Patents by Inventor Colin Craig McCulloch

Colin Craig McCulloch 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: 8111889
    Abstract: A technique is disclosed for generating variance data and a variance map from measured projection data acquired from a tomography system. The method comprises accessing the measured projection data from the tomography system. The method further comprises generating the variance map from the measured projection data and displaying, analyzing or processing the variance map. The variance data is determined based upon a statistical model from measured image data, and may be used for image analysis, data acquisition, in computer aided diagnosis routines, and so forth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Samit Kumar Basu, Bruno Kristiaan Bernard De Man, Peter Michael Edic, Ricardo Scott Avila, James Vradenburg Miller, Colin Craig McCulloch, Deborah Joy Walter, Paulo Ricardo dos Santos Mendonca, William Macomber Leue, Thomas Baby Sebastian
  • Publication number: 20110270450
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an approach by which low-performing turbines may be identified from among a plurality of wind turbines, such as may be present at a wind power plant. In accordance with one embodiment, low-performing turbines are identified from among pairs of turbines and based upon a comparison of the observed and expected performance of the turbines within each pair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Vineel Chandrakanth Gujjar, Colin Craig McCulloch, Philippe Giguere, Abhishek Kumar Srivastava, Angshuman Saha, Pameet Singh
  • Publication number: 20110091081
    Abstract: The present application discloses a technique for obtaining and storing data on expression of multiple biomarkers in individual cells or the compartments of individual cells in a tissue specimen and methods of utilizing that data to create groups, the members of which share some degree of similarity greater than the general population from which the data is drawn, by an analysis of digital images of a portion of the tissue specimen which has been iteratively stained to generate optical signals, typically fluorescent, reflective of the amount of each of the biomarkers examined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Brion Daryl Sarachan, Thomas Paul Repoff, Colin Craig McCulloch, Fiona Mary Ginty, Megan Pearl Rothney, Zhengyu Pang
  • Patent number: 7058210
    Abstract: A method for processing medical images for use in the detection and diagnosis of disease comprises classifying regions of interest within the medical images based on a hierarchy of anatomical models and signal models of signal information of an image acquisition device used to acquire the medical images. The anatomical models are derived to be representative of anatomical information indicative of a given disease. A computer-aided system for use in the diagnosis and detection of disease comprises an image acquisition device for acquiring a plurality of image data sets and a processor adapted to process the image data sets. The processor is adapted to classify selected tissue types within the image data sets based on a hierarchy of signal and anatomical models and the processor is further adapted to differentiate anatomical context of the classified tissue types for use in the diagnosis and detection of disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Joseph Leagrand Mundy, Colin Craig McCulloch, Ricardo Scott Avila, Shannon Lee Hastings, Robert August Kaucic, Jr., William Edward Lorensen, Matthew William Turek
  • Publication number: 20030095692
    Abstract: A method for processing medical images for use in the detection and diagnosis of disease comprises classifying regions of interest within the medical images based on a hierarchy of anatomical models and signal models of signal information of an image acquisition device used to acquire the medical images. The anatomical models are derived to be representative of anatomical information indicative of a given disease. A computer-aided system for use in the diagnosis and detection of disease comprises an image acquisition device for acquiring a plurality of image data sets and a processor adapted to process the image data sets. The processor is adapted to classify selected tissue types within the image data sets based on a hierarchy of signal and anatomical models and the processor is further adapted to differentiate anatomical context of the classified tissue types for use in the diagnosis and detection of disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Joseph Leagrand Mundy, Colin Craig McCulloch, Ricardo Scott Avila, Shannon Lee Hastings, Robert August Kaucic, William Edward Lorensen, Matthew William Turek