Patents by Inventor Wynn Keith Wacker

Wynn Keith Wacker 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).

  • Method and system to estimate visceral adipose tissue by restricting subtraction of subcutaneous adipose tissue to coelom projection region
    Patent number: 9271690
    Abstract: A method and system for estimating the visceral adipose tissue (VAT) mass or volume of a subject comprises performing a dual-energy X-ray scan of the subject; generating at least one image of the subject from the dual-energy X-ray scan; identifying a region of interest on the at least one image; dividing the region of interest into a plurality of sections; determining an outer transverse extent of a coelom or inner abdominal cavity of the subject; determining a subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) composition for each of the plurality of sections, wherein the SAT composition determination is restricted to an area directly anterior and posterior the coelom or inner abdominal cavity of the subject; and determining a VAT mass and/or volume for the region of interest based on the determined SAT composition for each of the plurality of section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Randall Kenneth Payne, Wynn Keith Wacker
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM TO ESTIMATE VISCERAL ADIPOSE TISSUE BY RESTRICTING SUBTRACTION OF SUBCUTANEOUS ADIPOSE TISSUE TO COELOM PROJECTION REGION
    Publication number: 20130287168
    Abstract: A method and system for estimating the visceral adipose tissue (VAT) mass or volume of a subject comprises performing a dual-energy X-ray scan of the subject; generating at least one image of the subject from the dual-energy X-ray scan; identifying a region of interest on the at least one image; dividing the region of interest into a plurality of sections; determining an outer transverse extent of a coelom or inner abdominal cavity of the subject; determining a subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) composition for each of the plurality of sections, wherein the SAT composition determination is restricted to an area directly anterior and posterior the coelom or inner abdominal cavity of the subject; and determining a VAT mass and/or volume for the region of interest based on the determined SAT composition for each of the plurality of section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: Randall Payne, Wynn Keith Wacker