Patents by Inventor Min-Chun Yang

Min-Chun Yang 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).

  • Publication number: 20130310690
    Abstract: Provided herein is a breast ultrasound scanning and diagnosis aid system. The scanning aid system is capable of aiding positioning and tracking the scanned breast ultrasound images and suspicious tumor ultrasound images so that the doctor can be easily informed of the scanned positions of the breast ultrasound images and the suspicious tumor ultrasound images. The diagnosis aid system selects at least one representative, breast ultrasound images with tumor characteristics, segments a suspicious tumor region, and acquires a plurality of characteristic parameters in association with tumor tissues from the suspicious tumor region so as to provide a diagnostic suggestion. With the use of the present invention, the positions of suspicious tumors can be acquired from the positioning data of the breast ultrasound images, and tumor diagnosis accuracy can be improved by selecting an ultrasound image with tumor characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ruey-Feng Chang, Yi-Hong Chou, Chiun-Sheng Huang, Yeun-Chung Chang, Shao-Chien Chang, Min-Chun Yang, Yao-Sian Huang, Chung-Ming Lo