William J Bridge, 63Delafield, WI

6337481, Jan 8, 2002

Nov 15, 1999

09/439442

Charles W. Stearns - New Berlin WI
William J. Bridge - Watertown WI

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

G01T 1166

25036303, 25036304, 25036309

A method to be used with an imaging system, the system including two opposed cameras mounted for rotation among a plurality of acquisition angles about an imaging axis for acquiring imaging data throughout an arc about the axis, the cameras collecting data corresponding to an acquisition angle range including a plurality of flight path angles at each acquisition angle, the system also including a processor having a processor memory. The method reduces the amount of processor memory required to acquire imaging data by including the steps of (a) after gathering imaging information at an acquisition angle, for each flight path angle within the acquisition angle range, determining if additional data will be collected during acquisition at the next consecutive Q acquisition angles; (b) where imaging data for a flight path angle will be collected during data acquisition at at least one of the next Q acquisition angles, maintaining imaging data for the flight path angle in the processor memory; and (c) where imaging data for a flight path angle will not be collected during data acquisition at at least one of the next Q acquisition angles, communicating the imaging data to a remote facility to store the imaging data for the flight path angle in a remote storage device via a network and to provide remote services to the imaging system.

6757414, Jun 29, 2004

Aug 31, 2000

09/652739

Matthew W. Turek - Glenville NY
Gopal B. Avinash - New Berlin WI
William J. Bridge - Watertown WI

GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC - Waukesha WI

G06K 900

382128

A method and apparatus is provided for segmenting a left ventricular epicardium in a magnetic resonance image. Image shape, gradients, and intensity are used to locate the epicardial boundary. Specifically, an intensity map corresponding to acquired data is produced and refined so as to produce a classification map having variations in intensity. The variations, representing the epicardial boundary, are detected and the epicardial boundary may then be clearly identified in the MR image.

6980682, Dec 27, 2005

Nov 22, 2000

09/721606

Gopal B. Avinash - New Berlin WI, US
Matthew W. Turek - Glenville NY, US
William J. Bridge - Watertown WI, US

GE Medical Systems Group, LLC - Waukesha WI

G06K009/00

382131

A method and apparatus is provided for segmenting a left ventricular endocardium in a magnetic resonance image. Image shape, size, gradients, intensity, and connectivity are used to locate the endocardial boundary. Specifically, a series of dilations and refinements to a mask corresponding to acquired data is performed. Variations in intensity, representing the endocardial boundary, are detected, and the endocardial boundary may then be clearly identified in the MR image.

8166586, May 1, 2012

Dec 18, 2009

12/641558

William J. Bridge - Delafield WI, US
Robert Grams - Waukesha WI, US
Thomas K. S. Schaefer - Germantown WI, US
Eric Stepanovich - Pewaukee WI, US
Scott Wollenweber - Waukesha WI, US

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

A47B 13/00

5601, 5600, 600415

A removable pallet configured to be mounted to a patient table. The patient table has a table surface adapted to support patients thereon during a medical procedure or imaging session. The removable pallet includes a support body having a runway configured to slidably engage a transfer board carrying a patient. The support body extends along a longitudinal axis and is configured to be mounted over the table surface of the patient table. The removable pallet also includes a coupling device that is configured to removably couple the support body and the patient table. The coupling device secures the support body over the table surface to permit the transfer board to be moved onto the patient table.

2007008, Apr 12, 2007

Sep 29, 2005

11/240609

Gopal Avinash - New Berlin WI, US
William Bridge - Delafield WI, US
Saad Sirohey - Pewaukee WI, US
Janet Blumenfeld - Berkeley CA, US
Satoshi Minoshima - Seattle WA, US

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

G06K 9/00

382128000

Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which in some embodiments, and database of images have categorized levels of severity of a disease or medical condition is generated from human designation of the severity. In some embodiments, the severity of a disease or medical condition is diagnosed by comparison of a patient image to images in the database. In some embodiments, changes in the severity of a disease or medical condition of a patient are measured by comparing a patient image to images in the database.

2007008, Apr 12, 2007

Sep 29, 2005

11/240610

Janet Blumenfeld - Berkeley CA, US
Gopal Avinash - New Berlin WI, US
William Bridge - Delafield WI, US
Saad Sirohey - Pewaukee WI, US
Satoshi Minoshima - Seattle WA, US

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

G06K 9/00

382128000

Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which in some embodiments, and database of images have categorized levels of severity of a disease or medical condition is generated from human designation of the severity. In some embodiments, the severity of a disease or medical condition is diagnosed by comparison of a patient image to images in the database. In some embodiments, changes in the severity of a disease or medical condition of a patient are measured by comparing a patient image to images in the database.

2007008, Apr 12, 2007

Sep 29, 2005

11/241570

Saad Sirohey - Pewaukee WI, US
Gopal Avinash - New Berlin WI, US
Janet Blumenfeld - Berkeley CA, US
William Bridge - Delafield WI, US
Satoshi Minoshima - Seattle WA, US

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

G06K 9/00

382128000

Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which in some embodiments, and database of images have categorized levels of severity of a disease or medical condition is generated from human designation of the severity. In some embodiments, the severity of a disease or medical condition is diagnosed by comparison of a patient image to images in the database. In some embodiments, changes in the severity of a disease or medical condition of a patient are measured by comparing a patient image to images in the database.

2013013, May 23, 2013

Nov 22, 2011

13/302701

Scott David Wollenweber - Waukesha WI, US
Alexander Ganin - Whitefish Bay WI, US
Joan M. Hanson - Cambridge WI, US
William J. Bridge - Delafield WI, US
Kathryn M. Littlejohn - Wales WI, US
Ling Sun - Brookfield WI, US

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY - Schenectady NY

A61B 5/055
A61B 6/00

600411

A method for performing an examination of a patient using a dual-modality imaging system includes accessing a list that includes a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examination protocol to be used to perform a predetermined MRI examination, the examination protocol including a plurality of MRI protocol actions, receiving an input selecting at least one of the MRI protocol actions, scanning the patient using the MRI examination protocol, scanning the patient using a positron emission tomography (PET) imaging system to acquire PET data, and marking the PET data, using a first visual indication, to indicate the selected MRI protocol action. An imaging system and a non-transitory computer readable medium are also described herein.