Patents by Inventor Kevin T. Looby

Kevin T. Looby 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).

  • Ultrasound speckle reduction and image reconstruction using deep learning techniques
    Patent number: 11030780
    Abstract: Ultrasound B-mode images are reconstructed directly from transducer channel signals using a convolutional neural network (CNN). The CNN is trained with a dataset including, as inputs, simulated transducer array channel signals containing simulated speckle and, as outputs, corresponding simulated speckle-free B-mode ground truth images. After training, measured real-time RF signals taken directly from an ultrasound transducer array elements prior to summation are input to the CNN and processed by the CNN to generate as output an estimated real-time B-mode image with reduced speckle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Dongwoon Hyun, Jeremy J. Dahl, Kevin T. Looby, Leandra L. Brickson
  • Ultrasound speckle reduction and image reconstruction using deep learning techniques
    Publication number: 20190295295
    Abstract: Ultrasound B-mode images are reconstructed directly from transducer channel signals using a convolutional neural network (CNN). The CNN is trained with a dataset including, as inputs, simulated transducer array channel signals containing simulated speckle and, as outputs, corresponding simulated speckle-free B-mode ground truth images. After training, measured real-time RF signals taken directly from an ultrasound transducer array elements prior to summation are input to the CNN and processed by the CNN to generate as output an estimated real-time B-mode image with reduced speckle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Dongwoon Hyun, Jeremy J. Dahl, Kevin T. Looby, Leandra L. Brickson