Patents by Inventor Scott SEMPLE

Scott SEMPLE 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).

  • Method of, and apparatus for, registration of medical images
    Patent number: 9275432
    Abstract: An apparatus for registering medical image data representing a tubular structure comprises a data processing unit for obtaining first medical image data representing the tubular structure and second medical image data representing the tubular structure, a region identification unit for identifying the tubular structure in the first medical image data, defining in the first medical image data a volumetric region of interest comprising the tubular structure along the length of the tubular structure and defining a subset of the first medical image data corresponding to the region of interest, and a registration unit for performing a registration of the subset of the first medical image data with at least some of the second medical image data, wherein the registration comprises at least one of a rigid registration and an affine registration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignees: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, The University Court of the University of Edinburgh
    Inventors: Chengjia Wang, Keith Goatman, Scott Semple
  • METHOD OF, AND APPARATUS FOR, REGISTRATION OF MEDICAL IMAGES
    Publication number: 20150131880
    Abstract: An apparatus for registering medical image data representing a tubular structure comprises a data processing unit for obtaining first medical image data representing the tubular structure and second medical image data representing the tubular structure, a region identification unit for identifying the tubular structure in the first medical image data, defining in the first medical image data a volumetric region of interest comprising the tubular structure along the length of the tubular structure and defining a subset of the first medical image data corresponding to the region of interest, and a registration unit for performing a registration of the subset of the first medical image data with at least some of the second medical image data, wherein the registration comprises at least one of a rigid registration and an affine registration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicants: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Chengjia WANG, Keith GOATMAN, Scott SEMPLE