Patents by Inventor Werner Roeck

Werner Roeck 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).

  • Patent number: 9110171
    Abstract: A method for obtaining a high-resolution nuclear image of a biological object, which image is acquired by a nuclear detector inside an MRI system includes the steps of acquiring MRI information pertaining to a wide field of view; focusing a field of view of the nuclear detector to a small region that covers only the target region; obtaining a nuclear image of the small region; and using a priori information included in the MRI information to eliminate image artifacts in the nuclear image. An apparatus for performing the method and a data image formed by practice of the method is also included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Orhan Nalcioglu, Werner Roeck, Keum Sil Lee
  • Publication number: 20120172709
    Abstract: A method for obtaining a high-resolution nuclear image of a biological object, which image is acquired by a nuclear detector inside an MRI system includes the steps of acquiring MRI information pertaining to a wide field of view; focusing a field of view of the nuclear detector to a small region that covers only the target region; obtaining a nuclear image of the small region; and using a priori information included in the MRI information to eliminate image artifacts in the nuclear image. An apparatus for performing the method and a data image formed by practice of the method is also included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Orhan Nalcioglu, Werner Roeck, Keum Sil Lee
  • Patent number: 5383232
    Abstract: Disclosed is a rotating anode for a composite X-ray tube formed by two half-anodes, each being in the form of a disk, one face of which is flat and the other face of which is cut out into radial notches that join their indented circumference to the center of said half-anodes which fit into each other by their indented faces and are fixedly attached by a mechanical fixing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1995
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems S.A.
    Inventors: Emile Gabbay, Werner Roeck