Patents by Inventor Tracy Quayle Callister

Tracy Quayle Callister 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for relative perfusion and/or viability
    Patent number: 8626263
    Abstract: A method of evaluating tissue of an organ includes performing at least one of classification processing and clustering processing to obtain a processed dataset to visualize at least one of the imaging agent, blood, the contrast agent, and the biomedical agent distribution in the tissue, a relative regional uptake of the at least one of the imaging agent, blood, the contrast agent, and the biomedical agent in the tissue, relative regional flow of the at least one of the imaging agent, blood, the contrast agent, and the biomedical agent and the clearance or persistence of the at least one of the imaging agent, blood, the contrast agent, and the biomedical agent within the tissue and the characterization of elemental components of disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Bernice Eland Hoppel, Paul Edgar Licato, Amy Lynette Broadie, Tracy Quayle Callister
  • Methods and Apparatus for Contouring at Least One Vessel
    Publication number: 20070242863
    Abstract: A method includes accessing image data regarding at least one vessel, and contouring the at least one vessel by defining a plurality of components of a histogram.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2006
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventors: Bernice Eland Hoppel, Tracy Quayle Callister