Patents by Inventor Buer QI

Buer QI 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).

  • Patent number: 12121382
    Abstract: A tomosynthesis machine allows for faster image acquisition and improved signal-to-noise by acquiring a projection attenuation data and using machine learning to identify a subset of the projection attenuation data for the production of thinner slices and/or higher resolution slices using machine learning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
    Inventors: Dejun Wang, Buer Qi, Tao Tan, Gireesha Chinthamani Rao, Gopal B. Avinash, Qingming Peng, Yaan Ge, Sylvain Bernard, Vincent Bismuth
  • Publication number: 20240193763
    Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for enhancing the generation of a synthetic 2D image from tomosynthesis projection images, such as a synthetic 2D image. To enhance the image, the image processing system utilizes a selected height interval to scan for objects of interest within a volume reconstructed from the tomosynthesis projection images. The height interval is larger than normal slices formed from the reconstructed volume, such that pixel information on larger masses can be obtained from adjacent slices within the volume. Further, the illustration of the object of interest in the synthetic 2D image can be modified by contributing pixel information from all tomosynthesis projections for the presentation of the object or interest. The use of pixel information from all tomosynthesis projections enhances the illustration of the high frequency components and the low frequency components of the object of interest within the enhanced image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Sylvain Bernard, Dejun Wang, Buer Qi, Gopal B. Avinash, Gireesha Rao, Vincent Bismuth
  • Patent number: 11983798
    Abstract: Systems/techniques that facilitate AI-based region-of-interest masks for improved data reconstructions are provided. In various embodiments, a system can access a set of two-dimensional medical scan projections. In various aspects, the system can generate a set of two-dimensional region-of-interest masks respectively corresponding to the set of two-dimensional medical scan projections. In various instances, the system can generate a region-of-interest visualization based on the set of two-dimensional region-of-interest masks and the set of two-dimensional medical scan projections. In various cases, the system can generate the set of two-dimensional region-of-interest masks by executing a machine learning segmentation model on the set of two-dimensional medical scan projections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC
    Inventors: Tao Tan, Buer Qi, Dejun Wang, Gopal B. Avinash, Gireesha Chinthamani Rao, German Guillermo Vera Gonzalez, Lehel Ferenczi
  • Publication number: 20230284986
    Abstract: A tomosynthesis machine allows for faster image acquisition and improved signal-to-noise by acquiring a projection attenuation data and using machine learning to identify a subset of the projection attenuation data for the production of thinner slices and/or higher resolution slices using machine learning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Dejun Wang, Buer Qi, Tao Tan, Gireesha Chinthamani Rao, Gopal B. Avinash, Qingming Peng, Yaan Ge, Sylvain Bernard, Vincent Bismuth
  • Patent number: 11751833
    Abstract: A training method (10) and system for a collimator border detection method. The training method (10) comprises the following steps: obtaining an original image acquired by an X-ray imaging system and a processed image obtained after processing the original image (11); determining on the basis of the processed image whether the processed image is a valid image (12); and extracting coordinates of a collimator border of a valid processed image, putting into a training pool the extracted coordinates of the collimator border and the original image corresponding to the valid processed image, and when the number of valid original images in the training pool reaches a preset threshold value, starting the training of the collimator border detection method (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Buer Qi, Dejun Wang, Wei Zhao, Huanzhong Li
  • Publication number: 20230041575
    Abstract: Systems/techniques that facilitate AI-based region-of-interest masks for improved data reconstructions are provided. In various embodiments, a system can access a set of two-dimensional medical scan projections. In various aspects, the system can generate a set of two-dimensional region-of-interest masks respectively corresponding to the set of two-dimensional medical scan projections. In various instances, the system can generate a region-of-interest visualization based on the set of two-dimensional region-of-interest masks and the set of two-dimensional medical scan projections. In various cases, the system can generate the set of two-dimensional region-of-interest masks by executing a machine learning segmentation model on the set of two-dimensional medical scan projections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Tao Tan, Buer Qi, Dejun Wang, Gopal B. Avinash, Gireesha Chinthamani Rao, German Guillermo Vera Gonzalez, Lehel Ferenczi
  • Patent number: 11564651
    Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for x-ray imaging. In one embodiment, a method for an image pasting examination comprises acquiring, via an optical camera and/or depth camera, image data of a subject, controlling an x-ray source and an x-ray detector according to the image data to acquire a plurality of x-ray images of the subject, and stitching the plurality of x-ray images into a single x-ray image. In this way, optimal exposure techniques may be used for individual acquisitions in an image pasting examination such that the optimal dose is utilized, stitching quality is improved, and registration failures are avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
    Inventors: Dejun Wang, Jingyi Yang, Yaan Ge, Aizhen Zhou, Katelyn Nye, Gireesha Rao, Buer Qi, Najib Akram
  • Publication number: 20220366540
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a medical imaging method and system and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The medical imaging method comprises obtaining an original image acquired by an X-ray imaging system, and post-processing the original image based on a trained network to obtain an optimized image after processing. The medical imaging system comprises a control module, configured to obtain an original image of an object; a learning network module, configured to post-process the original image to obtain a post-processed image based on user preferences selected by one or more users; and an optimized module, configured to optimize the learning network based on generated images sent to the learning network module, wherein the generated images comprise the post-processed image previously obtained by the learning network module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Dejun Wang, Yaan Ge, Yan Sun, Buer Qi, Huanzhong Li
  • Patent number: 11398012
    Abstract: The present application provides a medical imaging method and system and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The medical imaging method comprises obtaining an original image acquired by an X-ray imaging system, and post-processing the original image based on a trained network to obtain an optimized image after processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
    Inventors: Dejun Wang, Yaan Ge, Yan Sun, Buer Qi, Huanzhong Li
  • Publication number: 20210212650
    Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for x-ray imaging. In one embodiment, a method for an image pasting examination comprises acquiring, via an optical camera and/or depth camera, image data of a subject, controlling an x-ray source and an x-ray detector according to the image data to acquire a plurality of x-ray images of the subject, and stitching the plurality of x-ray images into a single x-ray image. In this way, optimal exposure techniques may be used for individual acquisitions in an image pasting examination such that the optimal dose is utilized, stitching quality is improved, and registration failures are avoided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Dejun Wang, Jingyi Yang, Yaan Ge, Aizhen Zhou, Katelyn Nye, Gireesha Rao, Buer Qi, Najib Akram
  • Publication number: 20210059626
    Abstract: A training method (10) and system for a collimator border detection method. The training method (10) comprises the following steps: obtaining an original image acquired by an X-ray imaging system and a processed image obtained after processing the original image (11); determining on the basis of the processed image whether the processed image is a valid image (12); and extracting coordinates of a collimator border of a valid processed image, putting into a training pool the extracted coordinates of the collimator border and the original image corresponding to the valid processed image, and when the number of valid original images in the training pool reaches a preset threshold value, starting the training of the collimator border detection method (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Buer QI, Dejun WANG, Wei ZHAO, Huanzhong LI
  • Publication number: 20200394758
    Abstract: The present application provides a medical imaging method and system and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The medical imaging method comprises obtaining an original image acquired by an X-ray imaging system, and post-processing the original image based on a trained network to obtain an optimized image after processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Dejun WANG, Yaan GE, Yan SUN, Buer QI, Huanzhong LI