 3D gradient dataset of the image dataset, carrying out, for each image element of the gradient comparison image, a check for selection as a contour point, and determining an environment best corresponding to a local environment of the contour point and extending around a comparison point in the gradient x-ray image for all contour points in the at least one gradient comparison image. Local 2D displacement information is determined by comparing the contour points with the associated comparison points, and motion parameters of a 3D motion model describing a movement of the target region between the acquisition of the image dataset and the x-ray image are determined from the displacement information and a registration transformation describing the registration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Roman Schaffert, Jian Wang, Anja Borsdorf
  • Publication number: 20170243361
    Abstract: A method includes, following specification of an initial transformation as a test transformation that is to be optimized, determining a 2D gradient x-ray image and a 3D gradient dataset of the image dataset, carrying out, for each image element of the gradient comparison image, a check for selection as a contour point, and determining an environment best corresponding to a local environment of the contour point and extending around a comparison point in the gradient x-ray image for all contour points in the at least one gradient comparison image. Local 2D displacement information is determined by comparing the contour points with the associated comparison points, and motion parameters of a 3D motion model describing a movement of the target region between the acquisition of the image dataset and the x-ray image are determined from the displacement information and a registration transformation describing the registration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Roman Schaffert, Jian Wang, Anja Borsdorf