Patents by Inventor Muhammad F. Sabir

Muhammad F. Sabir 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).

  • Lung segmentation and bone suppression techniques for radiographic images
    Patent number: 10445855
    Abstract: Lung segmentation and bone suppression techniques are helpful pre-processing steps prior to radiographic analyzes of the human thorax, as may occur during cancer screenings and other medical examinations. Autonomous lung segmentation may remove spurious boundary pixels from a radiographic image, as well as identify and refine lung boundaries. Thereafter, autonomous bone suppression may identify clavicle, posterior rib, and anterior rib bones using various image processing techniques, including warping and edge detection. The identified clavicle, posterior rib, and anterior rib bones may then be suppressed from the radiographic image to yield a segmented, bone suppressed radiographic image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignees: iCAD, Inc., Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: David S. Harding, Sridharan Kamalakanan, Satoshi Kasai, Shinsuke Katsuhara, James H. Pike, Muhammad F. Sabir, Jeffrey C. Wehnes
  • LUNG SEGMENTATION AND BONE SUPPRESSION TECHNIQUES FOR RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGES
    Publication number: 20170032535
    Abstract: Lung segmentation and bone suppression techniques are helpful pre-processing steps prior to radiographic analyses of the human thorax, as may occur during cancer screenings and other medical examinations. Autonomous lung segmentation may remove spurious boundary pixels from a radiographic image, as well as identify and refine lung boundaries. Thereafter, autonomous bone suppression may identify clavicle, posterior rib, and anterior rib bones using various image processing techniques, including warping and edge detection. The identified clavicle, posterior rib, and anterior rib bones may then be suppressed from the radiographic image to yield a segmented, bone suppressed radiographic image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicants: iCAD, Inc., Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: David S. Harding, Sridharan Kamalakanan, Satoshi Kasai, Shinsuke Katsuhara, James H. Pike, Muhammad F. Sabir, Jeffrey C. Wehnes