Patents by Inventor Albert D. Murtha

Albert D. Murtha 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).

  • Method and System for Automatic Detection and Segmentation of Tumors and Associated Edema (Swelling) in Magnetic Resonance (Mri) Images
    Publication number: 20080292194
    Abstract: A method and system for segmenting an object represented in one or more input images, each of the one or more input images comprising a plurality of pixels. The method comprising: aligning the one or more input images with one or more corresponding template images each comprising a plurality of pixels; extracting features of each of the one or more input images and one or more template images; and classifying each pixel, or a group of pixels, in the one or more input images based on the measured features of the one or more input images and the one or more corresponding template images in accordance with a classification model mapping image properties or features to a respective class so as to segment the object represented in the one or more input images according to the classification of each pixel or group of pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2006
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventors: Mark Schmidt, Russell Greiner, Albert D. Murtha