Patents by Inventor Nabile M. Safdar

Nabile M. Safdar 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).

  • Management, assessment and treatment planning for inflammatory bowel disease
    Patent number: 9883817
    Abstract: Discussed herein is an image processing device and a corresponding method for assessing inflammatory bowel diseases. A plurality of dynamic MRI sequence of images of a bowel that include peristalsis information of the bowel and static MRI image(s) of the bowel that identify at areas of inflammation, stenosis, and increased mural thickness of the bowel are processed. A displacement of the bowel caused by respiration of the patient is conducted on the dynamic MRI sequences by performing a non-rigid registration. A peristaltic activity is determined by performing motion flow analysis on the dynamic sequences of images. A peristaltic activity of the static MRI image(s) based on a weighted sum of two closest dynamic MRI sequences of images is computed and the static image is combined with the closest dynamic MRI sequence of images by performing a multi-modal registration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
    Inventors: Marius George Linguraru, Juan Jose Cerrolaza, Nabile M Safdar, Raymond Sze, Laurie S Conklin
  • MANAGEMENT, ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT PLANNING FOR INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE
    Publication number: 20150141800
    Abstract: Discussed herein is an image processing device and a corresponding method for assessing inflammatory bowel diseases. A plurality of dynamic MRI sequence of images of a bowel that include peristalsis information of the bowel and static MRI image(s) of the bowel that identify at areas of inflammation, stenosis, and increased mural thickness of the bowel are processed. A displacement of the bowel caused by respiration of the patient is conducted on the dynamic MRI sequences by performing a non-rigid registration. A peristaltic activity is determined by performing motion flow analysis on the dynamic sequences of images. A peristaltic activity of the static MRI image(s) based on a weighted sum of two closest dynamic MRI sequences of images is computed and the static image is combined with the closest dynamic MRI sequence of images by performing a multi-modal registration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: Children's National Medical Center
    Inventors: Marius George Linguraru, Juan Jose Cerrolaza, Nabile M. Safdar, Raymond Sze, Laurie S. Conklin