Patents by Inventor Kiefer Forseth

Kiefer Forseth 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).

  • Methods for optimizing the planning and placement of probes in the brain via multimodal 3D analyses of cerebral anatomy
    Patent number: 11734842
    Abstract: A method includes obtaining a first imaging scan and a second imaging scan of a single subject brain. The first imaging scan is converted to a first dataset, and the second imaging scan is converted to a second dataset. A sequence-adaptive multimodal segmentation algorithm is applied to the first dataset and the second dataset. The sequence-adaptive multimodal segmentation algorithm performs automatic intensity-based tissue classification to generate a first labelled dataset and a second labeled dataset. The first labeled dataset and the second labeled dataset are automatically co-registered to each other to generate a transformation matrix based on the first labeled dataset and the second labeled dataset. The transformation matrix is applied to align the first dataset and the second dataset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: Nitin Tandon, Mehmet Kadipasaoglu, Kevin Pham, Cristian Donos, Kiefer Forseth, Patrick Sarahan Rollo
  • METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING THE PLANNING AND PLACEMENT OF PROBES IN THE BRAIN VIA MULTIMODAL 3D ANALYSES OF CEREBRAL ANATOMY
    Publication number: 20210264623
    Abstract: A method includes obtaining a first imaging scan and a second imaging scan of a single subject brain. The first imaging scan is converted to a first dataset, and the second imaging scan is converted to a second dataset. A sequence-adaptive multimodal segmentation algorithm is applied to the first dataset and the second dataset. The sequence-adaptive multimodal segmentation algorithm performs automatic intensity-based tissue classification to generate a first labelled dataset and a second labeled dataset. The first labeled dataset and the second labeled dataset are automatically co-registered to each other to generate a transformation matrix based on the first labeled dataset and the second labeled dataset. The transformation matrix is applied to align the first dataset and the second dataset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Nitin TANDON, Mehmet KADIPASAOGLU, Kevin PHAM, Cristian DONOS, Kiefer FORSETH
  • Imaging system for intra-operative and post-operative blood perfusion monitoring
    Patent number: 10722129
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein generally relate to devices, methods and systems for determining blood oxygenation. By applying near infrared radiation of an appropriate wavelength to the tissue and determining the absorbance at a plurality of points where the distance between the source of the near infrared radiation and the detector are known, the oxygenation state of the hemoglobin can be determined based on position in a three dimensional space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignees: University of Houston System, The Methodist Hospital
    Inventors: Luca Pollonini, Scott E. Parazynski, Kiefer Forseth
  • IMAGING SYSTEM FOR INTRA-OPERATIVE AND POST-OPERATIVE BLOOD PERFUSION MONITORING
    Publication number: 20190000328
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein generally relate to devices, methods and systems for determining blood oxygenation. By applying near infrared radiation of an appropriate wavelength to the tissue and determining the absorbance at a plurality of points where the distance between the source of the near infrared radiation and the detector are known, the oxygenation state of the hemoglobin can be determined based on position in a three dimensional space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM, THE METHODIST HOSPITAL
    Inventors: Luca POLLONINI, Scott E. PARAZYNSKI, Kiefer FORSETH
  • Imaging system for intra-operative and post-operative blood perfusion monitoring
    Patent number: 10080504
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein generally relate to devices, methods and systems for determining blood oxygenation. By applying near infrared radiation of an appropriate wavelength to the tissue and determining the absorbance at a plurality of points where the distance between the source of the near infrared radiation and the detector are known, the oxygenation state of the hemoglobin can be determined based on position in a three dimensional space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignees: University of Houston System, The Methodist Hospital
    Inventors: Luca Pollonini, Scott E. Parazynski, Kiefer Forseth
  • IMAGING SYSTEM FOR INTRA-OPERATIVE AND POST-OPERATIVE BLOOD PERFUSION MONITORING
    Publication number: 20150164347
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein generally relate to devices, methods and systems for determining blood oxygenation. By applying near infrared radiation of an appropriate wavelength to the tissue and determining the absorbance at a plurality of points where the distance between the source of the near infrared radiation and the detector are known, the oxygenation state of the hemoglobin can be determined based on position in a three dimensional space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Luca POLLONINI, Scott E. PARAZYNSKI, Kiefer Forseth