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Frank Sauer
Also filed as: SAUER FRANK · SAUER FRANK DOUGLAS
89 granted patents·23 pending applications·4,135 citations·filing 1992–2025
99Inventor score
Files withSIEMENS CORP RES INC23SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS19SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH11TAKATA PETRI AG11SAUER FRANK4
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112 records- 0199US7774044B2System and method for augmented reality navigation in a medical intervention procedureSIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS·Filed 2005·Granted Aug 10, 2010·233 cites·22 claims
- 0299US7605826B2Augmented reality guided instrument positioning with depth determining graphicsSIEMENS CORP RES INC·Filed 2001·Granted Oct 20, 2009·623 cites·10 claims
- 0398US9974454B2Method and system for machine learning based assessment of fractional flow reserveSIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH·Filed 2017·Granted May 22, 2018·32 cites·31 claims
- 0498US9700219B2Method and system for machine learning based assessment of fractional flow reserveSIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH·Filed 2014·Granted Jul 11, 2017·110 cites·28 claims
- 0598US9538925B2Method and system for machine learning based assessment of fractional flow reserveSIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH·Filed 2015·Granted Jan 10, 2017·118 cites·29 claims
- 0698US7940999B2System and method for learning-based 2D/3D rigid registration for image-guided surgery using Jensen-Shannon divergenceSIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS·Filed 2007·Granted May 10, 2011·299 cites·20 claims
- 0797US9747525B2Method and system for improved hemodynamic computation in coronary arteriesSIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH·Filed 2015·Granted Aug 29, 2017·33 cites·27 claims
- 0897US7715604B2System and method for automatically registering three dimensional cardiac images with electro-anatomical cardiac mapping dataSIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS·Filed 2006·Granted May 11, 2010·90 cites·18 claims
- 0997US6856324B2Augmented reality guided instrument positioning with guiding graphicsSIEMENS CORP RES INC·Filed 2001·Granted Feb 15, 2005·112 cites·29 claims
- 1096US10888234B2Method and system for machine learning based assessment of fractional flow reserveSIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH·Filed 2019·Granted Jan 12, 2021·15 cites·20 claims
- 1196US9888968B2Method and system for automated therapy planning for arterial stenosisSIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH·Filed 2015·Granted Feb 13, 2018·28 cites·33 claims
- 1296US7583857B2System and method for salient region feature based 3D multi modality registration of medical imagesSIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS·Filed 2006·Granted Sep 1, 2009·89 cites·25 claims
- 1396US7450743B2Method and system of affine registration of inter-operative two dimensional images and pre-operative three dimensional imagesSIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS·Filed 2005·Granted Nov 11, 2008·52 cites·24 claims
- 1496US7176936B2Augmented reality guided instrument positioning with modulated guiding graphicsSIEMENS CORP RES INC·Filed 2001·Granted Feb 13, 2007·131 cites·22 claims
- 1594US7822291B2Non-rigid multi-modal registration using statistical learning methodsSIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS·Filed 2005·Granted Oct 26, 2010·65 cites·11 claims
- 1693US7369101B2Calibrating real and virtual viewsSIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS·Filed 2004·Granted May 6, 2008·89 cites·16 claims
- 1792US6675675B1Steering wheelTAKATA PETRI AG·Filed 2000·Granted Jan 13, 2004·80 cites·17 claims
- 1890US11603183B2Compliant tail structure for rotorcraftTEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC·Filed 2022·Granted Mar 14, 2023·2 cites·8 claims
- 1990US9681925B2Method for augmented reality instrument placement using an image based navigation systemAZAR FRED S·Filed 2005·Granted Jun 20, 2017·83 cites·20 claims
- 2090US8126239B2Registering 2D and 3D data using 3D ultrasound dataSUN YIYONG·Filed 2007·Granted Feb 28, 2012·73 cites·20 claims
- 2189US9289267B2Method and apparatus for minimally invasive surgery using endoscopesSAUER FRANK·Filed 2006·Granted Mar 22, 2016·75 cites·41 claims
- 2289US7620223B2Method and system for registering pre-procedural images with intra-procedural images using a pre-computed knowledge baseSIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS·Filed 2005·Granted Nov 17, 2009·65 cites·24 claims
- 2389US7239330B2Augmented reality guided instrument positioning with guiding graphicsSIEMENS CORP RES INC·Filed 2004·Granted Jul 3, 2007·45 cites·13 claims
- 2487US9684979B2MRI 3D cine imaging based on intersecting source and anchor slice dataSIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH·Filed 2014·Granted Jun 20, 2017·10 cites·20 claims
- 2587US8267422B2Air bag module for a vehicle occupant restraint systemSAUER FRANK·Filed 2011·Granted Sep 18, 2012·14 cites·17 claims
- 2686US7822254B2Automatic positioning of matching multi-planar image reformatting (MPR) views of multiple 3D medical imagesSIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 26, 2010·16 cites·20 claims
- 2786US6672612B2Airbag for a motor vehicleTAKATA PETRI AG·Filed 2001·Granted Jan 6, 2004·53 cites·27 claims
- 2885US7379077B2Augmented and virtual reality guided instrument positioning using along-the-line-of-sight alignmentSIEMENS CORP RES INC·Filed 2001·Granted May 27, 2008·56 cites·23 claims
- 2985US6702749B2Optical needle guide for ultrasound guided needle biopsySIEMENS CORP RES INC·Filed 2002·Granted Mar 9, 2004·164 cites·21 claims
- 3084US10258244B2Method and system for machine learning based assessment of fractional flow reserveSIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH·Filed 2018·Granted Apr 16, 2019·3 cites·30 claims
- 3184US7787683B2Tree structure based 2D to 3D registrationSIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS·Filed 2005·Granted Aug 31, 2010·22 cites·30 claims
- 3284US7054793B2Device and method for generating a virtual model of an installationSIEMENS AG·Filed 2001·Granted May 30, 2006·44 cites·9 claims
- 3384US6919867B2Method and apparatus for augmented reality visualizationSIEMENS CORP RES INC·Filed 2002·Granted Jul 19, 2005·149 cites·37 claims
- 3483US7920144B2Method and system for visualization of dynamic three-dimensional virtual objectsSIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS·Filed 2006·Granted Apr 5, 2011·13 cites·40 claims
- 3583US7853308B2System and method for patient positioning for radiotherapy in the presence of respiratory motionSIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS·Filed 2005·Granted Dec 14, 2010·35 cites·27 claims
- 3683US7570738B2Four-dimensional (4D) image verification in respiratory gated radiation therapySIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 4, 2009·43 cites·28 claims
- 3782US7949385B2System and method for reconstruction of the human ear canal from optical coherence tomography scansSIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS·Filed 2006·Granted May 24, 2011·36 cites·29 claims
- 3882US6689067B2Method and apparatus for ultrasound guidance of needle biopsiesSIEMENS CORP RES INC·Filed 2002·Granted Feb 10, 2004·126 cites·20 claims
- 3981US2025281146A1Cardiac flow detection based on morphological modeling in medical diagnostic ultrasound imagingSIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA INC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 4080US8231721B2Antifungal liquid formulationsUHR HERMANN·Filed 2009·Granted Jul 31, 2012·2 cites·5 claims
- 4180US8196953B2Film plate for an airbag coverWEIGAND STEFFEN·Filed 2009·Granted Jun 12, 2012·13 cites·18 claims
- 4279US7724943B2Rapid and robust 3D/3D registration techniqueSIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS·Filed 2005·Granted May 25, 2010·3 cites·15 claims
- 4379US6078638APixel grouping for filtering cone beam detector data during 3D image reconstructionSIEMENS CORP RES INC·Filed 1998·Granted Jun 20, 2000·78 cites·22 claims
- 4478US10130266B2Method and system for prediction of post-stenting hemodynamic metrics for treatment planning of arterial stenosisSIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH·Filed 2015·Granted Nov 20, 2018·3 cites·50 claims
- 4578US7677078B2Line-based calibration of ultrasound transducer integrated with a pose sensorSIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS·Filed 2007·Granted Mar 16, 2010·27 cites·33 claims
- 4677US7190378B2User interface for augmented and virtual reality systemsSIEMENS CORP RES INC·Filed 2002·Granted Mar 13, 2007·30 cites·19 claims
- 4777US6891518B2Augmented reality visualization deviceSIEMENS CORP RES INC·Filed 2001·Granted May 10, 2005·85 cites·8 claims
- 4876US8007437B2Method and apparatus for interactive 4-dimensional (4D) virtual endoscopySIEMENS AG·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 30, 2011·8 cites·22 claims
- 4976US5412506AFree-space optical interconnection arrangementAT & T CORP·Filed 1992·Granted May 2, 1995·46 cites·23 claims
- 5075US11319055B2Compliant tail structure for rotorcraftTEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC·Filed 2019·Granted May 3, 2022·3 cites·12 claims
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