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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:
May. 11, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2006
Applicants:
Jeanne Verre, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Benjamin Odry, West New York, NJ (US);
James G. Reisman, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Carol L. Novak, Newtown, PA (US);
Inventors:
Jeanne Verre, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Benjamin Odry, West New York, NJ (US);
James G. Reisman, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Carol L. Novak, Newtown, PA (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Medical Solution USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/103 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for providing automatic detection of curvature of a spine and computation of specific angles in images of the spine includes automatically displaying the curvature of the spine as a line in an image of the spine, and computing at least one of a first angle or a second angle based on the line of the curvature of the spine.