Patents by Inventor Mark Brendan Sugrue

Mark Brendan Sugrue 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).

  • Electronic cleansing of digital data sets
    Patent number: 8472687
    Abstract: A method of processing a 3-dimensional Computed Tomography Colonography data set to remove tagged material is disclosed. The method involves the preliminary processing step of classifying voxels in the data set as corresponding to air, tagged material or colon tissue. Methods of overcoming erroneous classification of Partial Volume air/tagged material interface voxels are disclosed. The present invention also provides for methods of circumventing problems resulting from removal of tagged material from a CTC data set, which can result in the erosion of soft-tissue structures partially covered by tagged colonic fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Dublin City University
    Inventors: Mark Brendan Sugrue, Paul Francis Whelan, Kevin Peter Robinson, Tarik Ahmed Chowdhury