Patents by Inventor John Michael Brady

John Michael Brady 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: 20210272242
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a computer-implemented method of determining displacement information, comprising receiving (520) image data (485) comprising first pixel data (610) corresponding to movement of a scanning apparatus (130), with respect to at least one object, in a first direction and a second pixel data (620) corresponding to movement of the scanning apparatus (130) in a second direction, and determining (520) displacement information indicative of a displacement of at least a portion of the second pixel data (620) with respect to the first pixel data (610) by minimising a cost function indicative of a similarity between the first and second pixel data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: Oxford University Innovation Limited
    Inventors: Bartlomiej W. PAPIEZ, Bostjan MARKELC, Graham BROWN, Ruth J. MUSCHEL, John Michael BRADY, Julia Anne SCHNABEL
  • Patent number: 10846847
    Abstract: A method (200) and apparatus (1100) for generating quantitative data for biliary tree structures from volumetric medical imaging scan data. The method comprises performing segmentation (230; 300) of a volume of the medical imaging scan data to identify tubular biliary structures within the volume of the medical imaging scan data; for at least one segmented tubular biliary structure within the volume of the medical imaging scan data, computing (240; 800) at least one set of quantitative structural parameters for at least one location along the length of the tubular biliary structure; and outputting (250) quantitative biliary tree data comprising the at least one set of quantitative structural parameters for the at least one segmented tubular biliary structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Perspectum Limited
    Inventors: Siddharth Vikal, John Michael Brady
  • Publication number: 20190147590
    Abstract: A method (200) and apparatus (1100) for generating quantitative data for biliary tree structures from volumetric medical imaging scan data. The method comprises performing segmentation (230; 300) of a volume of the medical imaging scan data to identify tubular biliary structures within the volume of the medical imaging scan data; for at least one segmented tubular biliary structure within the volume of the medical imaging scan data, computing (240; 800) at least one set of quantitative structural parameters for at least one location along the length of the tubular biliary structure; and outputting (250) quantitative biliary tree data comprising the at least one set of quantitative structural parameters for the at least one segmented tubular biliary structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Siddharth Vikal, John Michael Brady
  • Patent number: 9865067
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of reconstruction of an object from projections, more particularly to a quantitative reconstruction of an object from projection views of the object. For example, quantitative reconstruction of an image of a human breast from projection views generated by digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT), computed tomography (CT), or standard mammography, and use of the reconstruction to identify densest regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: VOLPARA HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Ralph Highnam, John Michael Brady
  • Patent number: 9361683
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an imaging technique and an imaging system and more particularly to an automatic assessment of quantitative measure(s)/properties(s) of an object wherein, for example, an imaging system is used to capture an image, following which image properties are quantified using image processing techniques. An imaging technique obtains an image of an object along a first axis, or by way of a first technique, and subsequently obtains an image of the object along a second axis, or by way of a second technique. One or more pixels from the first image are selected and designated as reference pixels. An automated comparison between corresponding regions of the first and second images are then performed which is based upon the reference pixels, so as to indicate regions of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Inventors: Ralph Highnam, John Michael Brady
  • Publication number: 20160133033
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of reconstruction of an object from projections, more particularly to a quantitative reconstruction of an object from projection views of the object. For example, quantitative reconstruction of an image of a human breast from projection views generated by digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT), computed tomography (CT), or standard mammography, and use of the reconstruction to identify densest regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Ralph Highnam, John Michael Brady, Nico Karssemeijer, Martin Yaffe
  • Patent number: 9008382
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of analyzing tissue from an image comprising providing an electronic image of tissue (100, 400, 450, 600, 800, 1100), determining a reference value from the image (1070, 1170, 1270), establishing an hint representation (500,700) of the image, and using the hint representation in analysis of the tissue to quantify the breast and compute a calibration error. Also disclosed is a system which runs an inner breast edge detection algorithm (1310) on the electronic image to detect the inner breast edge on the image (1315), and refined the inner breast edge location (1340) if a calibration error is not acceptable (1324). Also disclosed is automatic estimation of breast composition and temporal analysis of images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Inventors: Ralph Highnam, John Michael Brady, Nico Karssemeijer, Martin Yaffe
  • Patent number: 8948481
    Abstract: A signal processing method that includes inputting sample values of a signal and considering the signal to have a plurality of portions. For each portion, a predetermined function is fitted to the sample values of that portion of the signal by calculating values of coefficients for that predetermined function. At least one statistical information function is evaluated for the signal to determine statistical information about the signal and the calculated coefficient values are used so that the form of the statistical information function has been determined for the predetermined function used to fit the signal portion and further includes using the statistical information obtained about the signal to process the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Mirada Medical Ltd.
    Inventors: Timor Kadir, John Michael Brady
  • Publication number: 20140010429
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an imaging technique and an imaging system and more particularly to an automatic assessment of quantitative measure(s)/properties(s) of an object wherein, for example, an imaging system is used to capture an image, following which image properties are quantified using image processing techniques. An imaging technique obtains an image of an object along a first axis, or by way of a first technique, and subsequently obtains an image of the object along a second axis, or by way of a second technique. One or more pixels from the first image are selected and designated as reference pixels. An automated comparison between corresponding regions of the first and second images are then performed which is based upon the reference pixels, so as to indicate regions of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Inventors: Ralph Highnam, John Michael Brady
  • Publication number: 20130317844
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for facilitating decision making, such as in a clinical setting. In accordance with this technique, a set of encoded guidelines are executed to identify information that may be used to generate patient management options. The information is acquired, if available. Based on the encoded guidelines and the acquired information, a set of patient management options are generated and provided to one or more reviewers for review and selection of a patient management option.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Christopher Reynolds Hammond, Brion Daryl Sarachan, Matthew David Kelly, Rachel Susannah Midgley, John Michael Brady, Mark Robert Austin, David J. Kerr
  • Patent number: 8527293
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for facilitating decision making, such as in a clinical setting. In accordance with this technique, a set of encoded guidelines are executed to identify information that may be used to generate patient management options. The information is acquired, if available. Based on the encoded guidelines and the acquired information, a set of patient management options are generated and provided to one or more reviewers for review and selection of a patient management option.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Christopher Reynolds Hammond, Brion Daryl Sarachan, Matthew David Kelly, Rachel Susannah Midgley, John Michael Brady, Mark Robert Austin, David J. Kerr
  • Publication number: 20130011039
    Abstract: A signal processing method that includes inputting sample values of a signal and considering the signal to have a plurality of portions. For each portion, a predetermined function is fitted to the sample values of that portion of the signal by calculating values of coefficients for that predetermined function. At least one statistical information function is evaluated for the signal to determine statistical information about the signal and the calculated coefficient values are used so that the form of the statistical information function has been determined for the predetermined function used to fit the signal portion and further includes using the statistical information obtained about the signal to process the signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: MIRADA MEDICAL LTD.
    Inventors: Timor KADIR, John Michael BRADY
  • Patent number: 8275183
    Abstract: A signal processing method that includes inputting sample values of a signal and considering the signal to have a plurality of portions. For each portion, a predetermined function is fitted to the sample values of that portion of the signal by calculating values of coefficients for that predetermined function. At least one statistical information function is evaluated for the signal to determine statistical information about the signal and the calculated coefficient values are used so that the form of the statistical information function has been determined for the predetermined function used to fit the signal portion and further includes using the statistical information obtained about the signal to process the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Mirada Medical Ltd
    Inventors: Timor Kadir, John Michael Brady
  • Publication number: 20120189175
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of analysing tissue from an image comprising providing an electronic image of tissue (100, 400, 450, 600, 800, 1100), determining a reference value from the image (1070, 1170, 1270), establishing an hint representation (500,700) of the image, and using the hint representation in analysis of the tissue to quantify the breast and compute a calibration error. Also disclosed is a system which runs an inner breast edge detection algorithm (1310) on the electronic image to detect the inner breast edge on the image (1315), and refined the inner breast edge location (1340) if a calibration error is not acceptable (1324). Also disclosed is automatic estimation of breast composition and temporal analysis of images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventors: Ralph Highnam, John Michael Brady, Nico Karssemeijer, Martin Yaffe
  • Publication number: 20110247724
    Abstract: In order to increase the hydrogen utilization rate of the cascade storage system, after dispensing gaseous hydrogen to a hydrogen vehicle, gaseous hydrogen is transferred via a compressor from at least one storage vessel at a lower pressure to at least one storage vessel at a higher, dispensable pressure. The methods of the present invention economically and efficiently increase the utilization rate of gaseous hydrogen stored in a cascade storage system by managing the storage of gaseous hydrogen and increasing the utilization rate of gaseous hydrogen stored in a cascade storage system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: Texaco Inc.
    Inventors: Farshad Alexander Bavarian, Dennis J. Benedetto, John Michael Brady, Daniel Glenn Casey, Dean Alan Kenefake, Charles Franklin Perdue, JR., Hongqiao Bruce Sun
  • Patent number: 7987877
    Abstract: In order to increase the hydrogen utilization rate of the cascade storage system, after dispensing gaseous hydrogen to a hydrogen vehicle, gaseous hydrogen is transferred via a compressor from at least one storage vessel at a lower pressure to at least one storage vessel at a higher, dispensable pressure. The methods of the present invention economically and efficiently increase the utilization rate of gaseous hydrogen stored in a cascade storage system by managing the storage of gaseous hydrogen and increasing the utilization rate of gaseous hydrogen stored in a cascade storage system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Texaco Inc.
    Inventors: Farshad Alexander Bavarian, Dennis J. Benedetto, John Michael Brady, Daniel Glenn Casey, Dean Alan Kenefake, Charles Franklin Perdue, Jr., Hongqiao Bruce Sun
  • Publication number: 20110052025
    Abstract: The disclosure includes computer implemented methods and devices comprising processors for inputting images and medical history into an electronic medium and analyzing x-ray images of a subject's breasts to determine density. The disclosure further contemplates using these methods and devices to generate a numerical value. The disclosure further contemplates using the numerical value to determine whether the subject should have magnetic resonance imaging of the breasts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: Matakina Technology Limited
    Inventors: Ralph Highnam, John Michael Brady, Nico Karssemeijer, Martin Yaffe
  • Publication number: 20100266180
    Abstract: A signal processing method that includes inputting sample values of a signal and considering the signal to have a plurality of portions. For each portion, a predetermined function is fitted to the sample values of that portion of the signal by calculating values of coefficients for that predetermined function. At least one statistical information function is evaluated for the signal to determine statistical information about the signal and the calculated coefficient values are used so that the form of the statistical information function has been determined for the predetermined function used to fit the signal portion and further includes using the statistical information obtained about the signal to process the signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventors: Timor Kadir, John Michael Brady
  • Patent number: 7664620
    Abstract: A signal processing method that includes inputting sample values of a signal and considering the signal to have a plurality of portions. For each portion, a predetermined function is fitted to the sample values of that portion of the signal by calculating values of coefficients for that predetermined function. At least one statistical information function is evaluated for the signal to determine statistical information about the signal and the calculated coefficient values are used so that the form of the statistical information function has been determined for the predetermined function used to fit the signal portion and further includes using the statistical information obtained about the signal to process the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Inventors: Timor Kadir, John Michael Brady
  • Publication number: 20090250138
    Abstract: The present invention discloses methods for managing the storage of gaseous hydrogen and increasing the utilization rate of gaseous hydrogen stored in a cascade storage system. In order to increase the hydrogen utilization rate of the cascade storage system, after dispensing gaseous hydrogen to a hydrogen vehicle, gaseous hydrogen is transferred via a compressor from at least one storage vessel at a lower pressure to at least one storage vessel at a higher, dispensable pressure. The methods of the present invention economically and efficiently increase the utilization rate of gaseous hydrogen stored in a cascade storage system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicant: Texaco Inc.
    Inventors: Farshad Alexander Bavarian, Dennis J. Benedetto, John Michael Brady, Daniel Glenn Casey, Dean Alan Kenefake, Charles Franklin Perdue, JR., Hongqiao Bruce Sun