Patents by Inventor Jane P. Ko

Jane P. Ko 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).

  • Method and system for the detection, comparison and volumetric quantification of pulmonary nodules on medical computed tomography scans
    Patent number: 7206462
    Abstract: A method and system for the automated detection and analysis of pulmonary nodules in computed tomographic scans which uses data from computed tomography (CT) scans taken at different times is described. The method and system includes processing CT lung images to identify structures in the images for one patient in each of a plurality of different studies and then relating the plurality of CT lung images taken from the patient in one CT study with a plurality of CT lung images taken from the same patient in at least one other different study to detect changes in structures within the CT images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Margrit Betke, Jane P. Ko