Patents Assigned to VirtualS{tilde over (c)}opics, LLC
  • Method and system for assessment of biomarkers by measurement of response to stimulus
    Patent number: 6836557
    Abstract: In a human or animal organ or other region of interest, specific objects, such as liver metastases and brain lesions, serve as indicators, or biomarkers, of disease. In a three-dimensional image of the organ, the biomarkers are identified and quantified both before and after a stimulus is applied, and their reaction to the stimulus is observed. Statistical segmentation techniques are used to identify the biomarker in a first image and to carry the identification over to the remaining images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: VirtualS{tilde over (c)}opics, LLC
    Inventors: José Tamez-Peña, Saara Marjatta Sofia Totterman, Edward Ashton