Patents by Inventor Venkatesan Shanmugam

Venkatesan Shanmugam 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).

  • System and method for generating PET-CT images
    Patent number: 7447345
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system and method for executing a scanning procedure comprising the steps of generating CT image data for a scan, generating CT attenuation correction data for the scan, acquiring a current frame of PET data for the scan in a 3D format, and simultaneously conducting the following steps: reconstructing at least a portion of a PET image for the current frame, including the step of overlapping a portion of the current frame with an adjacent frame, and acquiring at least a portion of a next frame of PET data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Venkatesan Shanmugam, Mohammed Moin Hussaini, Scott David Wollenweber, Michael George Bonner
  • System and method for image processing
    Publication number: 20050129295
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system and method for executing a scanning procedure comprising the steps of generating CT image data for a scan, generating CT attenuation correction data for the scan, acquiring a current frame of PET data for the scan in a 3D format, and simultaneously conducting the following steps: reconstructing at least a portion of a PET image for the current frame, including the step of overlapping a portion of the current frame with an adjacent frame, and acquiring at least a portion of a next frame of PET data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2003
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Inventors: Venkatesan Shanmugam, Mohammed Hussaini, Scott Wollenweber, Michael Bonner