Patents by Inventor Tom Guido Buytaert

Tom Guido Buytaert 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 displaying part of a radiographic image
    Patent number: 6480619
    Abstract: A low resolution representation of a radiographic image is calculated and displayed to be used as a tool for defining an image area of interest. The image area of interest is then displayed at a resolution that is higher than the resolution at which the entire radiographic image can be displayed on a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert
    Inventors: Pieter Paul Vuylsteke, Tom Guido Buytaert
  • Fast interactive off-line processing method for radiographic images
    Patent number: 6041135
    Abstract: A fast off-line image processing method for radiographic images is disclosed wherein an image is decomposed into detail image and multiple resolution levels and a residual image, detail images are modified up to a preset resolution level and a processed image is reconstructed by means of the modified detail images and the residual image. Interactive processing is performed with different parameter settings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Inventors: Tom Guido Buytaert, Stefan Clemens Van de Velde, Pieter Paul Vuylsteke
  • Method of displaying (a) radiographic image (s)
    Patent number: 5757952
    Abstract: Method of displaying (a) radiographic image(s). A method and apparatus for displaying radiographic image(s) is disclosed. The image is decomposed into detail images at multiple resolution levels and a residual image, detail images are then modified and together with the residual images subjected to a reconstruction process wherein modified detail images are only taken into account up to a displayable resolution level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Assignee: AGFA-Gevaert
    Inventors: Tom Guido Buytaert, Lucien Alfred Hayen, Pieter Paul Vuylsteke