Patents by Inventor Robert W. Haley

Robert W. Haley 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).

  • Systems and methods for processing medical image data to facilitate comparisons among groups of subjects
    Patent number: 7961922
    Abstract: Systems and methods for processing medical image data with increased sensitivity to facilitate comparisons among groups of subjects are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving a first three-dimensional image comprising a plurality of voxels, reducing a regional trend within the three-dimensional image, computing a semivariogram for a region of interest, defining at least one block of spatially correlated voxels, calculating voxel weights for each voxel within the at least one block, and determining a block average count and variance for the at least one block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignees: The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System, Southern Methodist University
    Inventors: Jeffrey S. Spence, Patrick S. Carmack, Qihua Lin, Richard F. Gunst, William R. Schucany, Robert W. Haley
  • RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF INFORMATICS SYSTEMS FOR COLLABORATIVE DATA MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20100325173
    Abstract: Rapid development of a collaborative database uses a spreadsheet application to implement the database. Each parameter of the database variables is entered into a corresponding cell in the spreadsheet. A first spreadsheet code is entered that refers to selected cells related to a first variable and resolves into database code that instructs a database application to create the first variable in the collaborative database. A second spreadsheet code is also entered also referring to selected cells related to the first variable and resolves into application server (AS) code that instructs an application server to generate a graphical data entry form for that variable. In order to develop the same database and AS code for the remaining variables, the developer uses the autofill function of the spreadsheet to autofill the spreadsheet codes to cells related to the other variables and resolving into their own database and AS codes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: The Board of Regents of the The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Robert W. Haley, William Wesley Marshall
  • Systems and Methods for Processing Medical Image Data to Facilitate Comparisons Among Groups of Subjects
    Publication number: 20080298659
    Abstract: Systems and methods for processing medical image data with increased sensitivity to facilitate comparisons among groups of subjects are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving a first three-dimensional image comprising a plurality of voxels, reducing a regional trend within the three-dimensional image, computing a semivariogram for a region of interest, defining at least one block of spatially correlated voxels, calculating voxel weights for each voxel within the at least one block, and determining a block average count and variance for the at least one block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Jeffrey S. Spence, Patrick S. Carmack, Qihua Lin, Richard F. Gunst, William R. Schucany, Robert W. Haley