Pierre R Emeric

US Patent:

6909283, Jun 21, 2005

Filed:

Apr 12, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/681467

Inventors:

Pierre R. Emeric - Milwaukee WI, US
Carl R. Hedlund - Waterford NY, US

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Milwaukee WI

International Classification:

G01V003/00

US Classification:

324300, 324306

Abstract:

The present invention provides a system and method of removing heat from an MR imaging device while maintaining internal and external temperatures below maximum operating limits, thereby enabling higher power applications for faster imaging with improved image quality as well as, allowing longer scan times for interventional procedures. The system includes a vacuum chamber housing the gradient coils and a vacuum pump connected thereto to regulate the pressure and humidity within the chamber. A heat exchanger, coolant pump, and controller are provided to regulate the temperature of coolant designed to dissipate heat from the gradient coils in response to at least one temperature sensor.

US Patent:

6992483, Jan 31, 2006

Filed:

Mar 24, 2005

Appl. No.:

10/907197

Inventors:

Pierre R. Emeric - Milwaukee WI, US
Carl R. Hedlund - Waterford NY, US

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

International Classification:

G01V 3/00

US Classification:

324300, 324306

Abstract:

The present invention provides a system and method of removing heat from an MR imaging device while maintaining internal and external temperatures below maximum operating limits, thereby enabling higher power applications for faster imaging with improved image quality as well as, allowing longer scan times for interventional procedures. The system includes a vacuum chamber housing the gradient coils and a vacuum pump connected thereto to regulate the pressure and humidity within the chamber. A heat exchanger, coolant pump, and controller are provided to regulate the temperature of coolant designed to dissipate heat from the gradient coils in response to at least one temperature sensor.

US Patent:

7729559, Jun 1, 2010

Filed:

May 22, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/419566

Inventors:

Joseph John Kevin Ó Ruanaidh - Hamilton NJ, US
Yang Zhang - Bridgewater NJ, US
Pierre Emeric - Princeton NJ, US
Marcin R. Swiatek - Branchburg NJ, US
Vadim Rozenfeld - Piscataway NJ, US

Assignee:

GE Healthcare Bio-Sciences Corp. - Piscataway NJ

International Classification:

G06K 9/40

US Classification:

382275

Abstract:

An apparatus, system, and method for generating an image are disclosed. A processor may generate a first output image based on a plurality of input images and remove an artefact, if any, from the first output image to generate a second output image. For example, in an embodiment, the processor may calculate a contribution of the artefact to image intensity values and subtract the calculated contribution from the image intensity values. In another embodiment, the processor may delete a predetermined portion of a transform image representing transform data obtained by applying an image transform to the first output image, thereby modifying the transform data, and may generate a non-transform image based on the modified transform data.

US Patent:

20020156595, Oct 24, 2002

Filed:

Apr 19, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/681514

Inventors:

Carl Hedlund - Waterford NY, US
Pierre Emeric - Milwaukee WI, US

International Classification:

G01K001/08

US Classification:

702/132000

Abstract:

The present invention provides a control used in conjunction with a vacuous chamber enclosing the gradient coils of an MRI apparatus to predict heat dissipation requirements to maintain internal and external temperatures below maximum operating limits thereby enabling higher power applications for faster imaging with improved quality, as well as allowing longer scan times for interventional procedures. The control includes determining operating parameters of an imminent scan session and predicting therefrom maximum and minimum operating temperatures. The predicted maximum and minimum temperatures are compared to maximum and minimum temperatures required for proper operation of the MRI system. If necessary, the operating profile is adjusted to drive the predicted temperatures to satisfy the temperatures required by environmental and device guidelines.

US Patent:

20070177820, Aug 2, 2007

Filed:

Jan 27, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/341935

Inventors:

Yang Zhang - Bridgewater NJ, US
Pierre Emeric - Princeton NJ, US
Marcin Swiatek - Branchburg NJ, US
Vadim Rozenfeld - Piscataway NJ, US

International Classification:

G06K 9/32

US Classification:

382294000

Abstract:

In a system and method for generating an image, a processor may calculate a grid pattern frequency of a plurality of images, particularly where the calculation is based on pixels transformed by a sinusoidal signal variation smoothing procedure, calculate for each of the plurality of images a phase angle of its grid pattern based on the calculated frequency, and calculate for each pixel of an output image a value in accordance with the calculated phase angles and based on values of corresponding pixels of the plurality of images, where the grid patterns are omitted from the output image, and, in particular, where the plurality of images includes more than three images.

US Patent:

20110157343, Jun 30, 2011

Filed:

Dec 23, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/977908

Inventors:

John Blum - Somerset NJ, US
John J. Doskoczynski - Millstone NJ, US
Kaushal K. Verma - Franklin Park NJ, US
Pierre R. Emeric - Princeton NJ, US

Assignee:

Abbott Point of Care, Inc. - Princeton NJ

International Classification:

H04N 7/18
B65G 47/24

US Classification:

348 61, 414754, 348E07085

Abstract:

An apparatus and method for imaging a biologic fluid sample quiescently residing within a chamber is provided. The chamber includes a first panel and a second panel, between which the biologic fluid sample quiescently resides. At least one of the first and second panels is flexible. The chamber has one or more fields that are each defined by a cross-sectional area. The apparatus comprises a field illuminator, a chamber flattener, a positioner, and an image dissector. The field illuminator has an objective lens. The chamber flattener has a platen with a window and a cover plate. The chamber flattener is operable to cause the chamber to assume a substantially uniform Z-axis position for substantially all of the fields within the chamber. The positioner is adapted to position the objective lens and the chamber relative to one another. The image dissector is adapted to image the sample residing within the chamber.

US Patent:

20130184188, Jul 18, 2013

Filed:

Dec 21, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/724370

Inventors:

Abbott Point of Care Inc. - Princeton NJ, US
Graham Davis - Princeton NJ, US
Pierre Emeric - Princeton NJ, US
Sergey Gershtein - Skillman NJ, US
Smitha Sutrala - Ottawa, CA
Katrina Di Tullio - Stittsville, CA

Assignee:

ABBOTT POINT OF CARE INC. - Princeton NJ

International Classification:

G01N 33/53

US Classification:

506 39

Abstract:

This invention relates generally to devices and methods for performing optical and electrochemical assays and, more particularly, to testing devices having an optically readable microspot array and/or an electrochemical detector and to methods of performing microspot arrays and electrochemical assays using such devices. The present invention is particularly useful for performing immunoassays and/or electrochemical assays at the point-of-care.

US Patent:

20230078815, Mar 16, 2023

Filed:

Sep 23, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/951771

Inventors:

- Princeton NJ, US
Jody Ann Tirinato - Plainsboro NJ, US
Pierre Emeric - Princeton NJ, US
Dan Molloy - Manchester NH, US
Maureen Weber - Crete IL, US
Christopher Fetters - York PA, US

International Classification:

G06Q 10/06
G06Q 30/00
G16H 10/40
G16H 40/60
G16Z 99/00
G16H 40/20

Abstract:

The present invention relates to a method and system for quality compliance, system and operator verification, and process management for point of care biological sample testing systems used in hospitals and other medical delivery environments. Specifically, the present invention may be directed to a computing device configured to generate a plurality of attributes configured to assess a competency level of an operator to operate at least one sample testing instrument, obtain operator derived data pertaining to the operator's ability to operate the at least one sample testing instrument, and determine a competency level of the operator for the at least one sample testing instrument based the plurality of attributes and the operator derived data.