Patents by Inventor Steven H. Izen

Steven H. Izen 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: 20240264062
    Abstract: A tomography duct for wind tunnels includes a plurality of light sources and sensors displaced around a support structure. The light sources are cycled and sensor measurements are made from sensors opposite the light sources. Tomographic algorithms are used to determine an extinction map from the sensor measurements. The extinction map provides details about particles in a cross-section of the air flow through the tomography duct. Imaging is accomplished via star-shaped source and detector arrays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: David P. Rohler, Steven H. Izen
  • Patent number: 12019004
    Abstract: A tomography duct for wind tunnels includes a plurality of light sources and sensors displaced around a support structure. The light sources are cycled and sensor measurements are made from sensors opposite the light sources. Tomographic algorithms are used to determine an extinction map from the sensor measurements. The extinction map provides details about particles in a cross-section of the air flow through the tomography duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: PLEXAR ASSOCIATES, INC.
    Inventors: Timothy J. Bencic, David P. Rohler, Amy F. Fagan, Steven H. Izen, Arjun K. Maniyedath
  • Patent number: 11957501
    Abstract: Evaluating dose performance of a radiographic imaging system with respect to image quality using a phantom, a channelized hotelling observer module as a model observer, and a printer, a plaque, or an electronic display includes scanning and producing images for a plurality of sections of the phantom using the radiographic imaging system, wherein the plurality of sections represent a range of patient sizes and doses and wherein the sections of the phantom contain objects of measurable detectability. Also included is analyzing the images to determine detectability results for one or more of the contained objects within the images of the plurality of sections of the phantom, wherein the analyzing includes using a channelized hotelling observer (CHO) module as a model observer; and displaying, via the printer, the plaque, or the electronic display, a continuous detectability performance measurement function using the determined detectability results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: TIP IMAGING, LLC
    Inventors: David P. Rohler, Thomas L. Toth, Steven H. Izen, Arjun K. Maniyedath
  • Publication number: 20220214260
    Abstract: A tomography duct for wind tunnels includes a plurality of light sources and sensors displaced around a support structure. The light sources are cycled and sensor measurements are made from sensors opposite the light sources. Tomographic algorithms are used to determine an extinction map from the sensor measurements. The extinction map provides details about particles in a cross-section of the air flow through the tomography duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Timothy J. Bencic, David P. Rohler, Amy F. Fagan, Steven H. Izen, Arjun K. Maniyedath
  • Patent number: 11275012
    Abstract: A tomography duct for wind tunnels includes a plurality of light sources and sensors displaced around a support structure. The light sources are cycled and sensor measurements are made from sensors opposite the light sources. Tomographic algorithms are used to determine an extinction map from the sensor measurements. The extinction map provides details about particles in a cross-section of the air flow through the tomography duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: PLEXAR ASSOCIATES, INC.
    Inventors: Timothy J. Bencic, David P. Rohler, Amy F. Fagan, Steven H. Izen, Arjun K. Maniyedath
  • Publication number: 20210361254
    Abstract: Evaluating dose performance of a radiographic imaging system with respect to image quality using a phantom, a channelized hotelling observer module as a model observer, and a printer, a plaque, or an electronic display includes scanning and producing images for a plurality of sections of the phantom using the radiographic imaging system, wherein the plurality of sections represent a range of patient sizes and doses and wherein the sections of the phantom contain objects of measurable detectability. Also included is analyzing the images to determine detectability results for one or more of the contained objects within the images of the plurality of sections of the phantom, wherein the analyzing includes using a channelized hotelling observer (CHO) module as a model observer; and displaying, via the printer, the plaque, or the electronic display, a continuous detectability performance measurement function using the determined detectability results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: David P. ROHLER, Thomas L. TOTH, Steven H. IZEN, Arjun K. MANIYEDATH
  • Patent number: 11116471
    Abstract: Evaluating dose performance of a radiographic imaging system with respect to image quality using a phantom, a channelized hotelling observer module as a model observer, and a printer, a plaque, or an electronic display includes scanning and producing images for a plurality of sections of the phantom using the radiographic imaging system, wherein the plurality of sections represent a range of patient sizes and doses and wherein the sections of the phantom contain objects of measurable detectability. Also included is analyzing the images to determine detectability results for one or more of the contained objects within the images of the plurality of sections of the phantom, wherein the analyzing includes using a channelized hotelling observer (CHO) module as a model observer; and displaying, via the printer, the plaque, or the electronic display, a continuous detectability performance measurement function using the determined detectability results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: TIP Imaging, LLC
    Inventors: David P. Rohler, Thomas L. Toth, Steven H. Izen, Arjun K. Maniyedath
  • Publication number: 20210156785
    Abstract: A tomography duct for wind tunnels includes a plurality of light sources and sensors displaced around a support structure. The light sources are cycled and sensor measurements are made from sensors opposite the light sources. Tomographic algorithms are used to determine an extinction map from the sensor measurements. The extinction map provides details about particles in a cross-section of the air flow through the tomography duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Timothy J. Bencic, David P. Rohler, Amy F. Fagan, Steven H. Izen, Arjun K. Maniyedath
  • Patent number: 10908061
    Abstract: A tomography duct for wind tunnels includes a plurality of light sources and sensors displaced around a support structure. The light sources are cycled and sensor measurements are made from sensors opposite the light sources. Tomographic algorithms are used to determine an extinction map from the sensor measurements. The extinction map provides details about particles in a cross-section of the air flow through the tomography duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: PLEXAR ASSOCIATES, INC.
    Inventors: Timothy J. Bencic, David P. Rohler, Amy F. Fagan, Steven H. Izen, Arjun K. Maniyedath
  • Publication number: 20200146648
    Abstract: Evaluating dose performance of a radiographic imaging system with respect to image quality using a phantom, a channelized hotelling observer module as a model observer, and a printer, a plaque, or an electronic display includes scanning and producing images for a plurality of sections of the phantom using the radiographic imaging system, wherein the plurality of sections represent a range of patient sizes and doses and wherein the sections of the phantom contain objects of measurable detectability. Also included is analyzing the images to determine detectability results for one or more of the contained objects within the images of the plurality of sections of the phantom, wherein the analyzing includes using a channelized hotelling observer (CHO) module as a model observer; and displaying, via the printer, the plaque, or the electronic display, a continuous detectability performance measurement function using the determined detectability results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: David P. ROHLER, Thomas L. TOTH, Steven H. IZEN, Arjun K. MANIYEDATH
  • Patent number: 10555716
    Abstract: Evaluating dose performance of a radiographic imaging system with respect to image quality using a phantom, a channelized hotelling observer module as a model observer, and a printer, a plaque, or an electronic display includes scanning and producing images for a plurality of sections of the phantom using the radiographic imaging system, wherein the plurality of sections represent a range of patient sizes and doses and wherein the sections of the phantom contain objects of measurable detectability. Also included is analyzing the images to determine detectability results for one or more of the contained objects within the images of the plurality of sections of the phantom, wherein the analyzing includes using a channelized hotelling observer (CHO) module as a model observer; and displaying, via the printer, the plaque, or the electronic display, a continuous detectability performance measurement function using the determined detectability results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Inventors: David P. Rohler, Thomas L. Toth, Steven H. Izen, Arjun K. Maniyedath
  • Publication number: 20190011347
    Abstract: A tomography duct for wind tunnels includes a plurality of light sources and sensors displaced around a support structure. The light sources are cycled and sensor measurements are made from sensors opposite the light sources. Tomographic algorithms are used to determine an extinction map from the sensor measurements. The extinction map provides details about particles in a cross-section of the air flow through the tomography duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Timothy J. Bencic, David P. Rohler, Amy F. Fagan, Steven H. Izen, Arjun K. Maniyedath
  • Patent number: 10073023
    Abstract: A tomography duct for wind tunnels includes a plurality of light sources and sensors displaced around a support structure. The light sources are cycled and sensor measurements are made from sensors opposite the light sources. Tomographic algorithms are used to determine an extinction map from the sensor measurements. The extinction map provides details about particles in a cross-section of the air flow through the tomography duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Plexar Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy J. Bencic, David P. Rohler, Amy F. Fagan, Steven H. Izen, Arjun K. Maniyedath
  • Publication number: 20170319169
    Abstract: Evaluating dose performance of a radiographic imaging system with respect to image quality using a phantom, a channelized hotelling observer module as a model observer, and a printer, a plaque, or an electronic display includes scanning and producing images for a plurality of sections of the phantom using the radiographic imaging system, wherein the plurality of sections represent a range of patient sizes and doses and wherein the sections of the phantom contain objects of measurable detectability. Also included is analyzing the images to determine detectability results for one or more of the contained objects within the images of the plurality of sections of the phantom, wherein the analyzing includes using a channelized hotelling observer (CHO) module as a model observer; and displaying, via the printer, the plaque, or the electronic display, a continuous detectability performance measurement function using the determined detectability results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: David P. ROHLER, Thomas L. TOTH, Steven H. IZEN, Arjun K. MANIYEDATH
  • Patent number: 9681851
    Abstract: Evaluating dose performance of a radiographic imaging system with respect to image quality using a phantom, a channelized hotelling observer module as a model observer, and a printer, a plaque, or an electronic display includes scanning and producing images for a plurality of sections of the phantom using the radiographic imaging system, wherein the plurality of sections represent a range of patient sizes and doses and wherein the sections of the phantom contain objects of measurable detectability. Also included is analyzing the images to determine detectability results for one or more of the contained objects within the images of the plurality of sections of the phantom, wherein the analyzing includes using a channelized hotelling observer (CHO) module as a model observer; and displaying, via the printer, the plaque, or the electronic display, a continuous detectability performance measurement function using the determined detectability results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: TIP Imaging, LLC
    Inventors: David P. Rohler, Thomas L. Toth, Steven H. Izen, Arjun K. Maniyedath
  • Publication number: 20160274017
    Abstract: A tomography duct for wind tunnels includes a plurality of light sources and sensors displaced around a support structure. The light sources are cycled and sensor measurements are made from sensors opposite the light sources. Tomographic algorithms are used to determine an extinction map from the sensor measurements. The extinction map provides details about particles in a cross-section of the air flow through the tomography duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Timothy J. Bencic, David P. Rohler, Amy F. Fagan, Steven H. Izen, Arjun K. Maniyedath
  • Publication number: 20160011105
    Abstract: Systems and methods for imaging and detection of small liquid and solid water particles in different spray conditions includes visible light laser diodes that are pulsed across the area of interest and optical detectors that measure the extinction of light intensity at different directions. The attenuated light projections across the field of view are reconstructed to yield an image of the particles that crossed the plane of light. A wind tunnel is a major tool used in understanding of ice formation and the performance of aircraft engine components. The measurement of the spray provides calibration and, to date, wind tunnel calibration has been time consuming and expensive. This system and method provide near real-time in-situ quasi-quantitative full-field ice/water content data and the corresponding reconstructed images for analysis. The support frame, source-detector configurations, acquisition, simulation, and reconstruction methods of the light emission tomography technology are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Timothy J. Bencic, David P. Rohler, Amy F. Fagan, Steven H. Izen, Arjun K. Maniyedath
  • Publication number: 20150282781
    Abstract: Evaluating dose performance of a radiographic imaging system with respect to image quality using a phantom, a channelized hotelling observer module as a model observer, and a printer, a plaque, or an electronic display includes scanning and producing images for a plurality of sections of the phantom using the radiographic imaging system, wherein the plurality of sections represent a range of patient sizes and doses and wherein the sections of the phantom contain objects of measurable detectability. Also included is analyzing the images to determine detectability results for one or more of the contained objects within the images of the plurality of sections of the phantom, wherein the analyzing includes using a channelized hotelling observer (CHO) module as a model observer; and displaying, via the printer, the plaque, or the electronic display, a continuous detectability performance measurement function using the determined detectability results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: David P. Rohler, Thomas L. Toth, Steven H. Izen, Arjun K. Maniyedath
  • Patent number: 8891849
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining an extended low contrast detectability performance function for an operating range for a core operating mode of a radiographic imaging system using actual reconstructed images characterize the contrast performance of a radiographic imaging system over its operating range and for any patient size based on the off-line calibration, uses ordered pairs of flux index and contrast index for each scanned object to provide a contrast index for each protocol for each contrast set, and uses the ordered pairs of flux index and contrast index to determine an extended low contrast detectability performance function for the operating range of a radiographic imaging system. Extended low contrast detectability performance data compilation and methods of clinical use, and low contrast phantom configurations and methods of calibration are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Tip Imaging, LLC
    Inventors: David P. Rohler, Arjun K. Maniyedath, Thomas L. Toth, Thomas E. Dechant, Steven H. Izen
  • Publication number: 20140072108
    Abstract: Evaluating dose performance of a radiographic imaging system with respect to image quality using a phantom, a channelized hotelling observer module as a model observer, and a printer, a plaque, or an electronic display includes scanning and producing images for a plurality of sections of the phantom using the radiographic imaging system, wherein the plurality of sections represent a range of patient sizes and doses and wherein the sections of the phantom contain objects of measurable detectability. Also included is analyzing the images to determine detectability results for one or more of the contained objects within the images of the plurality of sections of the phantom, wherein the analyzing includes using a channelized hotelling observer (CHO) module as a model observer; and displaying, via the printer, the plaque, or the electronic display, a continuous detectability performance measurement function using the determined detectability results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Inventors: David P. Rohler, Thomas L. Toth, Steven H. Izen, Arjun K. Maniyedath