Patents by Inventor Melissa Haskell

Melissa Haskell 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: 11948311
    Abstract: A combined physics-based and machine learning framework is used for reconstructing images from k-space data, in which motion artifacts are significantly reduced in the reconstructed images. In general, model-based retrospective motion correction techniques are accelerated using fast machine learning (“ML”) steps, which may be implemented using a trained neural network such as a convolutional neural network. In this way, the confidence of a classical physics-based reconstruction is obtained with the computational benefits of an ML-based network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Cauley, Melissa Haskell, Lawrence Wald
  • Publication number: 20220189041
    Abstract: A combined physics-based and machine learning framework is used for reconstructing images from k-space data, in which motion artifacts are significantly reduced in the reconstructed images. In general, model-based retrospective motion correction techniques are accelerated using fast machine learning (“ML”) steps, which may be implemented using a trained neural network such as a convolutional neural network. In this way, the confidence of a classical physics-based reconstruction is obtained with the computational benefits of an ML-based network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Stephen Cauley, Melissa Haskell, Lawrence Wald
  • Patent number: 11187769
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a computer implemented method for magnetic resonance imaging. The method includes: receiving at least a first and a second subset of k-space data as radio frequency signals emitted from excited hydrogen atoms of a subject; sampling the first and second subset of k-space data; choosing the first subset of k-space data as a base subset of k-space data; estimating motion parameters of the second subset of k-space data against the base subset of k-space data; and correcting the second subset of k-space data based on the estimated motion parameters of the second subset of k-space data. The motion parameters of the second subset of k-space data are parameters of a non-linear motion estimating function representing a motion of the subject between receiving the first subset of k-space data and receiving the second subset of k-space data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignees: THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION, SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH
    Inventors: Daniel Nicolas Splitthoff, Julian Hossbach, Josef Pfeuffer, Stephen Farman Cauley, Melissa Haskell
  • Patent number: 10909732
    Abstract: Described here are systems and methods for retrospectively estimating and correcting for rigid-body motion by using a joint optimization technique to jointly solve for motion parameters and the underlying image. This method is implemented for magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”), but can also be adapted for other imaging modalities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Cauley, Melissa Haskell, Lawrence L. Wald
  • Publication number: 20200341101
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a computer implemented method for magnetic resonance imaging. The method includes: receiving at least a first and a second subset of k-space data as radio frequency signals emitted from excited hydrogen atoms of a subject; sampling the first and second subset of k-space data; choosing the first subset of k-space data as a base subset of k-space data; estimating motion parameters of the second subset of k-space data against the base subset of k-space data; and correcting the second subset of k-space data based on the estimated motion parameters of the second subset of k-space data. The motion parameters of the second subset of k-space data are parameters of a non-linear motion estimating function representing a motion of the subject between receiving the first subset of k-space data and receiving the second subset of k-space data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Daniel Nicolas Splitthoff, Julian Hossbach, Josef Pfeuffer, Stephen Farman Cauley, Melissa Haskell
  • Publication number: 20190035119
    Abstract: Described here are systems and methods for retrospectively estimating and correcting for rigid-body motion by using a joint optimization technique to jointly solve for motion parameters and the underlying image. This method is implemented for magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”), but can also be adapted for other imaging modalities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Stephen Cauley, Melissa Haskell, Lawrence L. Wald