Patents by Inventor Robert Henry Barter

Robert Henry Barter 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).

  • Computerized ultrasound risk evaluation system
    Patent number: 7285092
    Abstract: A method and system for examining tissue are provided in which the tissue is maintained in a position so that it may be insonified with a plurality of pulsed spherical or cylindrical acoustic waves. The insonifying acoustic waves are scattered by the tissue so that scattered acoustic radiation including a mix of reflected and transmitted acoustic waves is received. A representation of a portion of the tissue is then derived from the received scattered acoustic radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
    Inventors: Nebojsa Duric, Peter J. Littrup, Earle Holsapple, III, Robert Henry Barter, Thomas L Moore, Stephen G. Azevedo, Sidney W. Ferguson
  • Methods and systems for using reference images in acoustic image processing
    Patent number: 6837854
    Abstract: A method and system of examining tissue are provided in which a field, including at least a portion of the tissue and one or more registration fiducials, is insonified. Scattered acoustic information, including both transmitted and reflected waves, is received from the field. A representation of the field, including both the tissue and the registration fiducials, is then derived from the received acoustic radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
    Inventors: Thomas L. Moore, Robert Henry Barter
  • Computerized ultrasound risk evaluation system
    Publication number: 20040122304
    Abstract: A method and system for examining tissue are provided in which the tissue is maintained in a position so that it may be insonified with a plurality of pulsed spherical or cylindrical acoustic waves. The insonifying acoustic waves are scattered by the tissue so that scattered acoustic radiation including a mix of reflected and transmitted acoustic waves is received. A representation of a portion of the tissue is then derived from the received scattered acoustic radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Applicant: Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
    Inventors: Nebojsa Duric, Peter J. Littrup, Earle Holsapple, Robert Henry Barter, Thomas L. Moore, Stephen G. Azevedo, Sidney W. Ferguson
  • Methods and systems for using reference images in acoustic image processing
    Publication number: 20040122313
    Abstract: A method and system of examining tissue are provided in which a field, including at least a portion of the tissue and one or more registration fiducials, is insonified. Scattered acoustic information, including both transmitted and reflected waves, is received from the field. A representation of the field, including both the tissue and the registration fiducials, is then derived from the received acoustic radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Applicant: Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
    Inventors: Thomas L. Moore, Robert Henry Barter