Patents by Inventor Hee Chui Yu

Hee Chui Yu 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: 20150063668
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a three-dimensional virtual liver surgery planning system including: a digital imaging and communications in medicine (DICOM) receiving module which receives an abdomen computer tomography (CT) volume data set from a picture archiving and communication system (PACS) server; a DICOM loading and noise removing module which loads the received abdomen CT volume data set and remove noises; a standard liver volume estimation module which estimates a standard liver volume (SLV) from the denoised abdomen CT volume data set; a liver extraction module which extracts a three-dimensional liver region; a vessel extraction module which extracts a three-dimensional vessel region including a portal vein, a hepatic artery, a hepatic vein, and an inferior vena cava (IVC); a tumor extraction module which extracts a three-dimensional tumor region; a liver segmentation module which divides the extracted three-dimensional liver region into several segments using landmarks w
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicants: POSTECH ACADEMY-INDUSTRY FOUNDATION, INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION FOUNDATION OF CHONBUK NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Heecheon You, Xiaopeng Yang, Younggeun Choi, Wonsup Lee, Baik Hwan Cho, Hee Chui Yu