Patents by Inventor Jerry Alan Thomas

Jerry Alan Thomas 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).

  • Breast cancer risk analysis and computer-aided diagnosis
    Patent number: 7664604
    Abstract: The present invention is a method of determining breast cancer risk including the steps of establishing a risk probably value associated with a patient, the risk probability value calculated from an array of risk factors associated with breast cancer, applying a computer algorithm adapted to find abnormalities in the patient's mammogram, and increasing the tolerance level for false positive results in the computer algorithm responsive to a higher probability value associated with the patient and decreasing the tolerance level for false positive results in the computer algorithm responsive to a lower probability value associated with the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: University of South Florida
    Inventors: John J. Heine, Robert P. Velthuizen, Jerry Alan Thomas