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EP2591456 - IMAGE INTENSITY STANDARDIZATION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  04.10.2019
Database last updated on 16.11.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  26.10.2018
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  02.08.2018
Most recent event   Tooltip01.07.2022Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MK		published on 03.08.2022  [2022/31]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Université Laval
2320 rue des Bibliothèques Local 1434
Québec, QC G1V 0A6 / CA
[2018/48]
Former [2013/20]For all designated states
Université Laval
2320 rue des Bibliothèques Local 1434
Québec, QC G1V 0A6 / CA
Inventor(s)01 / ROBITAILLE, Nicolas
157 rue de la Brodeuse
St-Augustin-de-Desmaures Québec G3A 2K9 / CA
02 / DUCHESNE, Simon
849 Madeleine de Verchères
Québec Québec G1S 4K6 / CA
 [2013/20]
Representative(s)Bjerkén Hynell KB
Tulegatan 53
113 53 Stockholm / SE
[N/P]
Former [2018/48]Bjerkéns Patentbyrå KB (Stockholm)
Box 5366
102 49 Stockholm / SE
Former [2013/20]Wihlsson, Joakim Per Magnus
Bjerkéns Patentbyrå KB P.O. Box 5366
102 49 Stockholm / SE
Application number, filing date11806380.910.07.2011
[2018/48]
WO2011IB53067
Priority number, dateUS20100363205P10.07.2010         Original published format: US 363205 P
[2013/20]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2012007892
Date:19.01.2012
Language:EN
[2012/03]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2591456
Date:15.05.2013
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 19.01.2012 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2013/20]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2591456
Date:28.11.2018
Language:EN
[2018/48]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:CA19.01.2012
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP10.10.2017
ClassificationIPC:G06T3/00, A61B5/055, G01R33/56, G06T7/00, G06T5/00, A61B5/00, G06T5/40
[2017/45]
CPC:
G01R33/5608 (EP,US); G06T7/0012 (US); G06T5/40 (EP,US);
G06T5/90 (US); G06T5/92 (EP,US); A61B5/055 (EP,US);
A61B5/7264 (EP,US); G06T2207/10088 (EP,US); G06T2207/20128 (EP,US);
G06T2207/30016 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [2013/20]G06T3/00, A61B5/055, G01R33/56, G06T7/00
Designated contracting statesAL,   AT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2013/20]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
TitleGerman:BILDINTENSITÄTS-STANDARDISIERUNG[2013/20]
English:IMAGE INTENSITY STANDARDIZATION[2013/20]
French:NORMALISATION D'INTENSITÉ D'IMAGE[2013/20]
Entry into regional phase23.01.2013National basic fee paid 
23.01.2013Search fee paid 
23.01.2013Designation fee(s) paid 
23.01.2013Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure23.01.2013Examination requested  [2013/20]
25.04.2018Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
03.08.2018Communication of intention to grant the patent
19.10.2018Fee for grant paid
19.10.2018Fee for publishing/printing paid
19.10.2018Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Divisional application(s)The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is  03.08.2018
Opposition(s)29.08.2019No opposition filed within time limit [2019/45]
Fees paidRenewal fee
15.07.2013Renewal fee patent year 03
31.07.2014Renewal fee patent year 04
31.07.2015Renewal fee patent year 05
29.07.2016Renewal fee patent year 06
31.07.2017Renewal fee patent year 07
23.07.2018Renewal fee patent year 08
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Documents cited:Search[A]  - THE ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE NEUROIMAGING INITIATIVE ET AL, "Robust atrophy rate measurement in Alzheimer's disease using multi-site serial MRI: Tissue-specific intensity normalization and parameter selection", NEUROIMAGE, ELSEVIER, AMSTERDAM, NL, vol. 50, no. 2, doi:10.1016/J.NEUROIMAGE.2009.12.059, ISSN 1053-8119, (20100401), pages 516 - 523, (20100216), XP026908430 [A] 1-15 * abstract * * figure 1 * * sections "Classic-BSI","KN-BSI" *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.12.059
 [A]  - BOSC M ET AL, "Automatic change detection in multimodal serial MRI: Application to multiple sclerosis lesion evolution", NEUROIMAGE, ELSEVIER, AMSTERDAM, NL, (20031001), vol. 20, no. 2, doi:10.1016/S1053-8119(03)00406-3, ISSN 1053-8119, pages 643 - 656, XP002454904 [A] 1-15 * abstract * * section 3.6.2;; figure 7 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1053-8119(03)00406-3
 [T]  - NICOLAS ROBITAILLE ET AL, "Tissue-Based MRI Intensity Standardization: Application to Multicentric Datasets", INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING, (20120101), vol. 2012, doi:10.1155/2012/347120, ISSN 1687-4188, pages 1 - 11, XP055409379 [T] * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/347120
International search[X]US2008292194  (SCHMIDT MARK [CA], et al);
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DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2010.05.143
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DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmri.20658
 [AP]  - ROBITAILLE ET AL., "Tissue-based intensity standardization technique: application to the ADNI multi-centric dataset", PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE (ISMRM 2011), (201105), vol. 19, page 4553, XP055074543
by applicant   - NYUL, L.G.; J.K. UDUPA; X. ZHANG, "New variants of a method of MRI scale standardization", IEEE Trans Med Imaging, (20000000), vol. 19, no. 2, pages 143 - 50, XP011035943
    - THE ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE NEUROIMAGING INITIATIVE et al., Robust atrophy rate measurement in Alzheimer's disease using multi-site serial MRI: Tissue-specific intensity normalization and parameter selection, ELSEVIER, (20100401), vol. 50, pages 516 - 523
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