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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:
Feb. 27, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 18, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jianzhong Qian, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Ping Hua, Streamwood, IL (US);
Zhenyu Wu, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Corporate Research, Inc., Princeton, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 ; G06K 9/40 ; H05G 1/02 ; A61K 4/904 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 ; G06K 9/40 ; H05G 1/02 ; A61K 4/904 ;
Abstract
Controlling the stepping of an x-ray angiography imaging device (and/or table), and/or providing a visualization aid for stepping an x-ray angiography imaging device (and/or table), to maximize the diagnostic usefulness of images acquired by the x-ray angiography imaging device. The stepping and visualization aid use features, extracted from captured images, of the state of contrast media injected into a patient.