Inventor · Milwaukee, WI, US

Melissa Vass

16Patents
9h-index
14Co-inventors
61Inventor score

Filing activity: May 7, 2003 → Jul 1, 2010

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7813785B2 Cardiac imaging system and method for planning minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass surgery Human Necessities 178 Active
US7499743B2 Method and system for registration of 3D images within an interventional system Physics 130 Active
US7747047B2 Cardiac CT system and method for planning left atrial appendage isolation Physics 107 Active
US7613500B2 Methods and apparatus for assisting cardiac resynchronization therapy Physics 106 Expired
US7996063B2 Method and apparatus for medical intervention procedure planning and location and navigation of an intervention tool Human Necessities 95 Active
US7778686B2 Method and apparatus for medical intervention procedure planning and location and navigation of an intervention tool Human Necessities 94 Active
US7343196B2 Cardiac CT system and method for planning and treatment of biventricular pacing using epicardial lead Human Necessities 88 Expired
US7313213B1 Step-and-shoot cardiac CT imaging Human Necessities 12 Expired
US7313215B2 Step-and-shoot cardiac CT imaging Human Necessities 9 Expired
US7054405B2 System and method for computing volumetric perfusion Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Expired
US7613275B2 Method and apparatus for reducing cone beam artifacts using spatially varying weighting functions Human Necessities 7 Active
US8364244B2 Methods and systems to facilitate reducing banding artifacts in images Physics 3 Active
US7636462B2 Method and system for filtering in medical imaging Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US7778385B2 Step-and-shoot cardiac CT imaging Human Necessities 1 Active
US7734005B2 Step-and-shoot cardiac CT imaging Human Necessities 1 Active
US7558363B2 Step-and-shoot cardiac CT imaging Human Necessities 0 Active

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