Inventor

Charles William Stearns

Inventor

New Berlin, WI, US

Overview

1993–2021

Patent span

Physics

Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 41 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

A61Bprimary

A61BDiagnosis35%

G01TMeasurement of nuclear or x-radiation34%

G06TImage data processing or generation, in general23%

G01RMeasuring electric variables5%

G16HHealthcare informatics, i.e. information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for the handling or processing of medical or healthcare data1%

Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests1%

PatentTitleYear

11,051,773Systems and methods for imaging with improved dosages2021 10,049,465Systems and methods for multi-modality imaging component alignment2018 9,427,206'Method and apparatus for gate specific MR-based attenuation correction of timed-gated pet studies'2016 9,254,111'PET acquisition scheduling based on MR scout images'2016 9,168,015'Method and apparatus for gate specific MR-based attenuation correction of time-gated PET studies'2015 8,969,829'Method and apparatus for aligning a multi-modality imaging system'2015 8,941,071'Methods and systems for axially segmenting positron emission tomography data'2015 8,452,064'Apparatus and methods for geometric calibration of positron emission tomography systems'2013 8,450,693'Method and system for fault-tolerant reconstruction of images'2013 8,415,630'Apparatus and methods for determining a boundary of an object for positron emission tomography scatter correction'2013 8,094,908'Method and system for estimating randoms in imaging data'2012 8,017,914'Method and system for scatter correction'2011 7,853,314'Methods and apparatus for improving image quality'2010 7,847,552'Exclusion of compromised PET data during simultaneous PET-MR acquisition'2010 7,680,240'Iterative reconstruction of tomographic image data method and system'2010 7,542,792'Methods for automatic protocol selection'2009 7,412,280'Systems and methods for analyzing an abnormality of an object'2008 7,405,405'Method and system for reconstructing an image in a positron emission tomography (PET) system'2008 7,381,959'Technique for reconstructing PET scan images'2008 7,348,564'Multi modality imaging methods and apparatus'2008 7,312,455'Method and system for scatter correction in a positron emission tomography system'2007 7,301,144'Method and system for calibrating a positron emission tomography system'2007 7,227,149'Method and system for positron emission tomography image reconstruction'2007 7,173,248'Methods and systems for positron emission tomography data correction'2007 7,129,496'Method and system for scattered coincidence estimation in a time-of-flight positron emission tomography system'2006 7,129,495'Method and apparatus for timing calibration in a PET scanner'2006 7,129,497'Method and system for normalization of a positron emission tomography system'2006 7,103,233'Methods and apparatus for determining component alignment'2006 7,057,178'Method and system for imaging using a filter for Time-of-Flight PET'2006 7,038,212'Method and system for normalization of a positron emission tomography system'2006 6,856,666'Multi modality imaging methods and apparatus'2005 6,731,798'Method for converting digital image pixel values including remote services provided over a network'2004 6,714,674'Method for converting digital image pixel values'2004 6,661,866'Integrated CT-PET system'2003 6,462,342'Method and system for pet image reconstruction'2002 6,373,059'PET scanner septa'2002 6,337,481'Data binning method and apparatus for pet tomography including remote services over a network'2002 6,307,203'Data binning method and apparatus for PET tomography'2001 5,543,622'Method for determining data normalization factors for image reconstruction'1996 5,424,946'Adaptive angular transmission filter for pet scanner'1995 5,272,343'Sorter for coincidence timing calibration in a PET scanner'1993

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1993–2021Patents assigned to GEN ELECTRIC (31)· patent assignee history

1993–2018Based in Milwaukee, WI, US· patent location history

2001–2010Patents assigned to GE MED SYS GLOBAL TECH CO LLC (8)· patent assignee history

2001–2010Based in New Berlin, WI, US· patent location history

2006–2015Patents assigned to STEARNS CHARLES WILLIAM (6)· patent assignee history

2006–2015Patents assigned to WOLLENWEBER SCOTT DAVID (4)· patent assignee history

2013Patents assigned to ROSS STEVEN GERARD (2)· patent assignee history

2021Based in Waukesha, WI, US· patent location history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
GEN ELECTRIC	31	1993–2021
GE MED SYS GLOBAL TECH CO LLC	8	2001–2010
STEARNS CHARLES WILLIAMself	6	2006–2015
WOLLENWEBER SCOTT DAVID	4	2006–2015
ROSS STEVEN GERARD	2	2013

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
New Berlin, WI, US	26	2001–2010
Milwaukee, WI, US	14	1993–2018
Waukesha, WI, US	1	2021