Patents by Inventor Myeong Gee Kim

Myeong Gee Kim 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: 20250098972
    Abstract: Disclosed is an operating method of an apparatus operated by at least one processor, which includes: receiving RF data obtained from tissue through an arbitrary ultrasound probe; extracting a generalized quantitative feature to a probe domain from the RF data; and reconstructing the generalized quantitative feature to generating a quantitative ultrasound image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Hyeon-Min BAE, Seokhwan OH, Myeong Gee KIM, Youngmin KIM, Guil JUNG
  • Publication number: 20240382173
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of an imaging device operated by at least one processor. The method includes: receiving pulse-echo data obtained from a tissue; and outputting a quantitative image of an objective variable using a B-mode image generated from the pulse-echo data, and a quantitative style feature extracted from the pulse-echo data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Hyeon-Min BAE, Seokhwan OH, Myeong Gee KIM, Youngmin KIM, Guil JUNG
  • Patent number: 12144685
    Abstract: A method of operating an image device operated by at least one processor is provided. The method of operating an image device comprises generating beamformed RF-mode images including phase shift information for each incident angle by using multi-angle ultrasound-echo data, generating phase shift maps representing a displacement of speckle pattern between adjacent beamformed RF-mode images, and obtaining a speed-of-sound distribution image corresponding to the phase shift maps by using a deep neural network which is trained to reconstruct speed-of-sound distribution of a tissue from training phase shift maps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hyeon-Min Bae, Myeong Gee Kim, Gibbeum Lee, Seokhwan Oh, Youngmin Kim
  • Publication number: 20210177380
    Abstract: A method of operating an image device operated by at least one processor is provided. The method of operating an image device comprises generating beamformed RF-mode images including phase shift information for each incident angle by using multi-angle ultrasound-echo data, generating phase shift maps representing a displacement of speckle pattern between adjacent beamformed RF-mode images, and obtaining a speed-of-sound distribution image corresponding to the phase shift maps by using a deep neural network which is trained to reconstruct speed-of-sound distribution of a tissue from training phase shift maps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Hyeon-Min Bae, Myeong Gee Kim, Gibbeum Lee, Seokhwan Oh, Youngmin Kim
  • Publication number: 20210183521
    Abstract: The method of operating an image device comprises receiving an input of virtual tissues modeled with an arbitrary shape and a quantitative feature, simulating a TOF change or a signal strength change of ultrasound data having penetrated the virtual tissues modeled with a speed-of-sound distribution or an attenuation coefficient distribution in a first and in a second direction, and creating an image pair representing the TOF change or the signal strength change, creating a speed-of-sound distribution image or an attenuation coefficient distribution image of each of the virtual tissues as a ground truth of an image pair created in the corresponding virtual tissue, and training a first neural network that reconstruct the speed-of-sound distribution image from an input image pair or training a second neural network that reconstructs the attenuation coefficient distribution image from the input image pair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Hyeon-Min BAE, Seokhwan OH, Gibbeum LEE, Myeong Gee KIM