Patents by Inventor Stephen Pizer

Stephen Pizer 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: 9495746
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for real-time 2D/3D deformable registration using metric learning are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method for real-time 2D/3D deformable registration using metric learning includes creating a catalog of simulated 2D projection images based on a reference 3D image and a shape space of 3D deformations, where each entry in the catalog is created by: applying to the reference 3D image a set of deformation parameters from the shape space of deformations; simulating a 2D projection of the result; associating the simulated 2D projection image with the deformation parameters used to create the simulated 2D projection image; and storing the simulated 2D projection image and associated deformation parameters in the catalog.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL
    Inventors: Chen-Rui Chou, Stephen Pizer
  • Publication number: 20160012592
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for real-time 2D/3D deformable registration using metric learning are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method for real-time 2D/3D deformable registration using metric learning includes creating a catalogue of simulated 2D projection images based on a reference 3D image and a shape space of 3D deformations, where each entry in the catalogue is created by: applying to the reference 3D image a set of deformation parameters from the shape space of deformations; simulating a 2D projection of the result; associating the simulated 2D projection image with the deformation parameters used to create the simulated 2D projection image; and storing the simulated 2D projection image and associated deformation parameters in the catalogue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Chen-Rui CHOU, Stephen PIZER
  • Patent number: 8666128
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for mapping a model of an object comprising an anatomical structure in a planning image and an intervention target region within it to intervention-guiding image data are disclosed. According to one method, an initial medial representation object model (m-rep) of an object comprising an anatomical structure is created based on image data of at least a first instance of the object. A patient-specific m-rep is created by deforming the initial m-rep based on planning image data of at least a second instance of the object, wherein the at least second instance of the object is associated with the patient. An intervention target region within the m-rep is identified in an image registered with the planning image. The patient-specific m-rep is correlated to the intervention-guiding image data of the at least second instance of the object, deformed from the planning image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Inventors: Edward L. Chaney, Stephen Pizer, Lester Kwock, Eric Wallen, William Hyslop, Robert Broadhurst
  • Publication number: 20120027278
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for mapping a model of an object comprising an anatomical structure in a planning image and an intervention target region within it to intervention-guiding image data are disclosed. According to one method, an initial medial representation object model (m-rep) of an object comprising an anatomical structure is created based on image data of at least a first instance of the object. A patient-specific m-rep is created by deforming the initial m-rep based on planning image data of at least a second instance of the object, wherein the at least second instance of the object is associated with the patient. An intervention target region within the m-rep is identified in an image registered with the planning image. The patient-specific m-rep is correlated to the intervention-guiding image data of the at least second instance of the object, deformed from the planning image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventors: Edward L. Chaney, Stephen Pizer, Lester Kwock, Eric Wallen, William Hyslop, Robert Broadhurst