Patrick M Virtue from 6402 Howe St, Pittsburgh, PA 15206, age 45, Phone: (510)2255750

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Semi-Automated Registration Of Data Based On A Hierarchical Mesh
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US Patent:

8068652, Nov 29, 2011
Filed:

Aug 29, 2008
Appl. No.:

12/201442
Inventors:

Gopal Biligeri Avinash - New Berlin WI, US
Patrick Michael Virtue - Waukesha WI, US
Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY
International Classification:

G06K 9/00
G06K 9/32
US Classification:

382128, 382294
Abstract:

A registration image is aligned or registered with a reference image by user interaction. The registration image is segmented into a hierarchy of elements defining a mesh having more than one level. At each level, individual elements may be selected by the user, translated, rotated and scaled with respect to the remainder of the registration image and to the reference image. Refinement of the user registration is facilitated by allowing the user to define further levels in the segmentation where each of the elements at the further levels may be separately manipulated in a similar manner. Interpolation may be performed between the moved or altered elements and between the elements and the remainder of the registration image to obtain a more satisfactorily registered image. The technique may be used with other interpolation and registration processes.

System And Method For 3D Graphical Prescription Of A Medical Imaging Volume
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US Patent:

8199168, Jun 12, 2012
Filed:

Nov 15, 2005
Appl. No.:

11/274660
Inventors:

Patrick Michael Virtue - Waukesha WI, US
Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY
International Classification:

G09G 5/00
US Classification:

345642
Abstract:

Certain embodiments of the present invention provide for a system for three-dimensional graphical prescription of an imaging volume including a user interface component, a reference image, and a three-dimensional representation of the imaging volume. The user interface component includes a display. The reference image is presented on the display. The representation of the imaging volume is presented on the display. The representation of the imaging volume is overlaid at least in part on the reference image.

Method And System For Navigating, Segmenting, And Extracting A Three-Dimensional Image
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US Patent:

8477153, Jul 2, 2013
Filed:

Aug 24, 2011
Appl. No.:

13/217082
Inventors:

Zhongmin Lin - Waukesha WI, US
Gopal Avinash - Waukesha WI, US
Patrick Michael Virtue - Albany CA, US
Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY
International Classification:

G09G 5/00
G06T 15/00
US Classification:

345624, 345419
Abstract:

A method for extracting a three-dimensional (3D) volume of interest from a three-dimensional (3D) image dataset includes accessing a 3D image dataset that includes a plurality of image slices, enclosing a 3D volume of interest in the 3D image dataset using a 3D mesh, automatically extracting the 3D volume of interest based on the 3D mesh, and generating a 3D image of the extracted 3D volume of interest. A computer and a non-transitory computer readable medium are also described herein.

Apparatus And Method For Isolating A Region In An Image
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US Patent:

8588486, Nov 19, 2013
Filed:

Jun 18, 2009
Appl. No.:

12/487166
Inventors:

Patrick Michael Virtue - Waukesha WI, US
Gopal B. Avinash - Menomonee Falls WI, US
Zhongmin S. Lin - New Berlin WI, US
Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY
International Classification:

G06K 9/00
US Classification:

382128, 382130, 382131
Abstract:

A system, method, and apparatus includes a computer readable storage medium with a computer program stored thereon having instructions that cause a computer to access a first anatomical image data set of an imaging subject acquired via a morphological imaging modality, access a functional image data set of the imaging subject acquired via a functional imaging modality, register the first anatomical image data set to the functional image data set, segment the functional image data set based on the functional image data set, define a binary mask based on the segmented functional image data set, and apply the binary mask to the first anatomical image data set to construct a second anatomical image data set and an image based thereon. The second anatomical image data set is substantially free of image data of the first anatomical image data set correlating to an area outside the region of physiological activity.

Diagnostic Imaging Simplified User Interface Methods And Apparatus
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US Patent:

20070214017, Sep 13, 2007
Filed:

Mar 13, 2006
Appl. No.:

11/375187
Inventors:

Mark Profio - Elm Grove WI, US
Sang Lee - Brookfield WI, US
David Littlejohn - Wales WI, US
Scott Zimmerman - Pewaukee WI, US
Holly McDaniel - Waukesha WI, US
Susan Stuebe - Whitefish Bay WI, US
Patrick Virtue - Waukesha WI, US
Scott Robinson - Bayside WI, US
Ann Hole - Greenville OH, US
Christopher Proctor - Mukwonago WI, US
International Classification:

G06F 19/00
A61B 5/00
US Classification:

705003000, 600300000
Abstract:

Apparatus includes an imaging system with a user interface, and a hospital radiological information system (RIS) coupled to the imaging system such that the user interface allows for bi-directional data transfer between the imaging system and the RIS.

Methods And Systems For Volume Fusion In Diagnostic Imaging
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US Patent:

20090012383, Jan 8, 2009
Filed:

Jul 2, 2007
Appl. No.:

11/824833
Inventors:

Patrick Michael Virtue - Waukesha WI, US
Kathryn Mary Littlejohn - Wales WI, US
Katherine Redford Phillips - Wauwatosa WI, US
David Alan Littlejohn - Wales WI, US
Diane M. Miesbauer - Hartland WI, US
Andre Van Nuffel - Dilbeek, BE
International Classification:

A61B 6/00
US Classification:

600407
Abstract:

Methods and systems for automatically fusing images are provided. The method includes acquiring scan data from a first imaging modality and fusing scan data from a second modality with the scan data from the first modality as scan data from the second modality is acquired and the method further includes displaying reconstructed images of the fused data.

Methods, Apparatus And Articles Of Manufacture To Combine Segmentations Of Medical Diagnostic Images
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US Patent:

20120113146, May 10, 2012
Filed:

Nov 10, 2010
Appl. No.:

12/943542
Inventors:

Patrick Michael Virtue - Albany CA, US
International Classification:

G09G 5/00
US Classification:

345634
Abstract:

Example methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to combine segmentations of medical diagnostic images are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes presenting a user interface displaying a first segmentation of a first diagnostic image together with a second segmentation of a second diagnostic image, identifying one or more regions defined by one or more logical combinations of the first and second segmentations, receiving from a user a selection of a first of the regions, and emphasizing the first region in the user interface.

Systems And Methods For Segmenting Three Dimensional Image Volumes
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US Patent:

20120293514, Nov 22, 2012
Filed:

May 16, 2011
Appl. No.:

13/108882
Inventors:

Patrick Virtue - Waukesha WI, US
Gopal Avinash - Waukesha WI, US
Adam Budde - Waukesha WI, US
Assignee:

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY - Schnectady NY
International Classification:

G06T 15/08
US Classification:

345424, 345419
Abstract:

A method is provided for segmenting three-dimensional (3D) image volumes. The method includes obtaining a 3D volume data set corresponding to an imaged volume, rendering at least a portion of the 3D volume data set based on 3D rendering settings, and creating a two-dimensional (2D) segmentation of the rendered 3D volume data set. The method further includes segmenting the 3D volume data set using the 2D segmentation and the 3D rendering settings to define a 3D region of interest within the 3D volume data set.