Patents by Inventor Ron Koops

Ron Koops 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).

  • Gated CT with irregular sampling for slow CT acquisition
    Patent number: 7907698
    Abstract: A physiological parameter monitor (44) monitors a cyclic physiological parameter and generates a cyclic parameter phase indicative signal. A radiation system (8) is disposed adjacent an examination region (18, 28) to generate transmission radiation data and emission radiation data. First and second sorting devices (48, 74) sort corresponding transmission and emission radiation data into transmission radiation data sets (50) and emission radiation data sets (78) corresponding to each of a plurality of the cyclic parameter phases. A data processor (60) reconstructs attenuation maps (62) from the transmission data for each of the plurality of cyclic parameter phases. An image processor (80) corrects the emission radiation data of each cyclic parameter phase with the attenuation map (62) of the same cyclic parameter phase and reconstructs the attenuation corrected emission data sets into an image representation for each cyclic parameter phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N. V.
    Inventors: Lingxiong Shao, Jinghan Ye, Ron Koops
  • GATED CT WITH IRREGULAR SAMPLING FOR SLOW CT ACQUISITION
    Publication number: 20090225933
    Abstract: A physiological parameter monitor (44) monitors a cyclic physiological parameter and generates a cyclic parameter phase indicative signal. A radiation system (8) is disposed adjacent an examination region (18, 28) to generate transmission radiation data and emission radiation data. First and second sorting devices (48, 74) sort corresponding transmission and emission radiation data into transmission radiation data sets (50) and emission radiation data sets (78) corresponding to each of a plurality of the cyclic parameter phases. A data processor (60) reconstructs attenuation maps (62) from the transmission data for each of the plurality of cyclic parameter phases. An image processor (80) corrects the emission radiation data of each cyclic parameter phase with the attenuation map (62) of the same cyclic parameter phase and reconstructs the attenuation corrected emission data sets into an image representation for each cyclic parameter phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N. V.
    Inventors: Lingxiong Shao, Jinghan Ye, Ron Koops