Thomas D Myers

US Patent:

7720270, May 18, 2010

Filed:

Dec 14, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/302609

Inventors:

Jianying Li - New Berlin WI, US
Jiang Hsieh - Brookfield WI, US
Fang Frank Dong - New Berlin WI, US
Thomas John Myers - Wauwatosa WI, US
George Edward Seidenschnur - Waukesha WI, US

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

International Classification:

G06K 9/00

US Classification:

382131

Abstract:

Method and apparatus for locally enhancing image data represented as pixels having CT numbers is provided. The image data includes bony structures, and the method comprises segmenting pixels within the image data into areas based on the pixel's CT number. A first area represents a combination of soft tissue and lower density bones and a second area represents higher density bones. A subset of pixels is identified within the first area representative of the lower density bones. An enhancement is applied to the subset of pixels within the first area and to the second area to create an enhanced dataset, and a locally enhanced image is generated based on the image data and the enhanced dataset.

US Patent:

7734079, Jun 8, 2010

Filed:

Jun 22, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/158611

Inventors:

Jiang Hsieh - Brookfield WI, US
Fang Frank Dong - New Berlin WI, US
Thomas John Myers - Wauwatosa WI, US
George Seidenschnur - Waukesha WI, US
Anne Marie Conry - Wauwatosa WI, US
Zachary William Sopcak - Milwaukee WI, US
Brian Grekowicz - Salt Lake City UT, US

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

International Classification:

G06K 9/00

US Classification:

382131, 382199, 382284, 359559, 713186, 378 15, 378 8

Abstract:

Methods and apparatus for producing an image of an object with a multi-slice imaging apparatus having a row of detectors are provided. The method includes generating a first partial image using projection data acquired at a first imaging position in a step-and-shoot imaging mode, generating a second partial image using projection data acquired at a second imaging position, and combining the partial images to form a final image.

US Patent:

8129031, Mar 6, 2012

Filed:

Oct 2, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/244594

Inventors:

Michael Tung-Kiung Ling - Vernon Hills IL, US
Thomas John Myers - Wauwatosa WI, US

Assignee:

Baxter International Inc. - Deerfield IL
Baxter Healthcare S.A. - Glattpark (Opfikon)

International Classification:

B32B 27/00
B32B 27/08

US Classification:

428515, 4284758

Abstract:

Films containing microlayer structures are provided. In a general embodiment, the present disclosure provides an autoclavable film containing a first microlayer of a heat resistant polymer and a second microlayer of a flexible polymer attached to the first microlayer. Each of the first microlayer and the second microlayer has a thickness ranging between about 0. 01 microns and about 10 microns.