Patents by Inventor Ronald M. Summers
Ronald M. Summers 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).
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Patent number: 11583239Abstract: A new chest X-ray database, referred to as “ChestX-ray8”, is disclosed herein, which comprises over 100,000 frontal view X-ray images of over 32,000 unique patients with the text-mined eight disease image labels (where each image can have multi-labels), from the associated radiological reports using natural language processing. We demonstrate that these commonly occurring thoracic diseases can be detected and spatially-located via a unified weakly supervised multi-label image classification and disease localization framework, which is validated using our disclosed dataset.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2018Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human ServiceInventors: Xiaosong Wang, Yifan Peng, Le Lu, Zhiyong Lu, Ronald M. Summers
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Patent number: 11200667Abstract: Disclosed prostate computer aided diagnosis (CAD) systems employ a Random Forest classifier to detect prostate cancer. System classify individual pixels inside the prostate as potential sites of cancer using a combination of spatial, intensity and texture features extracted from three sequences. The Random Forest training considers instance-level weighting for equal treatment of small and large cancerous lesions and small and large prostate backgrounds. Two other approaches are based on an AutoContext pipeline intended to make better use of sequence-specific patterns. Also disclosed are methods and systems for accurate automatic segmentation of the prostate in MRI. Methods can include both patch-based and holistic (image-to-image) deep learning methods for segmentation of the prostate. A patch-based convolutional network aims to refine the prostate contour given an initialization. A method for end- to-end prostate segmentation integrates holistically nested edge detection with fully convolutional networks.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2018Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human ServicesInventors: Nathan S. Lay, Yohannes Tsehay, Ronald M. Summers, Baris Turkbey, Matthew Greer, Ruida Cheng, Holger Roth, Matthew J. McAuliffe, Sonia Gaur, Francesca Mertan, Peter Choyke
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Patent number: 11195280Abstract: Methods include processing image data through a plurality of network stages of a progressively holistically nested convolutional neural network, wherein the processing the image data includes producing a side output from a network stage m, of the network stages, where m>1, based on a progressive combination of an activation output from the network stage m and an activation output from a preceding stage m?1. Image segmentations are produced. Systems include a 3D imaging system operable to obtain 3D imaging data for a patient including a target anatomical body, and a computing system comprising a processor, memory, and software, the computing system operable to process the 3D imaging data through a plurality of progressively holistically nested convolutional neural network stages of a convolutional neural network.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2018Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: The United States of America, As Represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human ServicesInventors: Adam Patrick Harrison, Ziyue Xu, Le Lu, Ronald M. Summers, Daniel Joseph Mollura
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Publication number: 20200184647Abstract: Methods include processing image data through a plurality of network stages of a progressively holistically nested convolutional neural network, wherein the processing the image data includes producing a side output from a network stage m, of the network stages, where m>1, based on a progressive combination of an activation output from the network stage m and an activation output from a preceding stage m?1. Image segmentations are produced. Systems include a 3D imaging system operable to obtain 3D imaging data for a patient including a target anatomical body, and a computing system comprising a processor, memory, and software, the computing system operable to process the 3D imaging data through a plurality of progressively holistically nested convolutional neural network stages of a convolutional neural network.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2018Publication date: June 11, 2020Applicant: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary Department of Health and Human ServiceInventors: Adam Patrick Harrison, Ziyue Xu, Le Lu, Ronald M. Summers, Daniel Joseph Mollura
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Publication number: 20200093455Abstract: A new chest X-ray database, referred to as “ChestX-ray8”, is disclosed herein, which comprises over 100,000 frontal view X-ray images of over 32,000 unique patients with the text-mined eight disease image labels (where each image can have multi-labels), from the associated radiological reports using natural language processing. We demonstrate that these commonly occurring thoracic diseases can be detected and spatially-located via a unified weakly supervised multi-label image classification and disease localization framework, which is validated using our disclosed dataset.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2018Publication date: March 26, 2020Applicants: Human ServicesInventors: Xiaosong Wang, Yifan Peng, Le Lu, Zhiyong Lu, Ronald M. Summers
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Publication number: 20190370965Abstract: Disclosed prostate computer aided diagnosis (CAD) systems employ a Random Forest classifier to detect prostate cancer. System classify individual pixels inside the prostate as potential sites of cancer using a combination of spatial, intensity and texture features extracted from three sequences. The Random Forest training considers instance-level weighting for equal treatment of small and large cancerous lesions and small and large prostate backgrounds. Two other approaches are based on an AutoContext pipeline intended to make better use of sequence-specific patterns. Also disclosed are methods and systems for accurate automatic segmentation of the prostate in MRI. Methods can include both patch-based and holistic (image-to-image) deep learning methods for segmentation of the prostate. A patch-based convolutional network aims to refine the prostate contour given an initialization. A method for end- to-end prostate segmentation integrates holistically nested edge detection with fully convolutional networks.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2018Publication date: December 5, 2019Applicant: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human ServicInventors: Nathan S. Lay, Yohannes Tsehay, Ronald M. Summers, Baris Turkbey, Matthew Greer, Ruida Cheng, Holger Roth, Matthew J. McAuliffe, Sonia Gaur, Francesca Mertan, Peter Choyke
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Patent number: 10215830Abstract: Methods and systems for diagnosing cancer in the prostate and other organs are disclosed. Exemplary methods comprises extracting texture information from MRI imaging data for a target organ, sometimes using two or more different imaging modalities. Texture features are determined that are indicative of cancer by identifying frequent texture patterns. A classification model is generated based on the determined texture features that are indicative of cancer, and diagnostic cancer prediction information for the target organ is then generated to help diagnose cancer in the organ.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2015Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human ServicesInventors: Jin Tae Kwak, Bradford J. Wood, Sheng Xu, Baris Turkbey, Peter L. Choyke, Peter A. Pinto, Ronald M. Summers
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Patent number: 8340381Abstract: An image of an anatomical structure can be analyzed to determine an enclosing three-dimensional boundary when the anatomical structure is filled with two substances, such as air and a fluid. Various techniques can be used to determine the enclosing boundary including: analyzing the virtual structure to segment the structure into air and fluid pockets, determining if there are multiple fluid pockets whose surface touches a single air-fluid boundary, determining a separate threshold for respective fluid pockets, resegmenting the virtual anatomical structure using the separate threshold for different fluid pockets, forming a hierarchical pocket tree which represents the relationship between the fluid and air pockets, pruning the pocket tree based on various criteria which corresponds to deleting those pruned portions from the virtual anatomical structure, and resegmenting the remaining virtual anatomical structure using one or more of fuzzy connectedness, two-dimensional gap filling, and level set segmentation.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2011Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human ServicesInventors: Marek Franaszek, Ronald M. Summers
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Patent number: 8189890Abstract: Candidate anomalies in an anatomical structure are processed for classification. For example, false positives can be reduced by techniques related to the anomaly's neck, wall thickness associated with the anomaly, template matching performed for the anomaly, or some combination thereof. The various techniques can be combined for use in a classifier, which can determine whether the anomaly is of interest. For example, a computed tomography scan of a colon can be analyzed to determine whether a candidate anomaly is a polyp. The technologies can be applied to a variety of other scenarios involving other anatomical structures.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2009Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human ServicesInventors: Ronald M. Summers, Marek Franaszek, Gheorghe Iordanescu
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Patent number: 8175348Abstract: Various level set techniques can be used to automatically segment the colon wall, including identifying the colon wall outer boundary. A speed image can be used during level set processing. For example, the speed image can be generated via inverting the gradient perpendicular to the segmented inner boundary of the colon wall. The techniques can be useful for determining wall thickness, which can be used to classify polyp candidates, diagnose diseases of the colon, and the like.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2007Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human ServicesInventors: Robert L. Van Uitert, Jr., Ronald M. Summers, Ingmar Bitter
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Patent number: 8023710Abstract: Various techniques can be used to improve classification of colon polyps candidates found via computed tomographic colonography computer aided detection (CTCCAD). A polyp candidate can be classified as a true positive or a false positive. For example, a two-dimensional projection image of the polyp can be generated from a three-dimensional representation and classified based on features of the projection image. An optimal viewpoint for the projection image can be found via techniques such as maximizing viewpoint entropy. Wavelet processing can be used to extract features from the two-dimensional projection image. Feature extraction can use a piecewise linear orthonormal floating search for locating most predictive neighbors for wavelet coefficients, and support vector machines can be employed for classification. The techniques can be useful for improving accuracy of CTCCAD techniques.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2007Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human ServicesInventors: Ronald M. Summers, Jiang Li, Sharon Greenblum
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Patent number: 8023703Abstract: An image of an anatomical structure can be analyzed to determine an enclosing three-dimensional boundary when the anatomical structure is filled with two substances, such as air and a fluid. Various techniques can be used to determine the enclosing boundary including: analyzing the virtual structure to segment the structure into air and fluid pockets, determining if there are multiple fluid pockets whose surface touches a single air-fluid boundary, determining a separate threshold for respective fluid pockets, resegmenting the virtual anatomical structure using the separate threshold for different fluid pockets, forming a hierarchical pocket tree which represents the relationship between the fluid and air pockets, pruning the pocket tree based on various criteria which corresponds to deleting those pruned portions from the virtual anatomical structure, and resegmenting the remaining virtual anatomical structure using one or more of fuzzy connectedness, two-dimensional gap filling, and level set segmentation.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2006Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, National Institues of HealthInventors: Marek Franaszek, Ronald M. Summers
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Publication number: 20110222749Abstract: An image of an anatomical structure can be analyzed to determine an enclosing three-dimensional boundary when the anatomical structure is filled with two substances, such as air and a fluid. Various techniques can be used to determine the enclosing boundary including: analyzing the virtual structure to segment the structure into air and fluid pockets, determining if there are multiple fluid pockets whose surface touches a single air-fluid boundary, determining a separate threshold for respective fluid pockets, resegmenting the virtual anatomical structure using the separate threshold for different fluid pockets, forming a hierarchical pocket tree which represents the relationship between the fluid and air pockets, pruning the pocket tree based on various criteria which corresponds to deleting those pruned portions from the virtual anatomical structure, and resegmenting the remaining virtual anatomical structure using one or more of fuzzy connectedness, two-dimensional gap filling, and level set segmentation.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2011Publication date: September 15, 2011Applicants: National Institutes of Health, Office of Technology TransferInventors: Marek Franaszek, Ronald M. Summers
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Publication number: 20100074491Abstract: Candidate anomalies in an anatomical structure are processed for classification. For example, false positives can be reduced by techniques related to the anomaly's neck, wall thickness associated with the anomaly, template matching performed for the anomaly, or some combination thereof. The various techniques can be combined for use in a classifier, which can determine whether the anomaly is of interest. For example, a computed tomography scan of a colon can be analyzed to determine whether a candidate anomaly is a polyp. The technologies can be applied to a variety of other scenarios involving other anatomical structures.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2009Publication date: March 25, 2010Applicants: ServicesInventors: Ronald M. Summers, Marek Franaszek, Gheorghe Iordanescu
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Patent number: 7646904Abstract: Candidate anomalies in an anatomical structure are processed for classification. For example, false positives can be reduced by techniques related to the anomaly's neck, wall thickness associated with the anomaly, template matching performed for the anomaly, or some combination thereof. The various techniques can be combined for use in a classifier, which can determine whether the anomaly is of interest. For example, a computed tomography scan of a colon can be analyzed to determine whether a candidate anomaly is a polyp. The technologies can be applied to a variety of other scenarios involving other anatomical structures.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2007Date of Patent: January 12, 2010Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human ServicesInventors: Ronald M. Summers, Marek Franaszek, Gheorghe Iordanescu
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Publication number: 20090208409Abstract: A detection agent, including a polymerized liposome, a lectin, and an imaging agent, can be administered to an animal for the detection of polyps in the lower gastrointestinal tract.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2009Publication date: August 20, 2009Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, DHHSInventors: Ronald M. Summers, Jianwu Xie, Celeste A. Roney
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Patent number: 7570986Abstract: A computer-assisted method for detecting surface features in a virtual colonoscopy. The method includes providing a three-dimensional construction of a computed tomography colonography surface; creating a path along the teniae coli from the proximal ascending colon to the distal descending colon on the colonography surface; forming an indexed computed tomography colonography surface using the created path; and registering the supine and prone scans of the computed tomography colonography surface using the indexed computed tomography colonography surface. The method also includes navigating the internal surface of the computed tomography colonography using the indexed computed tomography colonography surface.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2006Date of Patent: August 4, 2009Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Health and Human ServicesInventors: Hui-Yang Huang, Dave A. Roy, Ronald M. Summers
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Patent number: 7570802Abstract: A three dimensional image of the colon like surface is processed to determine at least its ring structure. The image is composed of vertex points, each vertex point having a discrete point identifier and three dimensional position information. The three dimensional position information is averaged in a shrinking procedure to contract the three dimensional image proximate to a major axis of the colon-like surface. Evenly spaced points are taken through the shrunken colon like surface and connected to form a curve. Planes are generated at intervals normal to the curve to split the shrunken colon like surface into image segments. By mapping these image segments back to the original image through their discrete point identifiers, an accurate ring profile of the colon like surface can be generated.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2002Date of Patent: August 4, 2009Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human ServicesInventors: Gheorghe Iordanescu, Ronald M. Summers, Juan Raul Cebral
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Publication number: 20080304616Abstract: Various level set techniques can be used to automatically segment the colon wall, including identifying the colon wall outer boundary. A speed image can be used during level set processing. For example, the speed image can be generated via inverting the gradient perpendicular to the segmented inner boundary of the colon wall. The techniques can be useful for determining wall thickness, which can be used to classify polyp candidates, diagnose diseases of the colon, and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2007Publication date: December 11, 2008Inventors: Robert L. Van Uitert, JR., Ronald M. Summers, Ingmar Bitter
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Patent number: 7454045Abstract: A virtual anatomical structure can be analyzed to determine enclosing three-dimensional boundaries of features therein. Various techniques can be used to determine tissue types in the virtual anatomical structure. For example, tissue types can be determined via an iso-boundary between lumen and air in the virtual anatomical structure and a fuzzy clustering approach. Based on the tissue type determination, a deformable model approach can be used to determine an enclosing three-dimensional boundary of a feature in the virtual anatomical structure. The enclosing three-dimensional boundary can be used to determine characteristics of the feature and classify it as of interest or not of interest.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2004Date of Patent: November 18, 2008Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human ServicesInventors: Jianhua Yao, Ronald M. Summers