Patents by Inventor Walter Duda

Walter Duda 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 imaging system and method
    Patent number: 11399803
    Abstract: A method and ultrasound imaging system includes displaying a plurality of steps of a workflow on a touchscreen, graphically indicating one of the plurality of steps in the workflow, displaying a text instruction describing the one of the steps in the workflow on the touchscreen at the same time as displaying the plurality of steps, and displaying an ultrasound image on the main display at the same time as displaying the plurality of steps and the text description on the touchscreen. The method and system includes implementing the step described in the text instruction on the ultrasound image displayed on a main display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Walter Duda, Klaus Pintoffl, Simon Scharinger
  • ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20200046321
    Abstract: A method and ultrasound imaging system includes displaying a plurality of steps of a workflow on a touchscreen, graphically indicating one of the plurality of steps in the workflow, displaying a text instruction describing the one of the steps in the workflow on the touchscreen at the same time as displaying the plurality of steps, and displaying an ultrasound image on the main display at the same time as displaying the plurality of steps and the text description on the touchscreen. The method and system includes implementing the step described in the text instruction on the ultrasound image displayed on a main display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Walter Duda, Klaus Pintoffl, Simon Scharinger
  • USER INTERFACE FOR ULTRASOUND SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20090012394
    Abstract: A user interface for an ultrasound system is provided. The ultrasound system includes the user interface having at least one user control member and a display having a plurality of virtual display elements displayed thereon when a virtual pointer is positioned over an image displayed on the display. A function controlled by the at least one user control member is determined based on a selected one of the plurality of virtual display elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Petra Hobelsberger, Walter Duda
  • User interactive method for indicating a region of interest
    Patent number: 7433504
    Abstract: A method for defining a volume of interest (VOI) in a medical image is presented. A user interface is used to select a point on an initial linear border segment of a volume of interest. The user drops the point at a new position and a processor forms a new, non-linear border segment which includes the point. A 3D presentation of the volume of interest is created.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Harald Deischinger, Petra Hobelsberger, Walter Duda
  • User interactive method for indicating a region of interest
    Publication number: 20060058605
    Abstract: Method user interactive indication of a region of interest within an image is provided. A user interface is used to select a point on an initial linear border segment of a region of interest. The user drops the point at a new position and a processor forms a new, non-linear border segment which includes the point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Inventors: Harald Deischinger, Petra Hobelsberger, Walter Duda