Patents by Inventor Kyle SHELDRICK

Kyle SHELDRICK 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).

  • MRI post-processing systems and methods
    Patent number: 11443427
    Abstract: In some embodiments, spinal disc degeneracy is diagnosed according to a decay variance map generated by determining a variance in T2 decay over time within each pixel or pixel subset of an MRI image. A region of interest may be defined as including nucleus pulposus (NP) and annulus fibrosus (AF) areas, and excluding cartilaginous endplate (EP) areas of a disc. A decay variance for a pixel or groups of pixels is calculated by determining ratios between consecutive intensity values of the T2 signal, determining differences between consecutive ratios, and summing the absolute values of the determined differences. Decay variance mapping may be used to diagnose degeneracy in other tissues, such as in joints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: MERUNOVA PTY LTD.
    Inventors: Kyle Sheldrick, Ashish Diwan
  • MRI Post-Processing Systems and Methods
    Publication number: 20220076413
    Abstract: In some embodiments, spinal disc degeneracy is diagnosed according to a decay variance map generated by determining a variance in T2 decay over time within each pixel or pixel subset of an MRI image. A region of interest may be defined as including nucleus pulposus (NP) and annulus fibrosus (AF) areas, and excluding cartilaginous endplate (EP) areas of a disc. A decay variance for a pixel or groups of pixels is calculated by determining ratios between consecutive intensity values of the T2 signal, determining differences between consecutive ratios, and summing the absolute values of the determined differences. Decay variance mapping may be used to diagnose degeneracy in other tissues, such as in joints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Kyle SHELDRICK, Ashish DIWAN