Patents by Inventor Christopher T. Whitlow

Christopher T. Whitlow 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).

  • Medical image analysis using mechanical deformation information
    Patent number: 10949973
    Abstract: Post-image acquisition methods, circuits and systems for evaluating medical images of a subject register a region of interest in a first medical image taken at a first point in time to the region of interest in a second image taken before or after the first medical image with voxels from the first and second medical images having a voxel-wise correspondence. The methods, circuits and systems can use line and/or shape changes of defined 3-D finite elements to electronically determine directional, shear and volumetric changes of the voxels in the region of interest between the first and second medical images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Wake Forest University Health Sciences
    Inventors: Jeongchul Kim, Youngkyoo Jung, Christopher T. Whitlow
  • MEDICAL IMAGE ANALYSIS USING MECHANICAL DEFORMATION INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20190370970
    Abstract: Post-image acquisition methods, circuits and systems for evaluating medical images of a subject register a region of interest in a first medical image taken at a first point in time to the region of interest in a second image taken before or after the first medical image with voxels from the first and second medical images having a voxel-wise correspondence. The methods, circuits and systems can use line and/or shape changes of defined 3-D finite elements to electronically determine directional, shear and volumetric changes of the voxels in the region of interest between the first and second medical images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Jeongchul Kim, Youngkyoo Jung, Christopher T. Whitlow