Patents by Inventor Ricardo Mendonca

Ricardo Mendonca 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: 7356425
    Abstract: A method for calibrating a projective camera is provided. The method includes acquiring information by detecting at least one object on a substantially flat ground plane within a field of view. A projective camera calibration is performed. A measurement uncertainty is considered to yield a plurality of camera parameters from the projective camera calibration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: GE Security, Inc.
    Inventors: Nils Oliver Krahnstoever, Paulo Ricardo Mendonca, Jens Rittscher, Thomas Baby Sebastian, Peter Henry Tu
  • Publication number: 20080080770
    Abstract: A method and system for visualizing regions in an image is provided. The method comprises computing a regional response around a region in the image, deriving a region score based on from the regional response for the region and labeling the region in the image by comparing the region score to a plurality of probabilistic models.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2006
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: PAULO RICARDO MENDONCA, RAHUL BHOTIKA, WESLEY DAVID TURNER, JINGBIN WANG, SAAD AHMED SIROHEY
  • Publication number: 20080031521
    Abstract: Methods and systems for segmenting images, wherein the image pixels are categorized into a plurality of subsets using one or more indexes, then a log-likelihood function of one or more of the indexes is determined, and one or more maps are generated based on the determination of the log-likelihood function of one or more of the indexes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Ali Can, Xiaodong Tao, Harvey Ellis Cline, Paulo Ricardo Mendonca
  • Patent number: 7283652
    Abstract: A method and system for measuring disease relevant tissue changes for use in quantifying, diagnosing and predicting a given disease are provided. The method comprises applying at least one segmenting process to the image data to generate a plurality of segmented regions of interest, extracting features relevant for a given disease from the segmented regions to generate extracted features, and mathematically modeling the features for use in one of diagnosing, quantifying and predicting changes indicative of the given disease. The system comprises an imaging device for acquiring the image data and an image process configured to segment, extract and mathematically model disease relevant features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Paulo Ricardo Mendonca, Matthew William Turek, James Vradenburg Miller, Robert August Kaucic, Peter Henry Tu, Tony Chishao Pan
  • Publication number: 20070053560
    Abstract: A method for performing patient specific analysis of disease relevant changes of a disease in an anatomical structure of interest is provided. The method comprises determining a percentage of the anatomical structure that is encompassed by a diseased tissue region using a patient specific healthy tissue model. The method then comprises determining the amount or spatial distribution or a combination thereof of tissue volume variation due to the disease in the anatomical structure based on the percentage of the anatomical structure encompassed by the diseased tissue region and an estimated original amount of tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2005
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Inventors: James Miller, Paulo Ricardo Mendonca
  • Publication number: 20050226484
    Abstract: A technique is disclosed for generating variance data and a variance map from measured projection data acquired from a tomography system. The method comprises accessing the measured projection data from the tomography system. The method further comprises generating the variance map from the measured projection data and displaying, analyzing or processing the variance map. The variance data is determined based upon a statistical model from measured image data, and may be used for image analysis, data acquisition, in computer aided diagnosis routines, and so forth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2004
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Inventors: Samit Basu, Bruno Bernard De Man, Peter Edic, Ricardo Avila, James Miller, Colin McCulloch, Deborah Walter, Paulo Ricardo Mendonca, William Leue, Thomas Sebastian
  • Publication number: 20040101176
    Abstract: A method and system for measuring disease relevant tissue changes for use in quantifying, diagnosing and predicting a given disease are provided. The method comprises applying at least one segmenting process to the image data to generate a plurality of segmented regions of interest, extracting features relevant for a given disease from the segmented regions to generate extracted features, and mathematically modeling the features for use in one of diagnosing, quantifying and predicting changes indicative of the given disease. The system comprises an imaging device for acquiring the image data and an image process configured to segment, extract and mathematically model disease relevant features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Paulo Ricardo Mendonca, Matthew William Turek, James Vradenburg Miller, Robert August Kaucic, Peter Henry Tu, Tony Chishao Pan