Patents by Inventor Ali Can
Ali Can 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).
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Publication number: 20140343859Abstract: Tools and methods for monitoring a subterranean formation is provided. Methods for monitoring include: creating a time-lapse azimuth stack between an azimuth stack on a first seismic survey and an azimuth stack on a second seismic survey; identifying a lowest root mean square energy and a highest root mean square energy for each time-lapse azimuth stack; and recording an azimuth with largest overall root mean square energy.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2014Publication date: November 20, 2014Applicant: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANYInventors: Mark Elliott WILLIS, Baishali ROY, Michael Paul DAVIDSON, Ali Can TURA
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Patent number: 8880351Abstract: The present techniques include methods and systems for finding correspondences between tissue spots in tissue microarray serial sections belonging to the same recipient block. The present techniques may also be used to relate individual tissue cores to clinical information. Using either a whole slide image or the relative x-y coordinates of the tissue spots on the slide, individual tissue spots in different tissue microarrays may be linked to one another and their clinical information.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2008Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Ali Can, Michael John Gerdes, Musodiq Olatayo Bello, Xiaodong Tao, Maximilian Seel
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Publication number: 20140314299Abstract: Improved systems and methods for the analysis of digital images are provided. More particularly, the present disclosure provides for improved systems and methods for the analysis of digital images of biological tissue samples. Exemplary embodiments provide for: i) segmenting, ii) grouping, and iii) quantifying molecular protein profiles of individual cells in terms of sub cellular compartments (nuclei, membrane, and cytoplasm). The systems and methods of the present disclosure advantageously perform tissue segmentation at the sub-cellular level to facilitate analyzing, grouping and quantifying protein expression profiles of tissue in tissue sections globally and/or locally. Performing local-global tissue analysis and protein quantification advantageously enables correlation of spatial and molecular configuration of cells with molecular information of different types of cancer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2013Publication date: October 23, 2014Inventors: Alberto Santamaria-Pang, Jens Rittscher, Dirk Padfield, Ali Can, Zhengyu Pang, Musodiq Bello, Fiona Ginty, Christopher Sevinsky, Qing Li, Megan Rothney, Brion Sarachan
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Publication number: 20140278115Abstract: A workflow is presented that facilitates defining geocontextual information as a set of rules for multiple seismic attributes. Modeling algorithms may be employed that facilitate analysis of multiple seismic attributes to find candidate regions that are most likely to satisfy the set of rules. These candidates may then be sorted based on how well they represent the geocontextual information.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicants: EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY, GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Erhan Bas, Gianni Matteucci, Ali Can, Jens Rittscher, Weina Ge, Kelly E. Wrobel, Matthias G. Imhof, Leslie A. Wahrmund, Antonio Rafael da Costa Paiva
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Publication number: 20140177390Abstract: An approach for seismic data analysis is provided. In accordance with embodiments of this approach, parallel regions within a volume of seismic data are modeled. Residual regions within the volumetric data set are identified, where the residual regions comprise those regions not modeled as parallel regions. The residual regions or a graphic derived from the residual regions are displayed for review.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2012Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Ali Can, Erhan Bas
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Patent number: 8588503Abstract: This invention, which provides a method for detecting a corruption in an image acquired from a biological sample, includes: providing at least one image of at least one cell; generating the image of the at least one cell over a period of time; determining if the at least one image of the at least one cell is corrupted; applying a wavelet transform, Fourier transform, or other frequency decomposing transform to the at least one image to decompose the at least one image into a plurality of sub-images, wherein the plurality of sub-images have a plurality of low frequency channels, a plurality of middle frequency channels and a plurality of high frequency channels; calculating a ratio based on an energy level of the plurality of low frequency channels and the plurality of middle frequency channels; and removing the at least one image of at least one cell if the at least one image is corrupted.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2009Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: GE Healthcare Bio-Sciences Corp.Inventors: Umesha Adiga, Ali Can, Xudong Li, Dirk R. Padfield, Jens Rittscher, Elizabeth P. Roquemore
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Patent number: 8369600Abstract: The present techniques provide systems and methods for registering images of tissue spots on a tissue microarray (TMA). In studies involving multiple biomarkers being studied on the same TMA, the TMA slide is removed from the microscope, stained, and then imaged, often multiple times. The present techniques relate to validation of the registration of the acquired images of the same TMA. An automatic approach to register the images and detect registration failures as provided herein may enhance the rapid analysis of the tissues. Artifacts such as tissue folding and tissue loss are also determined automatically.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2008Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Ali Can, Michael John Gerdes, Xiaodong Tao, Musodiq Olatayo Bello, Maximilian Seel
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Patent number: 8300938Abstract: A method for segmenting a digital image into a plurality of target objects, comprising, generating a plurality of probability maps of the image, wherein each probability map is derived from a different segmentation classifier; generating a combined probability map based on the plurality of probability maps; mapping a plurality of image points based on one or more local object maxima; applying one or more object constraints based at least in part on the mapped points to identify local object information; applying one or more regional thresholds to the combined probability map, given the local object information and a background mask, to segment the image into regions; creating a segmented image at least in part by merging the segmented regions with corresponding local object maxima; and at least temporarily storing or displaying the segmented image on a digital device.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2010Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Ali Can, Alberto Santamaria-Pang
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Patent number: 8269827Abstract: A method for generating a brightfield type image, which resembles a brightfield staining protocol of a biological sample, using fluorescent images is provided. The steps comprise acquiring two or more fluorescent images of a fixed area on a biological sample, mapping said fluorescent image into a brightfield color space, and generating a bright field image. Also provided is an image analysis system for generating a brightfield type image of a biological sample using fluorescent images.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2009Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Ali Can, Musodiq O Bello, Michael John Gerdes, Qing Li
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Patent number: 8238635Abstract: A method for identifying defects in radiographic image data corresponding to a scanned object is provided. The method includes acquiring radiographic image data corresponding to a scanned object. In one embodiment, the radiographic image data includes an inspection test image and a reference image corresponding to the scanned object. The method includes identifying one or more regions of interest in the reference image and aligning the inspection test image with the regions of interest identified in the reference image, to obtain a residual image. The method further includes identifying one or more defects in the inspection test image based upon the residual image and one or more defect probability values computed for one or more pixels in the residual image.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2008Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Ali Can, Robert August Kaucic, Paulo Ricardo Mendonca, Zhaohui Sun, Joseph Manuel Portaz
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Patent number: 8189884Abstract: The present techniques provide fully automated methods for quantifying the location, strength and percent of expressed target molecules or other biological markers in immunohistochemically stained biological samples. The samples may be automatically segmented, for example into subcellular compartments, from images of compartmental markers. Then, the distribution of a target molecule on each of these compartments is calculated that includes the percentage and strength of expression. This is different than existing intensity or ratio based methods where abundant low expression levels are indistinguishable from scarce high expression levels.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2008Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Ali Can, Michael John Gerdes, Musodiq Olatayo Bello, Xiaodong Tao
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Patent number: 8135187Abstract: Techniques for removing image autoflourescence from fluorescently stained biological images are provided herein. The techniques utilize non-negative matrix factorization that may constrain mixing coefficients to be non-negative. The probability of convergence to local minima is reduced by using smoothness constraints. The non-negative matrix factorization algorithm provides the advantage of removing both dark current and autofluorescence.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2008Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Ali Can, Michael John Gerdes, Musodiq Olatayo Bello, Xiaodong Tao, Francis Edward Pavan-Woolfe, Roshni Bhagalia
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Patent number: 8131107Abstract: An anomaly detection method includes acquiring image data corresponding to nondestructive testing (NDT) of a scanned object. The NDT image data comprises at least one inspection test image of the scanned object and multiple reference images for the scanned object. The anomaly detection method further includes generating an anomaly detection model based on a statistical analysis of one or more image features in the reference images for the scanned object and identifying one or more defects in the inspection test image, based on the anomaly detection model.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2008Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Zhaohui Sun, Ali Can, John Charles Janning, Robert August Kaucic, Paulo Ricardo Mendonca, Joseph Manuel Portaz
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Patent number: 8131476Abstract: A system and methods for co-registering multi-channel images of a tissue micro array, comprising the steps of, providing a biological material on a substrate; applying one or more molecular probes, adapted to provide fluorescent molecular markers, to the biological material; obtaining a first digital image of the biological material and the fluorescent molecular markers; applying a morphological stain to the biological material; obtaining a second digital image of the biological material, computing information common to the first and second images; and co-registering the second image with the first image based on one or more registration metrics.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2006Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Harvey Ellis Cline, Ali Can
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Patent number: 8060348Abstract: A system for analyzing tissue samples, that generally comprises, a storage device for at least temporarily storing one or more images of one or more cells, wherein the images comprise a plurality of channels; and a processor that is adapted to determine the extent to which a biomarker may have translocated from at least one subcellular region to another subcellular region; and then to generate a score corresponding to the extent of translocation.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2006Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Harvey Ellis Cline, Ali Can, Xiaodong Tao, Robert John Filkins, Maximilian Lewis Seel, Michael Christopher Montalto
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Publication number: 20110249883Abstract: A method for segmenting a digital image into a plurality of target objects, comprising, generating a plurality of probability maps of the image, wherein each probability map is derived from a different segmentation classifier; generating a combined probability map based on the plurality of probability maps; mapping a plurality of image points based on one or more local object maxima; applying one or more object constraints based at least in part on the mapped points to identify local object information; applying one or more regional thresholds to the combined probability map, given the local object information and a background mask, to segment the image into regions; creating a segmented image at least in part by merging the segmented regions with corresponding local object maxima; and at least temporarily storing or displaying the segmented image on a digital device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2010Publication date: October 13, 2011Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Ali Can, Alberto Santamaria-Pang
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Patent number: 8036462Abstract: Methods and systems for segmenting images, wherein the image pixels are categorized into a plurality of subsets using one or more indexes, then a log-likelihood function of one or more of the indexes is determined, and one or more maps are generated based on the determination of the log-likelihood function of one or more of the indexes.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2007Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Ali Can, Xiaodong Tao, Harvey Ellis Cline, Paulo Ricardo Mendonca
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Patent number: 8031924Abstract: Method and systems for removing any inherent autofluorescence associated with a biological material, comprising: acquiring a first reference image of the biological material; acquiring a first set of one or more images of the biological material using one or more filters corresponding to one or more information dyes; applying the one or more additional dyes to the biological material and then acquiring a second set of one or more images comprising a separate image of the biological material with each of the filters corresponding to the information dyes and a second reference image of the biological material; coregistering the first and second reference images; and then removing any inherent autofluorescence exhibited in the informational images acquired.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2007Date of Patent: October 4, 2011Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Ali Can, Michael John Gerdes, Harvey Ellis Cline
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Publication number: 20110074944Abstract: A method for generating a brightfield type image, which resembles a brightfield staining protocol of a biological sample, using fluorescent images is provided. The steps comprise acquiring two or more fluorescent images of a fixed area on a biological sample, mapping said fluorescent image into a brightfield color space, and generating a bright field image. Also provided is an image analysis system for generating a brightfield type image of a biological sample using fluorescent images.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2009Publication date: March 31, 2011Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Ali Can, Musodiq O. Bello, Michael John Gerdes, Qing Li
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Publication number: 20110069905Abstract: This invention, which provides a method for detecting a corruption in an image acquired from a biological sample, includes: providing at least one image of at least one cell; generating the image of the at least one cell over a period of time; determining if the at least one image of the at least one cell is corrupted; applying a wavelet transform, Fourier transform, or other frequency decomposing transform to the at least one image to decompose the at least one image into a plurality of sub-images, wherein the plurality of sub-images have a plurality of low frequency channels, a plurality of middle frequency channels and a plurality of high frequency channels; calculating a ratio based on an energy level of the plurality of low frequency channels and the plurality of middle frequency channels; and removing the at least one image of at least one cell if the at least one image is corrupted.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2009Publication date: March 24, 2011Applicant: GE Healthcare Bio-Sciences CorpInventors: Umesha Adiga, Ali Can, Xudong Li, Dirk r. Padfield, Jens Rittscher, Elizabeth P. Roquemore