Patents by Inventor Bernard S. Ghanem

Bernard S. Ghanem 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).

  • Reduction of lymph tissue false positives in pulmonary embolism detection
    Patent number: 8126229
    Abstract: A system for automatically detecting pulmonary emboli from medical image data includes receiving image data, automatically detecting one or more pulmonary embolism candidates from the image data, segmenting an airway tract from the image data, segmenting an artery structure from the image data, calculating a distance between each of the candidates and a nearest portion of the segmented airway, determining whether each of the candidates is within or outside of the segmented artery structure, rejecting candidates based on the calculated distance between each of the candidates and the nearest portion of the segmented airway and the determination as to whether each of the candidates is within or outside of the segmented artery structure, and indicating the location of the non-rejected candidates within the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernard S. Ghanem, Jianming Liang, Jinbo Bi
  • Tensor Voting System and Method
    Publication number: 20090060307
    Abstract: Described herein is a method and system for facilitating a tensor voting scheme. The tensor voting scheme includes determining at least one voter point and at least one receiver point from input data and determining a tensor vote directed from the receiver point to the voter point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernard S. Ghanem, Jianming Liang
  • Reduction of Lymph Tissue False Positives in Pulmonary Embolism Detection
    Publication number: 20090034816
    Abstract: A system for automatically detecting pulmonary emboli from medical image data includes receiving image data, automatically detecting one or more pulmonary embolism candidates from the image data, segmenting an airway tract from the image data, segmenting an artery structure from the image data, calculating a distance between each of the candidates and a nearest portion of the segmented airway, determining whether each of the candidates is within or outside of the segmented artery structure, rejecting candidates based on the calculated distance between each of the candidates and the nearest portion of the segmented airway and the determination as to whether each of the candidates is within or outside of the segmented artery structure, and indicating the location of the non-rejected candidates within the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernard S. Ghanem, Jianming Liang, Jinbo Bi