Patents by Inventor Daniel A. Auger

Daniel A. Auger 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).

  • System and method for phase unwrapping for automatic cine DENSE strain analysis using phase predictions and region growing
    Patent number: 11269036
    Abstract: In one aspect the disclosed technology relates to embodiments of a method (e.g., for automatic cine DENSE strain analysis) which includes acquiring magnetic resonance data associated with a physiological activity in an area of interest of a subject where the acquired magnetic resonance data includes one or more phase-encoded data sets. The method also includes determining, from at least the one or more phase-encoded data sets, a data set corresponding to the physiological activity in the area of interest where the reconstruction comprises performing phase unwrapping of the phase-encoded data set using region growing along multiple pathways based on phase predictions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: University of Virginia Patent Foundation
    Inventors: Frederick H. Epstein, Daniel A. Auger, Changyu Sun, Xiaoying Cai
  • System and Method for Phase Unwrapping for Automatic Cine DENSE Strain Analysis Using Phase Predictions and Region Growing
    Publication number: 20190302210
    Abstract: In one aspect the disclosed technology relates to embodiments of a method (e.g., for automatic cine DENSE strain analysis) which includes acquiring magnetic resonance data associated with a physiological activity in an area of interest of a subject where the acquired magnetic resonance data includes one or more phase-encoded data sets. The method also includes determining, from at least the one or more phase-encoded data sets, a data set corresponding to the physiological activity in the area of interest where the reconstruction comprises performing phase unwrapping of the phase-encoded data set using region growing along multiple pathways based on phase predictions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Frederick H. Epstein, Daniel A. Auger, Changyu Sun, Xiaoying Cai