Christine D Hammond

US Patent:

20190370956, Dec 5, 2019

Filed:

May 30, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/993166

Inventors:

- Schenectady NY, US
Amy Deubig - Waukesha WI, US
John Londt - Oconomowoc WI, US
Christine Carol Hammond - Waukesha WI, US
Scott McOlash - Wauwatosa WI, US
Vignesha Ramegowda - Waukesha WI, US

International Classification:

G06T 7/00
A61B 6/00
A61B 6/03
A61B 6/06

Abstract:

An imaging system and method acquires non-contrast images of a region of interest in a body and determines an entrance criterion based on the non-contrast images. The entrance criterion dictates conditions in which to begin acquiring contrast imaging exposures of the region of interest. An amount of a contrast agent is measured in one or more locations in the imaged body subsequent to acquiring the non-contrast images. The system and method determine that the one or more conditions of the entrance criterion are met based on the amount of the contrast agent that is measured in the imaged body, and acquire one or more contrast images of the region of interest in the imaged body responsive to determining that the one or more conditions of the entrance criterion are met.

US Patent:

20190231224, Aug 1, 2019

Filed:

Jan 29, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/882868

Inventors:

- Schenectady NY, US
Chelsey Amanda Lewis - Waukesha WI, US
Christine Carol Hammond - Oconomowoc WI, US
Dominic Joseph Crotty - Waukesha WI, US
Mark Vincent Profio - Elm Grove WI, US

International Classification:

A61B 5/107
G06T 7/00
G06T 11/00
A61B 6/03

Abstract:

Methods and systems are provided for profile-based selection of imaging parameters for a clinical context. In one embodiment, a method comprises selecting a profile based on an indication of clinical context for a scan of a patient, selecting one or more sub-profiles based on the profile, selecting imaging settings for the scan based on the profile and the one or more sub-profiles, and performing the scan according to the selected imaging settings. In this way, a scan prescription may be defined more efficiently and personally for a patient while improving quality assurance and managing an x-ray radiation dose of the patient.

US Patent:

20190231288, Aug 1, 2019

Filed:

Jan 26, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/881526

Inventors:

- Schenectady NY, US
Eric Gros - Waukesha WI, US
Christine Carol Hammond - Oconomowoc WI, US
Darin Robert Okerlund - Muskego WI, US

International Classification:

A61B 6/00
A61B 5/00
A61B 6/04
A61B 6/03

Abstract:

Methods and systems are provided for contrast-enhanced diagnostic imaging. In one embodiment, a method comprises estimating a time to perform a diagnostic scan of a patient based on demographics of the patient, and performing the diagnostic scan of the patient at the estimated time responsive to a confidence level of the estimated time above a threshold. In this way, a contrast-enhanced diagnostic scan may be performed without directly monitoring the contrast flow, thereby reducing radiation dose and contrast load while maintaining or improving image quality.

US Patent:

20170209113, Jul 27, 2017

Filed:

Jan 22, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/004155

Inventors:

- Schenectady NY, US
Darin Robert Okerlund - Muskego WI, US
Christine Carol Hammond - Oconomowoc WI, US

International Classification:

A61B 6/00
A61B 5/0456
A61B 6/04
A61B 6/03
A61B 5/024

Abstract:

Methods and systems are provided for adaptive scan control. In one embodiment, a method comprises, during a scan session, performing a first scan of a heart of a subject using a first scan protocol, performing a second scan of the heart using a second scan protocol, and performing a third scan of the heart using the first scan protocol, and while performing the first scan and the third scan, adjusting a scan rate of the first scan protocol based on a heart rate of the subject. In this way, multiple scan protocols, such as angiography and perfusion scan protocols, can be interleaved within a single scan and the scan protocol may be adapted to a patient.

US Patent:

20170086772, Mar 30, 2017

Filed:

Sep 28, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/868146

Inventors:

- Schenectady NY, US
Elizabeth Janus Nett - Wauwatosa WI, US
David Joseph Pitterle - Waukesha WI, US
David Erik Chevalier - Menomonee Falls WI, US
Christine Carol Hammond - Oconomowoc WI, US
Chelsey Lewis - Seattle WA, US

International Classification:

A61B 6/00
A61B 6/03

Abstract:

Methods and systems are provided for adaptive scan control. In one embodiment, a method comprises: while performing a scan of a scan subject, processing acquired projection data to measure a contrast level; responsive to the contrast level increasing above a first threshold, automatically switching the scan from a first scan protocol to a second scan protocol; responsive to the contrast level decreasing below a second threshold, automatically switching the scan from the second scan protocol to the first scan protocol; and responsive to the contrast level decreasing below a third threshold, automatically ending the scan. In this way, multiple scan protocols, such as angiography and perfusion scan protocols, can be interleaved within a single scan without the use of a separate timing bolus scan.

US Patent:

20170000440, Jan 5, 2017

Filed:

Jun 30, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/788033

Inventors:

- Schenectady NY, US
Mark Vincent Profio - Waukesha WI, US
Christine Carol Hammond - Waukesha WI, US
John Irvin Jackson - Brookfield WI, US
Judy Marie Graney - Mukwonago WI, US
Chelsey Amanda Lewis - Waukesha WI, US

International Classification:

A61B 6/00
A61B 6/03
A61M 5/00

Abstract:

Systems and methods are provided that acquire image data of a first location of a region of interest (ROI) when located in a field of view of a medical imaging system as a contrast material injected into the ROI passes through the first location. The systems and methods further determine from the image data of the first location when a first contrast metric is reached, and after determining the image data of the first location, position the second location of the ROI in the field of view of the medical imaging system. The systems and methods further acquire image data of the second location as the contrast material passes through the second location, and determine from the image data of the second location when the contrast material reaches a second contrast metric.