Patents by Inventor Megan Pearl Rothney

Megan Pearl Rothney has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9064304
    Abstract: Automated assessment of registration quality, focus, and area defects in sequentially acquired images, such as images acquired by a digital microscope, is disclosed. In one embodiment, acquired images are registered and whole-image defects are automatically detected based on a figure of merit generated by the registration process. In related implementations, area defects may be automatically detected by calculating correlations in localized image regions for images acquired in different imaging rounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Kevin Bernard Kenny, Megan Pearl Rothney
  • Patent number: 8983571
    Abstract: Methods for measuring liver fat mass are provided. One method includes acquiring dual-energy two-dimensional (2D) scan information from a dual-energy X-ray scan of a body and generating a dual-energy X-ray image of the body using the 2D scan information. The method further includes identifying a region of interest using the dual-energy X-ray image and determining a subcutaneous fat mass for each of a plurality of sections of the region of interest. The method also includes determining a liver fat mass for the region of interest based on the determined subcutaneous fat mass for each of the plurality of sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Cynthia Elizabeth Landberg Davis, Xin Wang, Tzu-Jen Kao, Megan Pearl Rothney
  • Publication number: 20140371570
    Abstract: Methods for measuring liver fat mass are provided. One method includes acquiring dual-energy two-dimensional (2D) scan information from a dual-energy X-ray scan of a body and generating a dual-energy X-ray image of the body using the 2D scan information. The method further includes identifying a region of interest using the dual-energy X-ray image and determining a subcutaneous fat mass for each of a plurality of sections of the region of interest. The method also includes determining a liver fat mass for the region of interest based on the determined subcutaneous fat mass for each of the plurality of sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Cynthia Elizabeth Landberg Davis, Xin Wang, Tzu-Jen Kao, Megan Pearl Rothney
  • Publication number: 20140270425
    Abstract: Automated assessment of registration quality, focus, and area defects in sequentially acquired images, such as images acquired by a digital microscope, is disclosed. In one embodiment, acquired images are registered and whole-image defects are automatically detected based on a figure of merit generated by the registration process. In related implementations, area defects may be automatically detected by calculating correlations in localized image regions for images acquired in different imaging rounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Kevin Bernard Kenny, Megan Pearl Rothney
  • Patent number: 8824769
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to a process of analyzing and visualizing the expression of biomarkers in an individual cell wherein the cell is examined to develop patterns of expression by using a grouping algorithm, and a system to perform and display the analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Brion Daryl Sarachan, Thomas Paul Repoff, Colin Craig McCulloch, Fiona Mary Ginty, Megan Pearl Rothney, Zhengyu Pang
  • Patent number: 8320655
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to a process of analyzing and visualizing the expression of biomarkers in individual cells wherein the cells are examined to develop patterns of expression by using a grouping algorithm, and a system to perform and display the analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Brion Daryl Sarachan, Faisal Ahmed Syud, Michael John Gerdes, Megan Pearl Rothney, Brian Michael Davis
  • Publication number: 20110091081
    Abstract: The present application discloses a technique for obtaining and storing data on expression of multiple biomarkers in individual cells or the compartments of individual cells in a tissue specimen and methods of utilizing that data to create groups, the members of which share some degree of similarity greater than the general population from which the data is drawn, by an analysis of digital images of a portion of the tissue specimen which has been iteratively stained to generate optical signals, typically fluorescent, reflective of the amount of each of the biomarkers examined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Brion Daryl Sarachan, Thomas Paul Repoff, Colin Craig McCulloch, Fiona Mary Ginty, Megan Pearl Rothney, Zhengyu Pang
  • Publication number: 20110091091
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to a process of analyzing and visualizing the expression of biomarkers in individual cells wherein the cells are examined to develop patterns of expression by using a grouping algorithm, and a system to perform and display the analysis
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Brion Daryl Sarachan, Faisal Ahmed Syud, Michael John Gerdes, Megan Pearl Rothney, Brian Michael Davis