Patents by Inventor Stephen C. Schmechel

Stephen C. Schmechel 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: 11631171
    Abstract: Automated, machine learning-based systems are described for the analysis and annotation (i.e., detection or delineation) of prostate cancer (PCa) on histologically-stained pathology slides of prostatectomy specimens. A technical framework is described for automating the annotation of predicted PCa that is based on, for example, automated spatial alignment and colorimetric analysis of both H&E and IHC whole-slide images (WSIs). The WSIs may, as one example, be stained with a particular triple-antibody cocktail against high-molecular weight cytokeratin (HMWCK), p63, and ?-methylacyl CoA racemase (AMACR).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Ethan Yize Leng, Gregory John Metzger, Joseph S. Koopmeiners, Jonathan Henriksen, Stephen C. Schmechel
  • Publication number: 20200250817
    Abstract: Automated, machine learning-based systems are described for the analysis and annotation (i.e., detection or delineation) of prostate cancer (PCa) on histologically-stained pathology slides of prostatectomy specimens. A technical framework is described for automating the annotation of predicted PCa that is based on, for example, automated spatial alignment and colorimetric analysis of both H&E and IHC whole-slide images (WSIs). The WSIs may, as one example, be stained with a particular triple-antibody cocktail against high-molecular weight cytokeratin (HMWCK), p63, and a-methylacyl CoA racemase (AMACR).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Ethan Yize Leng, Gregory John Metzger, Joseph S. Koopmeiners, Jonathan Henriksen, Stephen C. Schmechel
  • Patent number: 9858665
    Abstract: A user-independent, quantitative, multiparametric MRI model is developed and validated on co-registered correlative histopathology, yielding improved performance for cancer detection over single parameter estimators. A computing device may be configured to receive a first parametric map that maps imaged tissue of a patient using values of a first parameter, and a second parametric map that maps the imaged tissue using values of a second parameter, wherein the parametric maps are generated from medical imaging data for the imaged tissue. The computing device may be further configured to apply a multiparametric model to the maps to generate at least one Composite Biomarker Score for the tissue, the model being a function of the first parameter and the second parameter. The function may be determined based on co-registered histopathology data. The computing device may be further configured to generate an indication of whether the tissue includes predicted cancer, and output the indication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Gregory J. Metzger, Stephen C. Schmechel, Chaitanya Kalavagunta, Joseph S. Koopmeiners, Christopher A. Warlick
  • Publication number: 20160292855
    Abstract: A user-independent, quantitative, multiparametric MRI model is developed and validated on co-registered correlative histopathology, yielding improved performance for cancer detection over single parameter estimators. A computing device may be configured to receive a first parametric map that maps imaged tissue of a patient using values of a first parameter, and a second parametric map that maps the imaged tissue using values of a second parameter, wherein the parametric maps are generated from medical imaging data for the imaged tissue. The computing device may be further configured to apply a multiparametric model to the maps to generate at least one Composite Biomarker Score for the tissue, the model being a function of the first parameter and the second parameter, The function may be determined based on co-registered histopathology data. The computing device may be further configured to generate an indication of whether the tissue includes predicted cancer, and output the indication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Gregory J. Metzger, Stephen C. Schmechel, Chaitanya Kalavagunta, Joseph S. Koopmeiners, Christopher A. Warlick
  • Patent number: 8718350
    Abstract: A computerized method for immunohistochemistry analysis of tissue utilizes digital images of multiple adjacent tissue sections aligned within a computerized software and processed with an algorithm to quantify a two-dimensional IHC signature score for each respective slide image. In various embodiments, the IHC score is performed over several adjacent sections and further processed to produce a three-dimensional IHC quantification referred to as an IHC signature map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Gregory Metzger, Stephen C. Schmechel, Stephen Dankbar, Jonathan Henriksen
  • Publication number: 20120257811
    Abstract: A computerized method for immunohistochemistry analysis of tissue utilizes digital images of multiple adjacent tissue sections aligned within a computerized software and processed with an algorithm to quantify a two-dimensional IHC signature score for each respective slide image. In various embodiments, the IHC score is performed over several adjacent sections and further processed to produce a three-dimensional IHC quantification referred to as an IHC signature map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Inventors: Gregory Metzger, Stephen C. Schmechel, Stephen Dankbar, Jonathan Henriksen
  • Publication number: 20030175761
    Abstract: Provided are genes whose expression patterns allow differentiation between benign lymph node tissue, follicular lymphoma tissue, mantle cell lymphoma tissue and small lymphocytic lymphoma tissue. These genes are useful as diagnostic markers for lymphoma. The protein products of these genes are useful in diagnostic and therapeutic applications, including monoclonal antibodies, lymphoma-specific chemotherapeutic agents, and gene therapies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2002
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Inventors: Daniel E. Sabath, Stephen C. Schmechel, Robert J. LeVasseur, Kathleen H. Yang, Karen M. Koehler