Patents by Inventor Gopal Biligeri Avanash

Gopal Biligeri Avanash 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).

  • Apparatus and method for rapid connectivity processing of images
    Patent number: 6463168
    Abstract: A mechanism for improving connectivity processing of computer axial tomography and magnetic resonance images by a fast, stack independent, iterative method first designates a pixel of an object material of interest in an image as a seed pixel. The mechanism then performs connectivity processing by starting at the seed pixel and evaluating the next forward direct neighbor pixel to determine if it is within the object material of interest. If the direct neighbor pixel is within the object, the direct neighbor pixel is marked as a new seed pixel and the connectivity mechanism evaluates the next forward direct neighbor pixel, continuing in a left-to-right and top-to-bottom fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Abdalmajeid Musa Alyassin, Gopal Biligeri Avanash, William Edward Lorensen