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Charles William Stearns
Also filed as: STEARNS CHARLES · STEARNS CHARLES W · STEARNS CHARLES WILLIAM
41 granted patents·1 pending application·995 citations·filing 1992–2017
98Inventor score
Files withGEN ELECTRIC26GE MED SYS GLOBAL TECH CO LLC8STEARNS CHARLES WILLIAM4ROSS STEVEN GERARD2WOLLENWEBER SCOTT DAVID2
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42 records- 0197US7680240B2Iterative reconstruction of tomographic image data method and systemGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 2007·Granted Mar 16, 2010·64 cites·29 claims
- 0297US7381959B2Technique for reconstructing PET scan imagesGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 2005·Granted Jun 3, 2008·56 cites·33 claims
- 0397US5272343ASorter for coincidence timing calibration in a PET scannerGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 1992·Granted Dec 21, 1993·114 cites·4 claims
- 0496US8969829B2Method and apparatus for aligning a multi-modality imaging systemWOLLENWEBER SCOTT DAVID·Filed 2012·Granted Mar 3, 2015·46 cites·20 claims
- 0592US7847552B2Exclusion of compromised PET data during simultaneous PET-MR acquisitionGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 2007·Granted Dec 7, 2010·25 cites·24 claims
- 0692US7129496B2Method and system for scattered coincidence estimation in a time-of-flight positron emission tomography systemGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 2005·Granted Oct 31, 2006·27 cites·20 claims
- 0790US7129495B2Method and apparatus for timing calibration in a PET scannerGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 2004·Granted Oct 31, 2006·43 cites·25 claims
- 0888US7312455B2Method and system for scatter correction in a positron emission tomography systemGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 2005·Granted Dec 25, 2007·19 cites·20 claims
- 0985US8017914B2Method and system for scatter correctionGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 2008·Granted Sep 13, 2011·14 cites·20 claims
- 1085US7301144B2Method and system for calibrating a positron emission tomography systemGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 2004·Granted Nov 27, 2007·29 cites·21 claims
- 1181US7348564B2Multi modality imaging methods and apparatusGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 2005·Granted Mar 25, 2008·27 cites·19 claims
- 1281US6462342B1Method and system for pet image reconstructionGE MED SYS GLOBAL TECH CO LLC·Filed 2000·Granted Oct 8, 2002·31 cites·18 claims
- 1380US9427206B2Method and apparatus for gate specific MR-based attenuation correction of timed-gated pet studiesGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 2015·Granted Aug 30, 2016·2 cites·20 claims
- 1480US7057178B1Method and system for imaging using a filter for Time-of-Flight PETGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 2004·Granted Jun 6, 2006·25 cites·26 claims
- 1580US6661866B1Integrated CT-PET systemGE MED SYS GLOBAL TECH CO LLC·Filed 2002·Granted Dec 9, 2003·109 cites·20 claims
- 1678US7405405B2Method and system for reconstructing an image in a positron emission tomography (PET) systemGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 2005·Granted Jul 29, 2008·9 cites·16 claims
- 1778US7173248B2Methods and systems for positron emission tomography data correctionGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 2004·Granted Feb 6, 2007·23 cites·21 claims
- 1878US7038212B2Method and system for normalization of a positron emission tomography systemGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 2004·Granted May 2, 2006·19 cites·26 claims
- 1977US8941071B1Methods and systems for axially segmenting positron emission tomography dataGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 2013·Granted Jan 27, 2015·4 cites·20 claims
- 2076US7227149B2Method and system for positron emission tomography image reconstructionGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 2004·Granted Jun 5, 2007·18 cites·20 claims
- 2175US8450693B2Method and system for fault-tolerant reconstruction of imagesSTEARNS CHARLES WILLIAM·Filed 2009·Granted May 28, 2013·7 cites·20 claims
- 2275US7412280B2Systems and methods for analyzing an abnormality of an objectGE MED SYS GLOBAL TECH CO LLC·Filed 2003·Granted Aug 12, 2008·21 cites·22 claims
- 2375US6373059B1PET scanner septaGE MED SYS GLOBAL TECH CO LLC·Filed 2000·Granted Apr 16, 2002·18 cites·17 claims
- 2473US8452064B2Apparatus and methods for geometric calibration of positron emission tomography systemsROSS STEVEN GERARD·Filed 2009·Granted May 28, 2013·7 cites·22 claims
- 2572US6856666B2Multi modality imaging methods and apparatusGE MED SYS GLOBAL TECH CO LLC·Filed 2003·Granted Feb 15, 2005·59 cites·40 claims
- 2671US9168015B2Method and apparatus for gate specific MR-based attenuation correction of time-gated PET studiesSTEARNS CHARLES WILLIAM·Filed 2013·Granted Oct 27, 2015·4 cites·20 claims
- 2771US7103233B2Methods and apparatus for determining component alignmentGE MED SYS GLOBAL TECH CO LLC·Filed 2002·Granted Sep 5, 2006·53 cites·21 claims
- 2869US10049465B2Systems and methods for multi-modality imaging component alignmentGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 2016·Granted Aug 14, 2018·2 cites·19 claims
- 2969US8094908B2Method and system for estimating randoms in imaging dataSTEARNS CHARLES WILLIAM·Filed 2008·Granted Jan 10, 2012·7 cites·20 claims
- 3068US7129497B2Method and system for normalization of a positron emission tomography systemWOLLENWEBER SCOTT DAVID·Filed 2004·Granted Oct 31, 2006·11 cites·34 claims
- 3165US8415630B2Apparatus and methods for determining a boundary of an object for positron emission tomography scatter correctionROSS STEVEN GERARD·Filed 2009·Granted Apr 9, 2013·4 cites·20 claims
- 3265US7542792B2Methods for automatic protocol selectionGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 2004·Granted Jun 2, 2009·29 cites·29 claims
- 3352US5424946AAdaptive angular transmission filter for pet scannerGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 1994·Granted Jun 13, 1995·12 cites·5 claims
- 3447US6337481B1Data binning method and apparatus for pet tomography including remote services over a networkGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 1999·Granted Jan 8, 2002·14 cites·20 claims
- 3546US9254111B2PET acquisition scheduling based on MR scout imagesGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 2012·Granted Feb 9, 2016·0 cites·12 claims
- 3646US2011142367A1Methods and systems for correcting image scatterSTEARNS CHARLES WILLIAM·Filed 2009·Application pending·0 cites
- 3744US11051773B2Systems and methods for imaging with improved dosagesGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 2017·Granted Jul 6, 2021·0 cites·16 claims
- 3840US6731798B1Method for converting digital image pixel values including remote services provided over a networkGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 1999·Granted May 4, 2004·10 cites·22 claims
- 3938US5543622AMethod for determining data normalization factors for image reconstructionGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 1995·Granted Aug 6, 1996·22 cites·19 claims
- 4034US7853314B2Methods and apparatus for improving image qualityGE MED SYS GLOBAL TECH CO LLC·Filed 2003·Granted Dec 14, 2010·0 cites·27 claims
- 4130US6714674B1Method for converting digital image pixel valuesGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 1998·Granted Mar 30, 2004·3 cites·20 claims
- 4230US6307203B1Data binning method and apparatus for PET tomographyGE MED SYS GLOBAL TECH CO LLC·Filed 1998·Granted Oct 23, 2001·8 cites·17 claims
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