Patents by Inventor Tim Philipp HARDER

Tim Philipp HARDER 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: 20210134465
    Abstract: A system for reviewing a prior medical image and a related prior medical report, including: a plurality of measurement tools configured to: receive an input medical image and information regarding a medical finding; analyze the input medical image to determine a measurement relating to the medical finding; and output the measurement relating to the medical finding; a report analyzer configured to: receive the prior medical report; analyze the prior medical report to extract first information regarding a first medical finding described in the medical report; select a first measurement tool of the plurality of measurement tools to analyze the prior medical image based upon the first extracted information; and output the first extracted information to the first measurement tool, wherein the first measurement tool analyzes the prior medical image to produce a first updated measurement of the first medical finding and the first measurement tool analyzes a new medical image associated with the prior medical image t
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: André GOOßEN, Axel SAALBACH, Rafael WIEMKER, Tim Philipp HARDER, Tom BROSCH, Hrishikesh Narayanrao DESHPANDE
  • Publication number: 20210065361
    Abstract: There is provided a computer-implemented method and system (100) for determining regions of hyperdense lung parenchyma in an image of a lung. The system (100) comprises a memory (106) comprising instruction data representing a set of instructions and a processor (102) configured to communicate with the memory and to execute the set of instructions. The set of instructions, when executed by the processor (102), cause the processor (102) to locate a vessel in the image, determine a density of lung parenchyma in a region of the image that neighbours the located vessel, and determine whether the region of the image comprises hyperdense lung parenchyma based on the determined density, hyperdense lung parenchyma having a density greater than ?800 HU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Rafael WIEMKER, Axel SAALBACH, Jens VON BERG, Tom BROSCH, Tim Philipp HARDER, Fabian WENZEL, Christopher Stephen HALL
  • Publication number: 20200320705
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for assessing a pulmonary image which allows for an improved assessment with respect to lung nodules detectability. The pulmonary image is smoothed for providing different pulmonary images (20, 21, 22) with different degrees of smoothing, wherein signal values and noise values, which are indicative of the lung vessel detectability and the noise in these images, are determined and used for determining an image quality being indicative of the usability of the pulmonary image to be assessed for detecting lung nodules. Since a pulmonary image shows lung vessels with many different vessel sizes and with many different image values, which cover the respective ranges of potential lung nodules generally very well, the image quality determination based on the different pulmonary images with different degrees of smoothing allows for a reliable assessment of the pulmonary image's usability for detecting lung nodules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: RAFAEL WIEMKER, TANJA NORDHOFF, THOMAS BUELOW, AXEL SAALBACH, TOBIAS KLINDER, TOM BROSCH, TIM PHILIPP HARDER, KARSTEN SOMMER
  • Patent number: 10627467
    Abstract: The invention provides for a magnetic resonance imaging system (100) for acquiring magnetic resonance data (154) from an imaging zone (108). The magnetic resonance imaging system comprises: a memory (136) for storing initial pulse sequence commands (140) and machine executable instructions (160); and a processor (130) for controlling the magnetic resonance imaging system. Execution of the machine executable instructions causes the processor to receive (200) a set of selected pulse sequence parameters (142) comprising a definition of a region of interest (109) of a subject (118). The region of interest is within the imaging zone. Execution of the machine executable instructions further causes the processor to send (202) an image data request to a historical database (138). The image data request comprises the set of selected pulse sequence parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Tim Philipp Harder, Thomas Netsch
  • Publication number: 20200043616
    Abstract: A system includes an analytics unit (140), which compares a medical image (105) and associated information with a stored medical guideline (142), and identifies an error or a deviation (340) from the medical guideline based on the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: AXEL SAALBACH, TIM PHILIPP HARDER, TANJA NORDHOFF, RAFAEL WIEMKER, FABIAN WENZEL, JENS VON BERG, IRINA WAECHTER-STEHLE
  • Publication number: 20200008704
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for configuring a medical device. The method comprises: providing a set of one or more parameters for configuring the medical device. Each parameter of the set has predefined values. A set of values of the set of parameters may be selected from the predefined values. Using the selected values the set of parameters may be set, which results in an operational configuration of the medical device. The medical device may be controlled to operate in accordance with the operational configuration, thereby an operating status of the medical device may be determined. Based on at least the operating status the operational configuration may be maintained or the selecting, setting and controlling may be repeatedly performed until a desired operating status of the medical device can be determined based on the operating statuses resulting from the controlling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: EBERHARD SEBASTIAN HANSIS, MICHAEL GUNTER HELLE, TIM PHILIPP HARDER, THOMAS NETSCH
  • Publication number: 20190313992
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for providing mammography quality analytics. It is described to provide (210) at least one mammogram. A plurality of mammogram acquisition parameters is provided (220), wherein at least one mammogram acquisition parameter is associated with a corresponding mammogram. The at least one mammogram is analysed (230) and a plurality of breast positioning quality parameters is generated, wherein at least one breast positioning quality parameter is associated with a corresponding mammogram. The plurality of mammogram acquisition parameters and the plurality of breast positioning quality parameters is analysed (240) and quality control information is generated (240).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Thomas BUELOW, Tim Philipp HARDER, Tanja NORDHOFF, Stewart YOUNG, Deborah L RICHARD-KOWALSKI
  • Publication number: 20190244353
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device and method for quality assessment of medical image datasets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas BUELOW, Stewart YOUNG, Tanja NORDHOFF, Tim Philipp HARDER, Jan-Hendrik BUHK
  • Publication number: 20190120920
    Abstract: The invention provides for a magnetic resonance imaging system (100) for acquiring magnetic resonance data (154) from an imaging zone (108). The magnetic resonance imaging system comprises: a memory (136) for storing initial pulse sequence commands (140) and machine executable instructions (160); and a processor (130) for controlling the magnetic resonance imaging system. Execution of the machine executable instructions causes the processor to receive (200) a set of selected pulse sequence parameters (142) comprising a definition of a region of interest (109) of a subject (118). The region of interest is within the imaging zone. Execution of the machine executable instructions further causes the processor to send (202) an image data request to a historical database (138). The image data request comprises the set of selected pulse sequence parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: TIM PHILIPP HARDER, THOMAS NETSCH
  • Publication number: 20180221092
    Abstract: A system and a method are provided for simulating a breast deformation of a subject using sensor data obtained from an orientation sensor of a mobile device, with the orientation sensor being configured for sensing an orientation of the mobile device with respect to a direction of gravity. In accordance with the system and method, model data is accessed which defines a biomechanical model of a breast. A simulation subsystem is provided for obtaining the sensor data from the orientation sensor of the mobile device and for determining a gravitational breast deformation by applying a gravitational force to the biomechanical model in a direction which is defined based on the orientation of the mobile device. A deformed model may be displayed on a display of the mobile device. The system and the method provide an intuitive way of simulating the breast deformation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Tim Philipp HARDER, Thomas Buelow