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EP0693199 - AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION OF THE LONG AXIS OF THE LEFT VENTRICLE FROM NUCLEAR MEDICINE SPECT DATA FOR USE IN MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION STUDIES [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  07.05.1999
Database last updated on 16.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip07.05.1999No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 23.06.1999 [1999/25]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
SIEMENS MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
186 Wood Avenue South Iselin
New Jersey 08830 / US
[N/P]
Former [1996/04]For all designated states
SIEMENS MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
186 Wood Avenue South
Iselin, New Jersey 08830 / US
Inventor(s)01 / DEVITO, Raymond, P.
255 West Hellen Road
Palatine, IL 60067 / US
02 / QIAN, Jianzhong
3 Oxford Court
Princeton, NJ 08850 / US
[1996/04]
Representative(s)Epping, Wilhelm, et al
Patentanwalt
Postfach 22 13 17
80503 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [1998/28]Epping, Wilhelm, Dr.-Ing., et al
Patentanwalt Postfach 22 13 17
80503 München / DE
Former [1996/04]Fuchs, Franz-Josef, Dr.-Ing., et al
Postfach 22 13 17
D-80503 München / DE
Application number, filing date94910760.114.02.1994
[1996/04]
WO1994US02076
Priority number, dateUS1993003092812.03.1993         Original published format: US 30928
[1996/04]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9420922
Date:15.09.1994
[1994/21]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0693199
Date:24.01.1996
[1996/04]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0693199
Date:01.07.1998
Language:EN
[1998/27]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP15.09.1994
ClassificationIPC:G06T7/00
[1998/27]
CPC:
G06T7/0012 (EP,US); G06T7/12 (EP,US); G06T7/60 (EP,US);
G06T7/64 (EP,US); G06T7/70 (EP,US); G06T7/73 (EP,US);
G06T2207/10108 (EP,US); G06T2207/20132 (EP,US); G06T2207/30048 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [1996/04]G06F15/70
Designated contracting statesFR,   NL [1996/04]
TitleGerman:AUTOMATISCHE IDENTIFIZIERUNG DER GROSSEN ACHSE DES LINKEN HERZKAMMERS AUS NUKLEARMEDIZIN SPECT DATEN, ZUR VERWENDUNG IN MYOKARDIALEN PERFUSIONSSTUDIEN[1996/04]
English:AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION OF THE LONG AXIS OF THE LEFT VENTRICLE FROM NUCLEAR MEDICINE SPECT DATA FOR USE IN MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION STUDIES[1996/04]
French:IDENTIFICATION AUTOMATIQUE DU GRAND AXE DU VENTRICULE GAUCHE A PARTIR DE DONNEES SPECT DE MEDECINE NUCLEAIRE DESTINEES A ETRE UTILISEES DANS LES ETUDES DE PERFUSION MYOCARDIQUE[1996/04]
Entry into regional phase20.07.1995National basic fee paid 
20.07.1995Designation fee(s) paid 
20.07.1995Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure12.09.1994Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
20.07.1995Examination requested  [1996/04]
08.03.1996Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
19.08.1996Reply to a communication from the examining division
19.09.1997Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
05.01.1998Communication of intention to grant the patent
20.03.1998Fee for grant paid
20.03.1998Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)02.04.1999No opposition filed within time limit [1999/25]
Fees paidRenewal fee
19.02.1996Renewal fee patent year 03
18.02.1997Renewal fee patent year 04
20.02.1998Renewal fee patent year 05
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Cited inInternational search[A]  - CAUVIN J.C. ET AL., "Automatic detection of the left ventricular myocardium long axis and center in thallium-201 single photon emission computed tomography", EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE, GERMANY, (199212), vol. 19, no. 12, pages 1032 - 1037 [A] 1,6 * the whole document *
 [A]  - R. GLACHET ET AL., "Finding the perspective projection of an axis of revolution", PATTERN RECOGNITION LETTERS, AMSTERDAM NL, (199111), vol. 12, no. 11, pages 693 - 700, XP000243542 [A] 1,6 * page 695, column L, paragraph 3 - page 699, column L, paragraph 6; figures 3,8 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0167-8655(91)90007-9
 [A]  - E.PETIT ET AL., "Estimation des volumes ventriculaires gauches par détection et suivi de contours sur des séquences d'images échocardiographiques", ONDE ELECTRIQUE, PARIS FR, (199107), vol. 71, no. 4, pages 41 - 44, XP000243164 [A] 1,6 * page 42, column L, paragraph 2; figure 1 *
 [A]  - LEE T. ANDREWS ET AL., "An MR Workstation for quantitative analysis of cardiac images", PROCEEDINGS OF COMPUTERS IN CARDIOLOGY ,SEPTEMBER 25-28,1988 ,WASHINGTON(US);IEEE COMPUTER SOCIETY PRESS ,LOS ALAMITOS (US), pages 445 - 448 [A] 1,6 * page 446, column R, line 1 - line 11; figures 2,6 *
 [A]  - RICHARD F. LEIGHTON ET AL., "left ventricular function from computer processed magnetic resonance images", PROCEEDINGS OF COMPUTERS IN CARDIOLOGY ,JERUSALEM,ISRAEL ,SEPTEMBER 19-22,1989;IEEE COMPUTER SOCIETY PRESS,LOS ALAMITOS /US), pages 203 - 206, XP000147063 [A] 1,6 * page 203 - page 204; figures 1,4 *
Examination   - PATTERN RECOGNITION LETTERS vol. 12, no. 11 , November 1991 AMSTERDAM NL
    - pages 693 - 700 XP243542 R. GLACHET ET AL. 'Finding the perspective projection of an axis of revolution'

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0167-8655(91)90007-9
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