Edward V Anashkin

US Patent:

8306179, Nov 6, 2012

Filed:

Jan 28, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/016064

Inventors:

Edward Anashkin - San Diego CA, US
Irving Weinberg - Bethesda MD, US

Assignee:

Weinberg Medical Physics LLC - Bethesda MD

International Classification:

A61B 6/00

US Classification:

378 4, 378 19

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for performing computed tomography in medical imaging through reconstruction of a data set containing projections obtained during relative motions a container or body of interest with respect to an x-ray source and/or x-ray detector panel. Strobing of the data is implemented through one or more methods to include pulsing of the x-ray source, intermittent blanking of the x-ray detector panel, or intermittent processing of data collected from the detector panel to simulate blanking. The invention is utilized to significantly improve contrast by taking advantage of the pulsed nature of the source to implement three-dimensional reconstruction.

US Patent:

20070078674, Apr 5, 2007

Filed:

Jul 19, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/458518

Inventors:

Irving Weinberg - Bethesda MD, US
Edward Anashkin - Gaithersburg MD, US
Deepa Narayanan - Germantown MD, US
William Peter - Bethesda MD, US

International Classification:

G06Q 99/00
G05B 19/418

US Classification:

705001000, 705008000

Abstract:

A network-enabled method and system for polling individuals about attributes of features that may be present on an image is provided. The system enables a user to indicate a region-of-interest, or to otherwise graphically indicate the location and extent of a feature, on an image. Information relating to the user's choice of location of the feature then appears in a dynamic questionnaire, thus permitting the user to efficiently describe the attributes of each feature, while recording the location and extent of the feature that the user is describing. The content of the user's responses to the questionnaire, and the record of location and extent of the features that the user has referenced, are transmitted to a server for recording and later analysis.