Patents by Inventor Michiel Schaap

Michiel Schaap 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: 11610318
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for anatomic structure segmentation in image analysis, using a computer system. One method includes: receiving an annotation and a plurality of keypoints for an anatomic structure in one or more images; computing distances from the plurality of keypoints to a boundary of the anatomic structure; training a model, using data in the one or more images and the computed distances, for predicting a boundary in the anatomic structure in an image of a patient's anatomy; receiving the image of the patient's anatomy including the anatomic structure; estimating a segmentation boundary in the anatomic structure in the image of the patient's anatomy; and predicting, using the trained model, a boundary location in the anatomic structure in the image of the patient's anatomy by generating a regression of distances from keypoints in the anatomic structure in the image of the patient's anatomy to the estimated boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: HeartFlow, Inc.
    Inventors: Leo Grady, Peter Kersten Petersen, Michiel Schaap, David Lesage
  • Publication number: 20230033594
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for integrating imaging data from multiple sources to create a single, accurate model of a patient's anatomy. One method includes receiving a representation of a target object for modeling; determining one or more first anatomical parameters of the target anatomical object from at least one of one or more first images of the target anatomical object; determining one or more second anatomical parameters of the target anatomical object from at least one of one or more second images of the target anatomical object; updating the one or more first anatomical parameters based at least on the one or more second anatomical parameters; and generating a model of the target anatomical object based on the updated first anatomical parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Leo GRADY, Michiel SCHAAP
  • Publication number: 20230005622
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for assessing cardiovascular disease and treatment effectiveness based on adipose tissue. One method includes identifying a vascular bed of interest in a patient's vasculature; receiving a medical image of the patient's identified vascular bed of interest; identifying adipose tissue in the received medical image; receiving a geometric vascular model comprising a representation of the patient's identified vascular bed of interest; and computing an inflammation index associated with the geometric vascular model, using the identified adipose tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Mark RABBAT, Charles TAYLOR, Michiel SCHAAP, Timothy FONTE, Leo GRADY
  • Publication number: 20220383495
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for performing probabilistic segmentation in anatomical image analysis, using a computer system. One method includes receiving a plurality of images of an anatomical structure; receiving one or more geometric labels of the anatomical structure; generating a parametrized representation of the anatomical structure based on the one or more geometric labels and the received plurality of images; mapping a region of the parameterized representation to a geometric parameter of the anatomical structure; receiving an image of a patient's anatomy; and generating a probability distribution for a patient-specific segmentation boundary of the patient's anatomy, based on the mapping of the region of the parameterized representation of the anatomical structure to the geometric parameter of the anatomical structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Peter Kersten PETERSEN, Michiel SCHAAP, Leo GRADY
  • Patent number: 11501485
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for integrating imaging data from multiple sources to create a single, accurate model of a patient's anatomy. One method includes receiving a representation of a target object for modeling; determining one or more first anatomical parameters of the target anatomical object from at least one of one or more first images of the target anatomical object; determining one or more second anatomical parameters of the target anatomical object from at least one of one or more second images of the target anatomical object; updating the one or more first anatomical parameters based at least on the one or more second anatomical parameters; and generating a model of the target anatomical object based on the updated first anatomical parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: HeartFlow, Inc.
    Inventors: Leo Grady, Michiel Schaap
  • Patent number: 11494904
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for assessing the quality of medical images of at least a portion of a patient's anatomy, using a computer system. One method includes receiving one or more images of at least a portion of the patient's anatomy; determining, using a processor of the computer system, one or more image properties of the received images; performing, using a processor of the computer system, anatomic localization or modeling of at least a portion of the patient's anatomy based on the received images; obtaining an identification of one or more image characteristics associated with an anatomic feature of the patient's anatomy based on the anatomic localization or modeling; and calculating, using a processor of the computer system, an image quality score based on the one or more image properties and the one or more image characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: HeartFlow, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy A. Fonte, Leo Grady, Zhongle Wu, Michiel Schaap, Stanley C. Hunley, Souma Sengupta, Sophie Khem
  • Publication number: 20220327701
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for determining anatomy directly from raw medical acquisitions using a machine learning system. One method includes obtaining raw medical acquisition data from transmission and collection of energy and particles traveling through and originating from bodies of one or more individuals; obtaining a parameterized model associated with anatomy of each of the one or more individuals; determining one or more parameters for the parameterized model, wherein the parameters are associated with the raw medical acquisition data; training a machine learning system to predict one or more values for each of the determined parameters of the parametrized model, based on the raw medical acquisition data; acquiring a medical acquisition for a selected patient; and using the trained machine learning system to determine a parameter value for a patient-specific parameterized model of the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Leo GRADY, Michiel SCHAAP, Edward Karl HAHN, III
  • Patent number: 11462329
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for assessing cardiovascular disease and treatment effectiveness based on adipose tissue. One method includes identifying a vascular bed of interest in a patient's vasculature; receiving a medical image of the patient's identified vascular bed of interest; identifying adipose tissue in the received medical image; receiving a geometric vascular model comprising a representation of the patient's identified vascular bed of interest; and computing an inflammation index associated with the geometric vascular model, using the identified adipose tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: HeartFlow, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Rabbat, Charles Taylor, Michiel Schaap, Timothy Fonte, Leo Grady
  • Patent number: 11443428
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for performing probabilistic segmentation in anatomical image analysis, using a computer system. One method includes receiving a plurality of images of an anatomical structure; receiving one or more geometric labels of the anatomical structure; generating a parameterized representation of the anatomical structure based on the one or more geometric labels and the received plurality of images; mapping a region of the parameterized representation to a geometric parameter of the anatomical structure; receiving an image of a patient's anatomy; and generating a probability distribution for a patient-specific segmentation boundary of the patient's anatomy, based on the mapping of the region of the parameterized representation of the anatomical structure to the geometric parameter of the anatomical structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: HeartFlow, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Kersten Petersen, Michiel Schaap, Leo Grady
  • Publication number: 20220277446
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for assessing the quality of medical images of at least a portion of a patient's anatomy, using a computer system. One method includes receiving one or more images of at least a portion of the patient's anatomy; determining, using a processor of the computer system, one or more image properties of the received images; performing, using a processor of the computer system, anatomic localization or modeling of at least a portion of the patient's anatomy based on the received images; obtaining an identification of one or more image characteristics associated with an anatomic feature of the patient's anatomy based on the anatomic localization or modeling; and calculating, using a processor of the computer system, an image quality score based on the one or more image properties and the one or more image characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Timothy A. FONTE, Leo J. GRADY, Zhongle WU, Michiel SCHAAP, Stanley C. HUNLEY, Souma SENGUPTA, Sophie KHEM
  • Patent number: 11398029
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for determining anatomy directly from raw medical acquisitions using a machine learning system. One method includes obtaining raw medical acquisition data from transmission and collection of energy and particles traveling through and originating from bodies of one or more individuals; obtaining a parameterized model associated with anatomy of each of the one or more individuals; determining one or more parameters for the parameterized model, wherein the parameters are associated with the raw medical acquisition data; training a machine learning system to predict one or more values for each of the determined parameters of the parameterized model, based on the raw medical acquisition data; acquiring a medical acquisition for a selected patient; and using the trained machine learning system to determine a parameter value for a patient-specific parameterized model of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: HeartFlow, Inc.
    Inventors: Leo Grady, Michiel Schaap, Edward Karl Hahn, III
  • Publication number: 20220211439
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for evaluating a patient with vascular disease. One method includes receiving patient-specific data regarding a geometry of the patient's vasculature; creating an anatomic model representing at least a portion of a location of disease in the patient's vasculature based on the received patient-specific data; identifying one or more changes in geometry of the anatomic model based on a modeled progression or regression of disease at the location; calculating one or more values of a blood flow characteristic within the patient's vasculature using a computational model based on the identified one or more changes in geometry of the anatomic model; and generating an electronic graphical display of a relationship between the one or more values of the calculated blood flow characteristic and the identified one or more changes in geometry of the anatomic model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Sethuraman SANKARAN, Charles A. TAYLOR, Gilwoo CHOI, Michiel SCHAAP, Christopher K. ZARINS, Leo J. GRADY
  • Patent number: 11295865
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for assessing cardiovascular disease and treatment effectiveness based on adipose tissue. One method includes identifying a vascular bed of interest in a patient's vasculature; receiving a medical image of the patient's identified vascular bed of interest; identifying adipose tissue in the received medical image; receiving a geometric vascular model comprising a representation of the patient's identified vascular bed of interest; and computing an inflammation index associated with the geometric vascular model, using the identified adipose tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: HeartFlow, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Rabbat, Charles Taylor, Michiel Schaap, Timothy Fonte, Leo Grady
  • Patent number: 11288813
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for anatomic structure segmentation in image analysis, using a computer system. One method includes: receiving an annotation and a plurality of keypoints for an anatomic structure in one or more images; computing distances from the plurality of keypoints to a boundary of the anatomic structure; training a model, using data in the one or more images and the computed distances, for predicting a boundary in the anatomic structure in an image of a patient's anatomy; receiving the image of the patient's anatomy including the anatomic structure; estimating a segmentation boundary in the anatomic structure in the image of the patient's anatomy; and predicting, using the trained model, a boundary location in the anatomic structure in the image of the patient's anatomy by generating a regression of distances from keypoints in the anatomic structure in the image of the patient's anatomy to the estimated boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: HeartFlow, Inc.
    Inventors: Leo Grady, Peter Kersten Petersen, Michiel Schaap, David Lesage
  • Publication number: 20220079540
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for predicting healthy lumen radius and calculating a vessel lumen narrowing score. One method of identifying a lumen diameter of a patient's vasculature includes: receiving a data set including one or more lumen segmentations of known healthy vessel segments of a plurality of individuals; extracting one or more lumen features for each of the vessel segments; receiving a lumen segmentation of a patient's vasculature; determining a section of the patient's vasculature; and determining a healthy lumen diameter of the section of the patient's vasculature using the extracted one or more features for each of the known healthy vessel segments of the plurality of individuals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Sethuraman SANKARAN, Michiel SCHAAP, Leo GRADY
  • Publication number: 20220079681
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for correcting for artificial deformations in anatomical modeling. One method includes obtaining an anatomic model; obtaining information indicating a presence of an artificial deformation of the anatomic model; identifying a portion of the anatomic model associated with the artificial deformation; estimating a non-deformed local area corresponding to the portion of the anatomic model; and modifying the portion of the anatomic model associated with the artificial deformation, based on the estimated non-deformed local area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Leo GRADY, Michiel SCHAAP, Sophie KHEM, Sarah WILKES, Ying BAI
  • Patent number: 11213354
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for correcting for artificial deformations in anatomical modeling. One method includes obtaining an anatomic model; obtaining information indicating a presence of an artificial deformation of the anatomic model; identifying a portion of the anatomic model associated with the artificial deformation; estimating a non-deformed local area corresponding to the portion of the anatomic model; and modifying the portion of the anatomic model associated with the artificial deformation, based on the estimated non-deformed local area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: HeartFlow, Inc.
    Inventors: Leo Grady, Michiel Schaap, Sophie Khem, Sarah Wilkes, Ying Bai
  • Patent number: 11207045
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for predicting healthy lumen radius and calculating a vessel lumen narrowing score. One method of identifying a lumen diameter of a patient's vasculature includes: receiving a data set including one or more lumen segmentations of known healthy vessel segments of a plurality of individuals; extracting one or more lumen features for each of the vessel segments; receiving a lumen segmentation of a patient's vasculature; determining a section of the patient's vasculature; and determining a healthy lumen diameter of the section of the patient's vasculature using the extracted one or more features for each of the known healthy vessel segments of the plurality of individuals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: HeartFlow, Inc.
    Inventors: Sethuraman Sankaran, Michiel Schaap, Leo Grady
  • Publication number: 20210374969
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for anatomic structure segmentation in image analysis, using a computer system. One method includes: receiving an annotation and a plurality of keypoints for an anatomic structure in one or more images; computing distances from the plurality of keypoints to a boundary of the anatomic structure; training a model, using data in the one or more images and the computed distances, for predicting a boundary in the anatomic structure in an image of a patient's anatomy; receiving the image of the patient's anatomy including the anatomic structure; estimating a segmentation boundary in the anatomic structure in the image of the patient's anatomy; and predicting, using the trained model, a boundary location in the anatomic structure in the image of the patient's anatomy by generating a regression of distances from keypoints in the anatomic structure in the image of the patient's anatomy to the estimated boundary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Leo GRADY, Peter Kersten PETERSEN, Michiel SCHAAP, David LESAGE
  • Publication number: 20210375476
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for assessing cardiovascular disease and treatment effectiveness based on adipose tissue. One method includes identifying a vascular bed of interest in a patient's vasculature; receiving a medical image of the patient's identified vascular bed of interest; identifying adipose tissue in the received medical image; receiving a geometric vascular model comprising a representation of the patient's identified vascular bed of interest; and computing an inflammation index associated with the geometric vascular model, using the identified adipose tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Mark RABBAT, Charles TAYLOR, Michiel SCHAAP, Timothy FONTE, Leo GRADY