Patents by Inventor Robert Mack Cothren

Robert Mack Cothren 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).

  • System and method for helping to determine the condition of tissue
    Patent number: 6757412
    Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for helping determine a condition of selected tissue of a patient based on a set of thermal images of the selected tissue acquired over a time period. The image set has image regions with corresponding characteristics indicative of a temperature condition of an associated part of the selected tissue, which had been subjected to a thermal challenge during part of the image acquisition time period. Feature values are determined based on the characteristics of selected image regions. A classifier is applied to the features to provide an indication of the condition of the selected tissue, such as indicating a likelihood of malignancy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Computerzied Thermal Imaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark David Parsons, Robert Mack Cothren, John Scott Birbeck, Cliff Eugene Friefer, David Cardon Rich, Donald E. Waagen