Patents by Inventor Robert F. Basilico

Robert F. Basilico 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for computer automated diagnosis of mammogram images
    Patent number: 7865002
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product for computer analysis of lesions in digitized film-based and/or digital mammograms is described, wherein diagnostic information is combined from two different 2-D mammographic views with the information obtained from one view (or field of view) or mammographic position is processed with information obtained from a second (or a plurality of) related mammographic views to reduce false-positive findings (increase specificity) while preserving or improving diagnostic sensitivity. The digital mammograms or digitized film-based mammograms used, are those that are in current use, and those that conform to the requirements of the American College of Radiology and the Mammography Quality Standards Acts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Carolina Imaging Specialists, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert F. Basilico, Wesley Snyder, Albert Basilico
  • Methods and Apparatus for Computer Automated Diagnosis of Mammogram Images
    Publication number: 20070280525
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product for computer analysis of lesions in digitized film-based and/or digital mammograms is described, wherein diagnostic information is combined from two different 2-D mammographic views with the information obtained from one view (or field of view) or mammographic position is processed with information obtained from a second (or a plurality of) related mammographic views to reduce false-positive findings (increase specificity) while preserving or improving diagnostic sensitivity. The digital mammograms or digitized film-based mammograms used, are those that are in current use, and those that conform to the requirements of the American College of Radiology and the Mammography Quality Standards Acts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2007
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Inventors: Robert F. Basilico, Wesley Snyder, Albert Basilico