Chroma Energy, Inc.

Medtronic, Inc.

Medtronic Navigation, Inc.

Jawad Mokhtar

Robert Wentland

Andrew Bzostek

Matthew W Koenig

Dennis M Johnson

Danail G Danailov

Rasool Khadem

Peter Whitehead

Fredric S Young

Bradley C Wallet

The present disclosure relates to acquiring image data of a subject with an imaging system that has been calibrated. The imaging system can include an ultrasound imaging system that collects one of more images based on a plane of image acquisition. The plane of image acquisition can be calibrated to a tracking device associated with the ultrasound transducer.

Method and apparatus for calibrating and re-aligning an ultrasound image plane to a navigation tracker

A system and method can increase confidence or other factors of a trajectory, path, etc. for a procedure. The system can use various weighting or determining factors to identify confidence of identified trajectories. The identified trajectories can be used for various purposes, such as diagnosis or treatment.

Method and apparatus for optimal trajectory planning

The present invention is a method, system, and apparatus for visually displaying digitized information in a way that allows a human operator to detect easily patterns and characteristics within the data. A personal computer is used to extract raw data and to perform Boolean operations at the behest of a user. The manipulated information is then converted into a false-color image and displayed on an output screen. The images can be compared to known data, called a template, in order to detect one or more desired patterns that indicate desirable features. The desired pattern can then be highlighted (or illuminated) and be displayed to the operator so that the location of the desired feature may be identified.

Method, system, and apparatus for color representation of seismic data and associated measurements

An apparatus and method for analyzing known data, storing the known data in a pattern database ('PDB') as a template is provided. Additional methods are provided for comparing new data against the templates in the PDB. The data is stored in such a way as to facilitate the visual recognition of desired patterns or indicia indicating the presence of a desired or undesired feature within the new data. The apparatus and method is applicable to a variety of applications where large amounts of information are generated, and/or if the data exhibits fractal or chaotic attributes.

Pattern recognition applied to oil exploration and production

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Jawad Mokhtar