Jeffrey R Meade

US Patent:

20050169507, Aug 4, 2005

Filed:

Nov 21, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/496430

Inventors:

Kevin Kreeger - Sunnyvale CA, US
Suzanne Stover - Sag Harbor NY, US
Anna Ceteno - Carle Place NY, US
Bin Li - Centereach NY, US
Frank Dachille - Amityville NY, US
Jeffrey Meade - Bay Shore NY, US

International Classification:

G06K009/00

US Classification:

382128000, 382154000

Abstract:

A system and method are provided for generating a three-dimensional visualization image of an object such as an organ using volume visualization techniques and exploring the image using a guided navigation system that allows the operator to travel along a flight path and to adjust the view to a particular portion of the image of interest in order, for example, to identify polyps, cysts or other abnormal features in the visualized organ; where imaging data sets are acquired using conventional two-dimensional scans of the object in both a supine and prone orientation, and correspondence between the respective data sets is determined to permit jumping from one visualization orientation to the other while remaining at the same virtual location within the organ.

US Patent:

20090063118, Mar 5, 2009

Filed:

Oct 8, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/664942

Inventors:

Frank Dachille - Wailea HI, US
George Economos, JR. - Bayport NY, US
Jeffrey Meade - Bay Shore NY, US
Michael Meissner - Minneapolis MN, US

International Classification:

G06G 7/60

US Classification:

703 11

Abstract:

Systems and methods for visualization and interactive navigation of virtual images of internal organs are provided to assist in medical diagnosis and evaluation of internal organs. In one aspect, an image data processing system () includes an image rendering system () for rendering multi-dimensional views of an imaged object from an image dataset () of the imaged object, a graphical display system () for displaying an image of a rendered view according to specified visualization parameters, an interactive navigation system () which monitors a user's navigation through a virtual image space of a displayed image and which provides user navigation assistance in the form of tactile feedback by a navigation control unit () operated by the user, upon an occurrence of a predetermined navigation event.