Patents by Inventor Sander Jacobs

Sander Jacobs 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: 9256936
    Abstract: A method for tracking position of features of a moving organ from at least one sequence of image frames of the moving organ involves identifying at least a first feature and a second feature of the organ in a reference image frame. Positions of the first and second features in other image frames are tracked in order to learn motion patterns of the first and second features. A dynamic geometric relation between the first and second features is determined. In the event that the first feature of the organ is obscured in a given image frame, position of the first feature in the given image frame is determined using position of the second feature in the given image frame and the dynamic geometric relation between the first and second features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Pie Medical Imaging BV
    Inventors: Sander Jacobs, Jean-Paul Aben
  • Publication number: 20140205145
    Abstract: A method for tracking position of features of a moving organ from at least one sequence of image frames of the moving organ, comprising: a) identifying at least a first feature and a second feature of the organ in a reference image frame of the at least one sequence of image frames; b) tracking position of the first and second features in other image frames of the at least one sequence of image frames in order to learn motion patterns of the first and second features; c) determining a dynamic geometric relation between the first and second features; and d) in the event that the first feature of the organ is obscured in a given image frame of the at least one sequence of image frames, determining position of the first feature in the given image frame using position of the second feature in the given image frame and the dynamic geometric relation between the first and second features as determined in step c). A corresponding apparatus and computer product are also disclosed and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Pie Medical Imaging BV
    Inventors: Sander Jacobs, Jean-Paul Aben