Patents by Inventor Shu Liao

Shu Liao 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).

  • Publication number: 20240114810
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes: an etch-stop dielectric layer overlying a substrate and including a first opening therethrough; a silicon oxide plate overlying the etch-stop dielectric layer and including a second opening therethrough; a first conductive structure including a first electrode and extending through the second opening and the first opening; a memory film contacting a top surface of the first conductive structure and including a material that provides at least two resistive states having different electrical resistivity; and a second conductive structure including a second electrode and contacting a top surface of the memory film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Fu-Ting Sung, Jhih-Bin Chen, Hung-Shu Huang, Hong Ming Liu, Hsia-Wei Chen, Yu-Wen Liao, Wen-Ting Chu
  • Patent number: 11948314
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to systems and methods for image processing. The method includes obtaining a first image of a first modality. The method includes generating a second image of a second modality by processing, based on a trained machine learning model, the first image. The second modality may be different from the first modality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING INTELLIGENCE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shu Liao, Yunhao Ge, Dongming Wei
  • Publication number: 20240093017
    Abstract: Disclosed is a recycled polystyrene (PS) plastic film prepared from 100% of a waste PS plastic or prepared from a waste PS plastic and a modification material, where a content of the waste PS plastic is greater than or equal to 1% and less than 100% and a content of the modification material is greater than 0% and less than or equal to 99%. The preparation of the recycled PS plastic film with the waste PS plastic can save resources. In addition, the waste PS plastic is modified by the modification material to improve the performance of the plastic, which is conducive to preparation of an acousto-magnetic (AM) anti-theft label housing with excellent performance. Also disclosed are a preparation method of the recycled PS plastic film, an AM anti-theft label housing made of the recycled PS plastic film and a preparation method thereof, and a corresponding AM anti-theft label.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Shu Zhang, Lijing Yu, Na Liao, Mei Yang
  • Patent number: 11880915
    Abstract: A system for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is provided. The system may obtain at least one training sample each of which includes full MRI data. The system may also obtain a preliminary subsampling model and a preliminary MRI reconstruction model. The system may further generate a subsampling model corresponding to an MRI reconstruction model by jointly training the preliminary subsampling model and the preliminary MRI reconstruction model using the at least one training sample. The subsampling model may be the trained preliminary subsampling model, and the MRI reconstruction model may be at least a portion of the trained preliminary MRI reconstruction model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING INTELLIGENCE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoqian Huang, Shu Liao
  • Patent number: 11774535
    Abstract: A method for MRI reconstruction is provided. The method may include obtaining a plurality of sub-sampled images of a subject. The plurality of sub-sampled images may include a first sub-sampled image of the subject and one or more second sub-sampled images of the subject. The first sub-sampled image may be generated using a first MRI sequence and a first sub-sampling rate. Each of the one or more second sub-sampled images may be generated using a second MRI sequence and a second sub-sampling rate. The second sub-sampling rate may be smaller than the first sub-sampling rate. The method may include obtaining an image reconstruction model having been trained according to a machine learning technique. The method may further include generating a first full image of the subject corresponding to the first MRI sequence based on the first sub-sampled image, the one or more second sub-sampled images, and the image reconstruction model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING INTELLIGENCE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xuyang Lyu, Shu Liao
  • Publication number: 20230206517
    Abstract: A system for PET image reconstruction is provided. The system may obtain PET data of a subject. The PET data may be associated with a plurality of coincidence events, which includes scattering events. The system may also generate a preliminary scatter sinogram relating to the scattering events based on the PET data. The system may also generate a target scatter sinogram relating to the scattering events by applying a scatter sinogram generator based on the preliminary scatter sinogram. The target scatter sinogram may have a higher image quality than the preliminary scatter sinogram. The system may further reconstruct a target PET image of the subject based on the PET data and the target scatter sinogram.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING INTELLIGENCE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yang ZHANG, Shu LIAO, Liuchun HE, Zilin DENG
  • Publication number: 20230154070
    Abstract: A system for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is provided. The system may obtain at least one training sample each of which includes full MRI data. The system may also obtain a preliminary subsampling model and a preliminary MRI reconstruction model. The system may further generate a subsampling model corresponding to an MRI reconstruction model by jointly training the preliminary subsampling model and the preliminary MRI reconstruction model using the at least one training sample. The subsampling model may be the trained preliminary subsampling model, and the MRI reconstruction model may be at least a portion of the trained preliminary MRI reconstruction model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING INTELLIGENCE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoqian HUANG, Shu LIAO
  • Patent number: 11593977
    Abstract: A system for PET image reconstruction is provided. The system may obtain PET data of a subject. The PET data may be associated with a plurality of coincidence events, which includes scattering events. The system may also generate a preliminary scatter sinogram relating to the scattering events based on the PET data. The system may also generate a target scatter sinogram relating to the scattering events by applying a scatter sinogram generator based on the preliminary scatter sinogram. The target scatter sinogram may have a higher image quality than the preliminary scatter sinogram. The system may further reconstruct a target PET image of the subject based on the PET data and the target scatter sinogram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING INTELLIGENCE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yang Zhang, Shu Liao, Liuchun He, Zilin Deng
  • Patent number: 11568584
    Abstract: A system for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is provided. The system may obtain at least one training sample each of which includes full MRI data. The system may also obtain a preliminary subsampling model and a preliminary MRI reconstruction model. The system may further generate a subsampling model corresponding to an MRI reconstruction model by jointly training the preliminary subsampling model and the preliminary MRI reconstruction model using the at least one training sample. The subsampling model may be the trained preliminary subsampling model, and the MRI reconstruction model may be at least a portion of the trained preliminary MRI reconstruction model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING INTELLIGENCE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoqian Huang, Shu Liao
  • Publication number: 20220365394
    Abstract: A curved full-array LED light panel, a curved backlight module including the curved full-array LED light panel, and a curved LCD including the backlight module are disclosed. The curved full-array LED light panel includes a flexible reflective sheet and a plurality of LED light bars wherein a plurality of LEDs are disposed. The plurality of LED light bars are attached to a sheet-rear side of the flexible reflective sheet alone a direction parallel to the height direction of the full-array LED light panel, and the plurality of LEDs disposed on the LED light bars are exposed from a plurality of openings of the flexible reflective sheet toward an LCD panel. Along a direction parallel to the width direction of the full-array LED light panel, the flexible reflective sheet is deformed to form a curved reflective surface. Each of the LED light bars further comprises a bar-shaped PCB, and a plurality of LED dimming-zone circuits are disposed on the bar-shaped PCB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: MAVEN OPTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chieh CHEN, Chung-Shu LIAO, Ping-Lin WU
  • Publication number: 20220349974
    Abstract: A method for MRI reconstruction is provided. The method may include obtaining a plurality of sub-sampled images of a subject. The plurality of sub-sampled images may include a first sub-sampled image of the subject and one or more second sub-sampled images of the subject. The first sub-sampled image may be generated using a first MRI sequence and a first sub-sampling rate. Each of the one or more second sub-sampled images may be generated using a second MRI sequence and a second sub-sampling rate. The second sub-sampling rate may be smaller than the first sub-sampling rate. The method may include obtaining an image reconstruction model having been trained according to a machine learning technique. The method may further include generating a first full image of the subject corresponding to the first MRI sequence based on the first sub-sampled image, the one or more second sub-sampled images, and the image reconstruction model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING INTELLIGENCE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xuyang LYU, Shu LIAO
  • Patent number: 11391802
    Abstract: A method for MRI reconstruction is provided. The method may include obtaining a plurality of sub-sampled images of a subject. The plurality of sub-sampled images may include a first sub-sampled image of the subject and one or more second sub-sampled images of the subject. The first sub-sampled image may be generated using a first MRI sequence and a first sub-sampling rate. Each of the one or more second sub-sampled images may be generated using a second MRI sequence and a second sub-sampling rate. The second sub-sampling rate may be smaller than the first sub-sampling rate. The method may include obtaining an image reconstruction model having been trained according to a machine learning technique. The method may further include generating a first full image of the subject corresponding to the first MRI sequence based on the first sub-sampled image, the one or more second sub-sampled images, and the image reconstruction model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING INTELLIGENCE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xuyang Lyu, Shu Liao
  • Publication number: 20220172382
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to systems and methods for image processing. The method includes obtaining a first image of a first modality. The method includes generating a second image of a second modality by processing, based on a trained machine learning model, the first image. The second modality may be different from the first modality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING INTELLIGENCE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shu LIAO, Yunhao GE, Dongming WEI
  • Patent number: 11270446
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to systems and methods for image processing. The method includes obtaining a first image of a first modality. The method includes generating a second image of a second modality by processing, based on a trained machine learning model, the first image. The second modality may be different from the first modality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING INTELLIGENCE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shu Liao, Yunhao Ge, Dongming Wei
  • Patent number: 11120584
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to systems and methods for image processing. The method may include obtaining a first set of image data. The method may also include generating a second set of image data by processing, based on a trained machine learning model, the first set of image data. The second set of image data may have a relatively high resolution and/or a relatively low level of artifacts with respect to the first set of image data. The method may further include generating a target image by performing a weighted fusion on the first set of image data and the second set of image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING INTELLIGENCE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guobin Li, Nan Liu, Xiaoqian Huang, Shu Liao
  • Patent number: 11101032
    Abstract: A method and system are for identification of at least one medical reference image. An embodiment of the method includes providing a medical representation image based on a current examination image depicting a body part of a first patient; defining a region of interest in the medical representation image; generating a feature signature, at least for the region of interest; comparing the medical representation image with a plurality of medical images of at least one second patient stored in a medical image database, based on the feature signature generated; and identifying at least one medical image in the medical image database as the at least one medical reference image, the at least one medical reference image providing a similarity degree to the medical representation image above a threshold. In an embodiment, the generating is performed using a trained machine-learning algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Sven Kohle, Christian Tietjen, Gerardo Hermosillo Valadez, Shu Liao, Felix Ritter, Jan Kretschmer
  • Publication number: 20210199742
    Abstract: A method for MRI reconstruction is provided. The method may include obtaining a plurality of sub-sampled images of a subject. The plurality of sub-sampled images may include a first sub-sampled image of the subject and one or more second sub-sampled images of the subject. The first sub-sampled image may be generated using a first MRI sequence and a first sub-sampling rate. Each of the one or more second sub-sampled images may be generated using a second MRI sequence and a second sub-sampling rate. The second sub-sampling rate may be smaller than the first sub-sampling rate. The method may include obtaining an image reconstruction model having been trained according to a machine learning technique. The method may further include generating a first full image of the subject corresponding to the first MRI sequence based on the first sub-sampled image, the one or more second sub-sampled images, and the image reconstruction model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING INTELLIGENCE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xuyang LYU, Shu LIAO
  • Publication number: 20210158531
    Abstract: A framework for patient management based on anatomic measurements is described herein. In accordance with one aspect, patient records are clustered into a set of sub-populations based on first anatomic measurements and characteristics extracted from first patient data associated with a population of patients. A representative sub-population similar to a patient may be determined from the set of sub-populations based on the patient data of the patient. A report that presents the second anatomic measurements associated with the patient in relation to corresponding first anatomic measurements associated with the representative sub-population may then be generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Luca Bogoni, Marcos Salganicoff, Matthias Wolf, Shu Liao, Yiqiang Zhan, Gerardo Hermosillo Valadez, Xiang Sean Zhou, Zhigang Peng
  • Patent number: 10949975
    Abstract: A framework for patient management based on anatomic measurements is described herein. In accordance with one aspect, patient records are clustered into a set of sub-populations based on first anatomic measurements and characteristics extracted from first patient data associated with a population of patients. A representative sub-population similar to a patient may be determined from the set of sub-populations based on the patient data of the patient. A report that presents the second anatomic measurements associated with the patient in relation to corresponding first anatomic measurements associated with the representative sub-population may then be generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Luca Bogoni, Marcos Salganicoff, Matthias Wolf, Shu Liao, Yiqiang Zhan, Gerardo Hermosillo-Valadez, Xiang Sean Zhou, Zhigang Peng
  • Publication number: 20210065413
    Abstract: A system for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is provided. The system may obtain at least one training sample each of which includes full MRI data. The system may also obtain a preliminary subsampling model and a preliminary MRI reconstruction model. The system may further generate a subsampling model corresponding to an MRI reconstruction model by jointly training the preliminary subsampling model and the preliminary MRI reconstruction model using the at least one training sample. The subsampling model may be the trained preliminary subsampling model, and the MRI reconstruction model may be at least a portion of the trained preliminary MRI reconstruction model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING INTELLIGENCE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoqian HUANG, Shu LIAO