Patents by Inventor Aaron Devin WARD

Aaron Devin WARD 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).

  • Automated segmentation of histological sections for vasculature quantification
    Patent number: 10943350
    Abstract: A fully automated method for detecting and measuring a target of interest such as vasculature, capable of processing whole slide images and extracting large number of targets of interest per slide. The method includes the steps of: (a) obtaining a digital image of a tissue specimen; (b) using a first set of mathematical algorithms based on objectively-defined criteria to isolate the one or more targets of interest from the slide, thereby detecting the one or more targets of interest; and (c) using a second set of mathematical algorithms based on objectively-defined criteria to construct boundaries around the detected targets of interest and obtain quantitative attributes of these one or more targets throughout the slide, thereby measuring the one or more targets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: LONDON HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER RESEARCH INC.
    Inventors: Aaron Devin Ward, Yi Wen Xu, John Geoffrey Pickering
  • AUTOMATED SEGMENTATION OF HISTOLOGICAL SECTIONS FOR VASCULATURE QUANTIFICATION
    Publication number: 20190043198
    Abstract: A fully automated method for detecting and measuring a target of interest such as vasculature, capable of processing whole slide images and extracting large number of targets of interest per slide. The method includes the steps of: (a) obtaining a digital image of a tissue specimen; (b) using a first set of mathematical algorithms based on objectively-defined criteria to isolate the one or more targets of interest from the slide, thereby detecting the one or more targets of interest; and (c) using a second set of mathematical algorithms based on objectively-defined criteria to construct boundaries around the detected targets of interest and obtain quantitative attributes of these one or more targets throughout the slide, thereby measuring the one or more targets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE RESEARCH INC.
    Inventors: Aaron Devin WARD, Yi Wen XU, John Geoffrey PICKERING