Patents by Inventor Ruediger Bock

Ruediger Bock 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: 11116468
    Abstract: A method for controlling an X-ray projection imaging device includes applying preferences for a serial radiography image acquisition to the X-ray projection imaging device. The method further includes executing the serial radiography image acquisition with the X-ray projection imaging device; recording data frames at different times during the serial radiography image acquisition; applying a trigger signal to the X-ray projection imaging device during the serial radiography image acquisition; and generating a snapshot image from a subset of the data frames, wherein the subset is chosen from the data frames recorded based on the trigger signal. A related system, a related control unit and a related X-ray projection imaging system are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH
    Inventors: Marcel Beister, Ruediger Bock, Bernhard Geiger, Sandra Jedinger
  • Publication number: 20200121275
    Abstract: A method for controlling an X-ray projection imaging device includes applying preferences for a serial radiography image acquisition to the X-ray projection imaging device. The method further includes executing the serial radiography image acquisition with the X-ray projection imaging device; recording data frames at different times during the serial radiography image acquisition; applying a trigger signal to the X-ray projection imaging device during the serial radiography image acquisition; and generating a snapshot image from a subset of the data frames, wherein the subset is chosen from the data frames recorded based on the trigger signal. A related system, a related control unit and a related X-ray projection imaging system are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Marcel BEISTER, Ruediger BOCK, Bernhard GEIGER, Sandra JEDINGER
  • Patent number: 9978159
    Abstract: Images of an object, such as OCT scans of a human eye, can include distortions and data gaps due to relative motion of the object and the image acquisition device. Methods and systems for correction of such distortions and data gaps are described herein. Motion-corrected data is arrived at by applying three-dimensional transforms to input three-dimensional data sets that represent at least partially overlapping regions of the imaged object. The three dimensional transforms are computed based on an objective function that accounts for similarity between the transformed three-dimensional data sets and the estimated motion of the object relative to an imaging instrument. Methods and systems described herein advantageously eliminate the need for postulated assumptions and reliance on landmarks and are capable of filling data gaps, thereby producing high quality, undistorted images of objects subject to movement during imaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Friedrich-Alexander-Universitaet Erlangen-Nuernberg
    Inventors: Martin F. G. Kraus, Benjamin M. Potsaid, James G. Fujimoto, Markus Anton Mayer, Ruediger Bock, Joachim Hornegger
  • Publication number: 20170140560
    Abstract: Images of an object, such as OCT scans of a human eye, can include distortions and data gaps due to relative motion of the object and the image acquisition device. Methods and systems for correction of such distortions and data gaps are described herein. Motion-corrected data is arrived at by applying three-dimensional transforms to input three-dimensional data sets that represent at least partially overlapping regions of the imaged object. The three dimensional transforms are computed based on an objective function that accounts for similarity between the transformed three-dimensional data sets and the estimated motion of the object relative to an imaging instrument. Methods and systems described herein advantageously eliminate the need for postulated assumptions and reliance on landmarks and are capable of filling data gaps, thereby producing high quality, undistorted images of objects subject to movement during imaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Martin F.G. Kraus, Benjamin M. Potsaid, James G. Fujimoto, Markus Anton Mayer, Ruediger Bock, Joachim Hornegger
  • Patent number: 9269144
    Abstract: Images of an object, such as OCT scans of a human eye, can include distortions and data gaps due to relative motion of the object and the image acquisition device. Methods and systems for correction of such distortions and data gaps are described herein. Motion-corrected data is arrived at by applying three-dimensional transforms to input three-dimensional data sets that represent at least partially overlapping regions of the imaged object. The three dimensional transforms are computed based on an objective function that accounts for similarity between the transformed three-dimensional data sets and the estimated motion of the object relative to an imaging instrument. Methods and systems described herein advantageously eliminate the need for postulated assumptions and reliance on landmarks and are capable of filling data gaps, thereby producing high quality, undistorted images of objects subject to movement during imaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignees: Friedrich-Alexander-Universitaet Erlangen-Nuernberg, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Martin F. G. Kraus, Benjamin M. Potsaid, James G. Fujimoto, Markus Anton Mayer, Ruediger Bock, Joachim Hornegger
  • Publication number: 20110267340
    Abstract: Images of an object, such as OCT scans of a human eye, can include distortions and data gaps due to relative motion of the object and the image acquisition device. Methods and systems for correction of such distortions and data gaps are described herein. Motion-corrected data is arrived at by applying three-dimensional transforms to input three-dimensional data sets that represent at least partially overlapping regions of the imaged object. The three dimensional transforms are computed based on an objective function that accounts for similarity between the transformed three-dimensional data sets and the estimated motion of the object relative to an imaging instrument. Methods and systems described herein advantageously eliminate the need for postulated assumptions and reliance on landmarks and are capable of filling data gaps, thereby producing high quality, undistorted images of objects subject to movement during imaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicants: Friedrich-Alexander-Universitaet Erlangen-Nuernberg, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Martin F.G. Kraus, Benjamin M. Potsaid, James G. Fujimoto, Markus Anton Mayer, Ruediger Bock, Joachim Hornegger