Patents by Inventor Sharbell Hashoul

Sharbell Hashoul 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: 10115316
    Abstract: A computer implemented method, a computerized system and a computer program product for generating questions. The computer implemented method comprising obtaining a question, wherein the question comprises one or more elements that define an answer for the question. The method further comprising obtaining the answer. The method further comprises automatically generating, by a processor, a new question based on the question and the answer. The automatic generation comprises determining a variant of the one or more elements, wherein the variant defines the answer, wherein the new question comprises the variant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ella Barkan, Sharbell Hashoul, Andre Heilper, Pavel Kisilev, Asaf Tzadok, Eugene Walach
  • Publication number: 20180239871
    Abstract: Processing a chief medical complaint, associated with a patient, together with current clinical data items derived from current clinical data associated with the patient to establish a baseline medical diagnosis of the patient, for each of different historical clinical data items derived from historical clinical data associated with the patient, processing the chief medical complaint together with the current clinical data items and the historical clinical data item to establish a comparison medical diagnosis of the patient, where the comparison medical diagnosis results from an diagnostic effect of the historical clinical data item on the baseline medical diagnosis, and determining the diagnostic effect of each of the historical clinical data items on the baseline medical diagnosis, and visually displaying on a visual display medium any of the historical clinical data items in accordance with a prioritization arrangement based on the diagnostic effects of the historical clinical data items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Ella Barkan, Sharbell Hashoul, Pavel Kisilev, Eugene Walach
  • Patent number: 9600628
    Abstract: A method comprising using at least one hardware processor for applying a mapping function to a medical image, to generate a semantic description of a visual finding in the medical image. The mapping function is optionally an MRF (Markov random field)-based, SVM (Support Vector Machine) mapping function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Pavel Kisilev, Eugene Walach, Ella Barkan, Sharbell Hashoul
  • Publication number: 20160350497
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, computerized apparatus and computer program product for providing performance feedback to physicians. An automatic diagnostic tool is applied to a benchmark of cases of a physician to diagnose whether a predetermined medical procedure is required. A discrepancy relation is determined by comparing the percentage of cases in the benchmark the tool diagnosed as requiring the procedure with an expected percentage determined based on the percentage of cases the physician diagnosed as requiring the procedure and the tool's accuracy. A feedback is provided to the physician responsive to a discrepancy indicated by the discrepancy relation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Sharbell Hashoul, Pavel Kisilev, Eugene Walach, Aviad Zlotnick
  • Publication number: 20160350498
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, computerized apparatus and computer program product for detecting fraud based on assessment of phyisicians' activity. An automatic diagnostic tool is applied to a benchmark of cases of a physician to diagnose whether a predetermined procedure is required. A discrepancy relation is determined by comparing the percentage of cases in the benchmark the tool diagnosed as requiring the procedure with an expected percentage determined based on the percentage of cases diagnosed by the physician as requiring the procedure and the tool's accuracy. An alert is provided to a supervising entity responsive to a discrepancy indicated by the discrepancy relation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Sharbell Hashoul, Pavel Kisilev, Eugene Walach, Aviad Zlotnick
  • Publication number: 20160066891
    Abstract: A computer implemented method, a computerized system and a computer program product for image representation set creation. The computer implemented method comprises obtaining an image of a subject, wherein the image is produced using an imaging modality. The method further comprises automatically determining, by a processor, values to an image representation set with respect to the image, wherein the image representation set consists of semantic representation parameters of the image according to the imaging modality and according to a clinical diagnosis problem that is ascertainable from the image, wherein a total number of combinations of values of the semantic representation parameters is below a human comprehension threshold; and determining a decision regarding the clinical diagnosis problem based on the values of the image representation set of the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Ella Barkan, Ami Ben-Horesh, Sharbell Hashoul, Andre Heilper, Pavel Kisilev, Eugene Walach
  • Publication number: 20160019812
    Abstract: A computer implemented method, a computerized system and a computer program product for generating questions. The computer implemented method comprising obtaining a question, wherein the question comprises one or more elements that define an answer for the question. The method further comprising obtaining the answer. The method further comprises automatically generating, by a processor, a new question based on the question and the answer. The automatic generation comprises determining a variant of the one or more elements, wherein the variant defines the answer, wherein the new question comprises the variant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Ella Barkan, Sharbell Hashoul, Andre Heilper, Pavel Kisilev, Asaf Tzadok, Eugene Walach
  • Publication number: 20150332111
    Abstract: A method comprising using at least one hardware processor for applying a mapping function to a medical image, to generate a semantic description of a visual finding in the medical image. The mapping function is optionally an MRF (Markov random field)-based, SVM (Support Vector Machine) mapping function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Pavel Kisilev, Eugene Walach, Ella Barkan, Sharbell Hashoul