Patents by Inventor Veronica Rotemberg

Veronica Rotemberg 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).

  • Ultrasound methods, systems and computer program products for imaging contrasting objects using combined images
    Patent number: 8398549
    Abstract: A system for identifying a presence of an object in a tissue region of interest includes a controller configured to obtain first and second image data sets from the region of interest. A contrast identification module is configured to identify a contrasting region of altered stiffness in the first image data set corresponding to an object in the tissue region of interest. An image data enhancement module is configured to identify the object in the second image data set based on the contrasting region of altered stiffness in the first image data set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Duke University
    Inventors: Mark L. Palmeri, Veronica Rotemberg, Stephen J. Rosenzweig, Kathryn R. Nightingale
  • Ultrasound Methods, Systems and Computer Program Products for Imaging Contrasting Objects Using Combined Images
    Publication number: 20110201931
    Abstract: A system for identifying a presence of an object in a tissue region of interest includes a controller configured to obtain first and second image data sets from the region of interest. A contrast identification module is configured to identify a contrasting region of altered stiffness in the first image data set corresponding to an object in the tissue region of interest. An image data enhancement module is configured to identify the object in the second image data set based on the contrasting region of altered stiffness in the first image data set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2010
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventors: Mark L. Palmeri, Veronica Rotemberg, Stephen J. Rosenzweig, Kathryn R. Nightingale