Patents by Inventor Sascha Seifert

Sascha Seifert 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).

  • Publication number: 20100080434
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for hierarchical parsing and semantic navigation of a full or partial body computed tomography CT scan is disclosed. In particular, organs are segmented and anatomic landmarks are detected in a full or partial body CT volume. One or more predetermined slices of the CT volume are detected. A plurality of anatomic landmarks and organ centers are then detected in the CT volume using a discriminative anatomical network, each detected in a portion of the CT volume constrained by at least one of the detected slices. A plurality of organs, such as heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, bladder, and prostate, are detected in a sense of a bounding box and segmented in the CT volume, detection of each organ bounding box constrained by the detected organ centers and anatomic landmarks. Organ segmentation is via a database-guided segmentation method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicants: Siemens Corporate Research, Inc., Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Sascha Seifert, Adrian Barbu, Shaohua Kevin Zhou, David Liu, Johannes Feulner, Martin Huber, Michael Suehling, Alexander Cavallaro, Dorin Comaniciu