Patents by Inventor Acar Burak

Acar Burak 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).

  • Three-dimensional pattern recognition method to detect shapes in medical images
    Patent number: 7346209
    Abstract: A detection and classification method of a shape in a medical image is provided. It is based on generating a plurality of 2-D sections through a 3-D volume in the medical image. In general, there are two steps. The first step is feature estimation to generate shape signatures for candidate volumes containing candidate shapes. The feature estimation method computes descriptors of objects or of their images. The second general step involves classification of these shape signatures for diagnosis. A classifier contains, builds and/or trains a database of descriptors for previously seen shapes, and then maps descriptors of novel images to categories corresponding to previously seen shapes or classes of shapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Salih B. Gokturk, Carlo Tomasi, Acar Burak, Christopher F. Beaulieu, Sandy A. Napel, David S. Paik
  • Three-dimensional pattern recognition method to detect shapes in medical images
    Publication number: 20040165767
    Abstract: A detection and classification method of a shape in a medical image is provided. It is based on generating a plurality of 2-D sections through a 3-D volume in the medical image. In general, there are two steps. The first step is feature estimation to generate shape signatures for candidate volumes containing candidate shapes. The feature estimation method computes descriptors of objects or of their images. The second general step involves classification of these shape signatures for diagnosis. A classifier contains, builds and/or trains a database of descriptors for previously seen shapes, and then maps descriptors of novel images to categories corresponding to previously seen shapes or classes of shapes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Inventors: Salih B. Gokturk, Carlo Tomasi, Acar Burak, Christopher F. Beaulieu, Sandy A. Napel, David S. Paik