Patents by Inventor Ronald Kikinis

Ronald Kikinis 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).

  • System and method of registration of three-dimensional data sets
    Patent number: 5999840
    Abstract: An image data registration system and method of storing a first data set of three-dimensional image data associated with a predetermined portion of an object with reference to a first coordinate frame; obtaining and storing a second data set of three-dimensional image data associated with a surface of the predetermined portion of the object with reference to a second coordinate frame; obtaining and storing a third data set of three-dimensional image data associated with a probe in the vicinity of the predetermined portion of the object with reference to a third coordinate frame; and registering the first, second and third data sets to generate a matched image data set in which the first, second and third coordinate frames are relatively aligned with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: W. Eric L. Grimson, Steven J. White, Gil J. Ettinger, William M. Wells, III, Tomas Lozano-Perez, Ronald Kikinis
  • System and method of registration of three-dimensional data sets including anatomical body data
    Patent number: 5531520
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image data registration system and method of storing a first data set of three-dimensional image data associated with a predetermined portion of an object with reference to a first coordinate frame; obtaining and storing a second data set of three-dimensional image data associated with a surface of the predetermined portion of the object with reference to a second coordinate frame; and registering the first data set and the second data set to generate a matched image data set in which the first coordinate frame is aligned with the second coordinate frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1996
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, TASC, Inc., The Brigham & Women's Hospital, Inc.
    Inventors: W. Eric L. Grimson, Steven J. White, Gil J. Ettinger, William M. Wells, III, Tomas Lozano-Perez, Ronald Kikinis