Patents by Inventor Daniel S. Berman

Daniel S. Berman 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).

  • Publication number: 20250191780
    Abstract: A computer implemented method, system, and non-transitory computer-readable device for implementing a generalized metadata generation system for omics data is provided. In some embodiments, a generalized reconstruction model may be trained to perform anomaly detection on an unlabeled omics feature vector. Various embodiments provide generalized anomaly detection that are agnostic to specific organs or exposure groups through aggregating and preprocessing omics data from disparate datasets. The generalized metadata generation system may then generate and assign an anomalous or non-anomalous label as metadata to improve computational interpretability of omics data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2024
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Applicants: The Johns Hopkins University, Central Intelligence Agency
    Inventors: Amanda W. Ernlund, Daniel S. Berman, Kristopher D. Rawls, Luke C. Mullany, Stanley Ta, Kenneth V. Bowden, Anissa N. Elayadi, Sarah E. Herman, Michael P. Gordon
  • Patent number: 10706592
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the present application discloses systems and methods for cardiac MRI that allow for continuous un-interrupted acquisition without any ECG/cardiac gating or synchronization that achieves the required image contrast for imaging perfusion defects. The invention also teaches an accelerated image reconstruction technique that is tailored to the data acquisition scheme and minimizes or eliminates dark-rim image artifacts. The invention further enables concurrent imaging of perfusion and myocardial wall motion (cardiac function), which can eliminate the need for separate assessment of cardiac function (hence shortening exam time), and/or provide complementary diagnostic information in CAD patients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
    Inventors: Behzad Sharif, Debiao Li, Daniel S. Berman, C. Noel Bairey Merz
  • Patent number: 9655522
    Abstract: The present invention teaches systems and methods for a simple cardiac MRI approach that (1) continuously acquires data; (2) covers the entire heart with high isotropic resolution within a few minutes; and (3) requires no physiological gating and minimal user intervention. Applications of the inventive systems and methods include, but are in no way limited to cardiac cine, myocardial perfusion, coronary MRA, delayed enhancement imaging, myocardial T1-weighted imaging for fibrosis imaging, and myocardial T2-weighted imaging for edema imaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
    Inventors: Debiao Li, Behzad Sharif, Daniel S. Berman, Jianing Pang
  • Publication number: 20160104279
    Abstract: The present invention teaches systems and methods for a simple cardiac MRI approach that (1) continuously acquires data; (2) covers the entire heart with high isotropic resolution within a few minutes; and (3) requires no physiological gating and minimal user intervention. Applications of the inventive systems and methods include, but are in no way limited to cardiac cine, myocardial perfusion, coronary MRA, delayed enhancement imaging, myocardial T1-weighted imaging for fibrosis imaging, and myocardial T2-weighted imaging for edema imaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER
    Inventors: Debiao Li, Behzad Sharif, Daniel S. Berman, Jianing Pang
  • Publication number: 20150192653
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the present application discloses systems and methods for cardiac MRI that allow for continuous un-interrupted acquisition without any ECG/cardiac gating or synchronization that achieves the required image contrast for imaging perfusion defects. The invention also teaches an accelerated image reconstruction technique that is tailored to the data acquisition scheme and minimizes or eliminates dark-rim image artifacts. The invention further enables concurrent imaging of perfusion and myocardial wall motion (cardiac function), which can eliminate the need for separate assessment of cardiac function (hence shortening exam time), and/or provide complementary diagnostic information in CAD patients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
    Inventors: Behzad Sharif, Debiao Li, Daniel S. Berman, C. Noel Bairey Merz
  • Patent number: 8885905
    Abstract: A method of quantifying plaques imaged by cardiac computed tomography angiography (“CCTA”) scan data. Calcified and non-calcified component thresholds are determined based at least in part on attenuation values of a pool of blood in the CCTA scan data. An epicardial fat threshold is determined and used to classify epicardial fat in the CCTA scan data. A portion of CCTA scan data positioned between a detected outer boundary of the coronary artery and a portion classified as lumen is classified as arterial wall. NCP and CP seeds are identified in the arterial wall portion. Portions of the CCTA scan data continuous with a NCP seed and having attenuation values greater than an artery wall value and less than the NCP threshold are classified as NCP, and portions of the CCTA scan data continuous with the CP seed and having attenuation values greater than the CP threshold are classified as CP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
    Inventors: Damini Dey, Piotr J. Slomka, Daniel S. Berman
  • Publication number: 20120243764
    Abstract: A method of quantifying plaques imaged by cardiac computed tomography angiography (“CCTA”) scan data. Calcified and non-calcified component thresholds are determined based at least in part on attenuation values of a pool of blood in the CCTA scan data. An epicardial fat threshold is determined and used to classify epicardial fat in the CCTA scan data. A portion of CCTA scan data positioned between a detected outer boundary of the coronary artery and a portion classified as lumen is classified as arterial wall. NCP and CP seeds are identified in the arterial wall portion. Portions of the CCTA scan data continuous with a NCP seed and having attenuation values greater than an artery wall value and less than the NCP threshold are classified as NCP, and portions of the CCTA scan data continuous with the CP seed and having attenuation values greater than the CP threshold are classified as CP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER
    Inventors: Damini Dey, Piotr J. Slomka, Daniel S. Berman
  • Publication number: 20120245460
    Abstract: A method of identifying perfusion abnormalities in a heart of a patient. The method is performed with a patient stress map including stress values, a patient rest map including rest values, and one or more normal maps. The normal maps may include a normal change limit map including change limits, and a normal stress limit map including stress limits. The stress and rest maps are co-registered with one another and the normal maps. The method includes creating a patient change map by subtracting the rest count values of the rest map from the stress count values of the co-registered stress map. Then, in some embodiments, the patient stress and change maps are jointly compared to the normal stress and change limit maps to detect one or more hypoperfused regions. In such embodiments, the one or more regions detected are identified as having perfusion abnormalities and optionally displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER
    Inventors: Piotr J. Slomka, Daniel S. Berman, Guido Germano