Patents by Inventor Todd Minnigh

Todd Minnigh 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: 11284847
    Abstract: A system for imaging includes an X-ray source for transmitting X-rays through a subject and a measurement sensor to acquire measurement data related to the subject. A detector is provided in the system to receive the X-ray energy of the X-rays after having passed through the subject. The system further includes a controller that receives the measurement data from the measurement sensor and processes the measurement data using an image processing algorithm to determine varying thickness of the subject at a plurality of locations within an area of interest. The controller further positions a filter between the X-ray source and the subject based on varying thickness of the subject and generates the image of the subject based on the detected X-ray energy at the X-ray detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
    Inventors: Todd Minnigh, Timothy A Nustad
  • Publication number: 20210401384
    Abstract: A system for imaging includes an X-ray source for transmitting X-rays through a subject and a measurement sensor to acquire measurement data related to the subject. A detector is provided in the system to receive the X-ray energy of the X-rays after having passed through the subject. The system further includes a controller that receives the measurement data from the measurement sensor and processes the measurement data using an image processing algorithm to determine varying thickness of the subject at a plurality of locations within an area of interest. The controller further positions a filter between the X-ray source and the subject based on varying thickness of the subject and generates the image of the subject based on the detected X-ray energy at the X-ray detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Todd Minnigh, Timothy A. Nustad
  • Patent number: 8019625
    Abstract: A system produces administrative reports for a digital radiology department. The system includes a plurality of digital radiographic systems, each of which has storage for storing digital data in html relating to the use and operation of the system. A computer is in communication with the plurality of digital radiographic systems. The computer has a web browser for collecting digital data relating to the operation and/or use of each digital radiographic system. The computer produces one or more administrative reports based on the collected data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Carestream Health, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd Minnigh, David A. Kennedy, Delin Shen
  • Publication number: 20080306760
    Abstract: A system produces administrative reports for a digital radiology department. The system includes a plurality of digital radiographic systems, each of which has storage for storing digital data in html relating to the use and operation of the system. A computer is in communication with the plurality of digital radiographic systems. The computer has a web browser for collecting digital data relating to the operation and/or use of each digital radiographic system. The computer produces one or more administrative reports based on the collected data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2007
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventors: Todd Minnigh, David A. Kennedy, Delin Shen
  • Patent number: 6843598
    Abstract: A method of taking an extended X-ray photograph by using an imaging plate or a computed radiography cassette devised to contain a longer digital X-ray image such that a longer complete image of a subject may be rendered such that no diagnostic information is lost in examinations of scoliosis or the long bones of the body. When the cassette is exposed to X-rays through an object, an X-ray transmission image of the object is recorded on a stimulable phosphor sheet and, at the same time, the X-ray film is exposed to light instantaneously emitted from the stimulable phosphor sheet upon exposure to X-rays to record an extended photographic latent image of the X-ray transmission image of the object on the X-ray film or a photostimulable phosphor sheet alone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Assignee: Fujifilm Medical Systems, U.S.A., Inc.
    Inventors: Denise Minnigh, Todd Minnigh
  • Publication number: 20020044630
    Abstract: A method of taking an extended X-ray photograph by using an film cassette devised to contain a longer X-ray film such that a longer complete image of a subject may be rendered such that no diagnostic information is lost in examinations of scoliosis or the long bones of the body. When the cassette is exposed to X-rays through an object, an X-ray transmission image of the object is recorded on a stimulable phosphor sheet and, at the same time, the X-ray film is exposed to light instantaneously emitted from the stimulable phosphor sheet upon exposure to X-rays to record an extended photographic latent image of the X-ray transmission image of the object on the X-ray film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Inventors: Denise Minnigh, Todd Minnigh