Patents by Inventor Yannick Grondin

Yannick Grondin 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: 11944473
    Abstract: Collimation device for an X-ray detection system, the collimation device comprising: a collimator comprising a substantially planar support made of a material with partial or zero radiotransparency, the support being rotatably movable about an axis of rotation (?) which passes through the support and which is perpendicular to a first face of the support which acts as an X-ray plane of incidence referred to as the main plane of the support (P), the support (D) being provided on the first face with a slit which is completely transparent to X-rays and which is configured to generate an X-ray flow when the collimator is exposed to an X-ray source, the slit extending longitudinally in the main plane of the support along an axis located at a non-zero distance (d) from the axis of rotation (?), the slit extending through the entire thickness of the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignees: Université Grenoble Alpes, Surgiqual Institute, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Grenoble Alpes, Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, École Centrale de Lyon, CPE LYON FORMATION CONTINUE ET RECHERCHE
    Inventors: Yannick Grondin, Philippe Cinquin, Laurent Desbat, Pierrick Guiral, Patrick Pittet
  • Patent number: 11564654
    Abstract: A method for calculating during use the geometric parameters of an x-ray imaging system, an object or a patient to be observed being placed between the x-ray source and a detector of x-rays having passed through the object or patient, wherein it includes at least the following steps: detecting at least one marker on the object or the patient or in proximity to the object, the marker being of unknown 3D position, acquiring a plurality of 2D images for a plurality of viewpoints of the imaging system, detecting the position of at least one marker in each of the acquired 2D images, estimating the projection matrices corresponding to the projections of the object at various viewing angles and reconstructing in 3D the position of a marker on the basis of the estimation of the projection matrices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Sébastien Gorges, Guillaume Bernard, Yannick Grondin
  • Publication number: 20220296181
    Abstract: Collimation device for an X-ray detection system, the collimation device comprising: a collimator comprising a substantially planar support made of a material with partial or zero radiotransparency, the support being rotatably movable about an axis of rotation (?) which passes through the support and which is perpendicular to a first face of the support which acts as an X-ray plane of incidence referred to as the main plane of the support (P), the support (D) being provided on the first face with a slit which is completely transparent to X-rays and which is configured to generate an X-ray flow when the collimator is exposed to an X-ray source, the slit extending longitudinally in the main plane of the support along an axis located at a non-zero distance (d) from the axis of rotation (?), the slit extending through the entire thickness of the support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Yannick GRONDIN, Philippe CINQUIN, Laurent DESBAT, Pierrick GUIRAL, Patrick PITTET
  • Publication number: 20200337670
    Abstract: A method for calculating during use the geometric parameters of an x-ray imaging system, an object or a patient to be observed being placed between the x-ray source and a detector of x-rays having passed through the object or patient, wherein it includes at least the following steps: detecting at least one marker on the object or the patient or in proximity to the object, the marker being of unknown 3D position, acquiring a plurality of 2D images for a plurality of viewpoints of the imaging system, detecting the position of at least one marker in each of the acquired 2D images, estimating the projection matrices corresponding to the projections of the object at various viewing angles and reconstructing in 3D the position of a marker on the basis of the estimation of the projection matrices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Sébastien GORGES, Guillaume BERNARD, Yannick GRONDIN
  • Patent number: 10758204
    Abstract: Radiographic imaging system including: an x-ray transmission unit; an x-ray receiver unit; a plate made from a material opaque to x-rays and situated between the transmission unit and the receiver unit, the plate including at least four channels, each channel enabling a part of the x-rays emitted by the transmission unit to pass through the channel; and an image processing unit configured to determine the coordinates of the projected patterns and to calculate a position of the receiver unit from the coordinates of the projected patterns and from the coordinates of the channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignees: UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES, SURGIQUAL INSTITUTE, CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE GRENOBLE ALPES
    Inventors: Yannick Grondin, Philippe Augerat, Philippe Cinquin, Laurent Desbat, Benjamin Spencer
  • Patent number: 10729390
    Abstract: The invention relates to an X-ray imaging device including a rotary collimator having a region (22) which is opaque to X-rays, a first slot (24) and a second slot (26), which are transparent to X-rays and extend in two different directions, passing through the opaque region, the collimator making it possible to determine the position of an element provided with X-ray sensors in an imaging system (FIG. 1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignees: SURGIQUAL INSTITUTE, UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES, CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE GRENOBLE
    Inventors: Yannick Grondin, Philippe Augerat, Philippe Cinquin, Laurent Desbat, Marion Decrouez
  • Patent number: 10175181
    Abstract: The invention relates to an X-ray imaging system wherein images are obtained using an X-ray blocking element, the system comprising means for determining a position of the detector (40) on the basis of coordinates of projected patterns of the blocker (20, 220) in an image in order to especially be able to perform a calibration and/or correct the contribution of the scatter radiation in a radiographic image obtained by the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignees: UNIVERSITE GRENOBLE ALPES, SURGIQUAL INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Philippe Cinquin, Laurent Desbat, Yannick Grondin
  • Publication number: 20180353146
    Abstract: The invention relates to an X-ray imaging device including a rotary collimator having a region (22) which is opaque to X-rays, a first slot (24) and a second slot (26), which are transparent to X-rays and extend in two different directions, passing through the opaque region, the collimator making it possible to determine the position of an element provided with X-ray sensors in an imaging system (FIG. 1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Yannick GRONDIN, Philippe AUGERAT, Philippe CINQUIN, Laurent DESBAT, Marion DECROUEZ
  • Publication number: 20170332986
    Abstract: Radiographic imaging system including: an x-ray transmission unit; an x-ray receiver unit; a plate made from a material opaque to x-rays and situated between the transmission unit and the receiver unit, the plate including at least four channels, each channel enabling a part of the x-rays emitted by the transmission unit to pass through the channel; and an image processing unit configured to determine the coordinates of the projected patterns and to calculate a position of the receiver unit from the coordinates of the projected patterns and from the coordinates of the channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicants: UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES, SURGIQUAL INSTITUTE, CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE GRENOBLE ALPES
    Inventors: Yannick GRONDIN, Philippe AUGERAT, Philippe CINQUIN, Laurent DESBAT, Benjamin SPENCER
  • Publication number: 20170205360
    Abstract: The invention relates to an X-ray imaging system wherein images are obtained using an X-ray blocking element, the system comprising means for determining a position of the detector (40) on the basis of coordinates of projected patterns of the blocker (20, 220) in an image in order to especially be able to perform a calibration and/or correct the contribution of the scatter radiation in a radiographic image obtained by the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Philippe Cinquin, Laurent Desbat, Yannick Grondin