Patents by Inventor Simon DUCHARME

Simon DUCHARME 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: 12493972
    Abstract: Systems and methods for segmenting 3D images are provided. In an embodiment, the system includes a neural network having a low-resolution module trained to infer a complete low-resolution segmentation from an input low-resolution 3D image and to generate corresponding low-resolution feature maps; and a high-resolution module trained to infer a complete high-resolution segmentation from an input high-resolution 3D image and the feature maps from the low-resolution module. Methods for training the neural network and measuring a volume of an object using the 3D segmentations are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2025
    Assignee: AFX MEDICAL INC.
    Inventors: Dante De Nigris, Gabriel Chartrand, Simon Ducharme
  • Publication number: 20250285265
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting and contouring structures of interest in a 3D image are provided. In an embodiment, a method includes detecting structures of interest from a multi-channel input comprising at least one 3D image and generating a corresponding segmentation map using a first neural network; extracting a plurality of cropped images from the at least one 3D image, each cropped image corresponding to a subregion of the at least one 3D image containing at least one of the detected structures; and estimating contours of the detected structures in the plurality of cropped images and generating corresponding shape representations of the estimated contours using a second neural network. A corresponding system and non-transitory computer-readable medium are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: September 11, 2025
    Applicant: AFX MEDICAL INC.
    Inventors: Gabriel CHARTRAND, Ramon EMILIANI MEJIA, Edward SON, Jeremi LAVOIE, Simon DUCHARME
  • Publication number: 20230386067
    Abstract: Systems and methods for segmenting 3D images are provided. In an embodiment, the system includes a neural network having a low-resolution module trained to infer a complete low-resolution segmentation from an input low-resolution 3D image and to generate corresponding low-resolution feature maps; and a high-resolution module trained to infer a complete high-resolution segmentation from an input high-resolution 3D image and the feature maps from the low-resolution module. Methods for training the neural network and measuring a volume of an object using the 3D segmentations are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: AFX MEDICAL INC.
    Inventors: Dante DE NIGRIS, Gabriel CHARTRAND, Simon DUCHARME