Patents by Inventor Mario Khayat

Mario Khayat 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).

  • Patent number: 8620051
    Abstract: A co-registration system provides a means for spatially warping an optical image of an object with another images of a similar object. The optical image may be a scatter image, and the second image may be the same type of image modality, or may be different. The co-registration may use landmarks selected by a user, or may make use of contour information derived from the images. The system may also include processing of three-dimensional volume data in the form of sets of two-dimensional slices for co-registration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Inventors: Salim Djerizi, Niculae Mincu, Mario Khayat
  • Publication number: 20120025101
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of decomposition of a test sample into constituents thereof. The method proceeds by optically imaging the test sample to obtain a corresponding unknown time-domain resolved signal and decomposes the unknown time-domain resolved signal by comparing the unknown time-domain resolved signal with time-domain resolved reference signals. Furthermore, the method allows the determination of the presence or absence of constituents. Relative quantities may also be determined if sample material properties are known or taken into account. Lifetime decay of the constituents may also be estimated by handling effect of light diffusion in the test sample as time decay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: ART ADVANCED RESEARCH TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Guobin Ma, Mario KHAYAT
  • Publication number: 20100310181
    Abstract: A co-registration system provides a means for spatially warping an optical image of an object with another images of a similar object. The optical image may be a scatter image, and the second image may be the same type of image modality, or may be different. The co-registration may use landmarks selected by a user, or may make use of contour information derived from the images. The system may also include processing of three-dimensional volume data in the form of sets of two-dimensional slices for co-registration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: ART ADVANCED RESEARCH TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Salim Djeziri, Niculae Mincu, Mario Khayat
  • Publication number: 20090184259
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of decomposition of a test sample into constituents thereof. The method proceeds by optically imaging the test sample to obtain a corresponding unknown time-domain resolved signal and decomposes the unknown time-domain resolved signal by comparing the unknown time-domain resolved signal with time-domain resolved reference signals. Furthermore, the method allows the determination of the presence or absence of constituents. Relative quantities may also be determined if sample material properties are known or taken into account. Lifetime decay of the constituents may also be estimated by handling effect of light diffusion in the test sample as time decay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicant: ART, ADVANCED RESEARCH TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Guobin Ma, Mario Khayat
  • Publication number: 20080218727
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a system for optical imaging of an object in transmission configuration. The method and system obtain contour coordinates of the object using source/detector configurations references and acquire optical data from a region of interest (ROI) of the object. Then, the method and system apply a weighting factor to said optical data as a function of the contour coordinates, and reconstruct an image of the ROI using the weighted optical data and photon diffusion equation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: ART, Advanced Research Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Salim Djeziri, Niculae Mincu, Frederic Leblond, Olga Guilman, Xavier Intes, Mario Khayat