Patents by Inventor Om Pavithra Bonam

Om Pavithra Bonam 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).

  • Automatic stereological analysis of biological tissue including section thickness determination
    Patent number: 9297995
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for automatic determination of slice thickness of an image stack in a computerized stereology system, as well as automatic quantification of biological objects of interest within an identified slice of the image stack. Top and bottom boundaries of a slice can be identified by applying a thresholded focus function to determine just-out-of-focus focal planes. Objects within an identified slice can be quantified by performing a color processing segmentation followed by a gray-level processing segmentation. The two segmentation processes generate unique identifiers for features in an image that can then be used to produce a count of the features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignees: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, STEREOLOGY RESOURCE CENTER, INC.
    Inventors: Kurt A. Kramer, Peter R. Mouton, Lawrence O. Hall, Dmitry Goldgof, Daniel T. Elozory, Om Pavithra Bonam, Baishali Chaudhury
  • AUTOMATIC STEREOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF BIOLOGICAL TISSUE INCLUDING SECTION THICKNESS DETERMINATION
    Publication number: 20120236120
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for automatic determination of slice thickness of an image stack in a computerized stereology system, as well as automatic quantification of biological objects of interest within an identified slice of the image stack. Top and bottom boundaries of a slice can be identified by applying a thresholded focus function to determine just-out-of-focus focal planes. Objects within an identified slice can be quantified by performing a color processing segmentation followed by a gray-level processing segmentation. The two segmentation processes generate unique identifiers for features in an image that can then be used to produce a count of the features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicants: Stereology Resource Center, Inc., University of South Florida
    Inventors: Kurt A. Kramer, Peter R. Mouton, Lawrence O. Hall, Dmitry Goldgof, Daniel T. Elozory, Om Pavithra Bonam, Baishali Chaudhury