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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2023
Applicant:
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR (US);
Inventors:
Morgan B. Giers, Corvallis, OR (US);
Sonia Ahrens, Corvallis, OR (US);
Assignee:
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/70 (2017.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/50 (2024.01); G06T 3/60 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/13 (2017.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01); G06T 7/66 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/5217 (2013.01); A61B 6/505 (2013.01); G06T 3/60 (2013.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/13 (2017.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01); G06T 7/66 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06T 2207/10081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10088 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10116 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30012 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described herein is a technique (e.g., apparatus and method) to improve consistency of lumbar lordosis (LL) and disc height index (DHI) measurements. In at least one embodiment, one or more processors are to measure lumber spine based, at least in part, on cross-sectional area and optical center of mass of segmented intervertebral discs (IVDs).