Patents by Inventor Laith R. Sultan

Laith R. Sultan 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).

  • Machine implemented methods, systems, and apparatuses for improving diagnostic performance
    Patent number: 11071517
    Abstract: A method for ultrasound diagnosis includes determining a first risk of malignancy based on a human assessment of a first set of features of one or more ultrasound images of a target; determining a second risk of malignancy based on an automatically extracted second set of features of the one or more ultrasound images; determining at least one overall risk value based on the first risk of malignancy and the second risk of malignancy; and characterizing the at least one overall risk value as one of a high confidence assessment or a low confidence assessment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Chandra M. Sehgal, Santosh S. Venkatesh, Laith R. Sultan
  • MACHINE IMPLEMENTED METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUSES FOR IMPROVING DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMANCE
    Publication number: 20170140124
    Abstract: A method for ultrasound diagnosis includes determining a first risk of malignancy based on a human assessment of a first set of features of one or more ultrasound images of a target; determining a second risk of malignancy based on an automatically extracted second set of features of the one or more ultrasound images; determining at least one overall risk value based on the first risk of malignancy and the second risk of malignancy; and characterizing the at least one overall risk value as one of a high confidence assessment or a low confidence assessment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: The Trustees of The University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Chandra M. Sehgal, Santosh S. Venkatesh, Laith R. Sultan