Patents by Inventor Tony Chishao Pan

Tony Chishao Pan 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: 7283652
    Abstract: A method and system for measuring disease relevant tissue changes for use in quantifying, diagnosing and predicting a given disease are provided. The method comprises applying at least one segmenting process to the image data to generate a plurality of segmented regions of interest, extracting features relevant for a given disease from the segmented regions to generate extracted features, and mathematically modeling the features for use in one of diagnosing, quantifying and predicting changes indicative of the given disease. The system comprises an imaging device for acquiring the image data and an image process configured to segment, extract and mathematically model disease relevant features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Paulo Ricardo Mendonca, Matthew William Turek, James Vradenburg Miller, Robert August Kaucic, Peter Henry Tu, Tony Chishao Pan
  • Publication number: 20040101176
    Abstract: A method and system for measuring disease relevant tissue changes for use in quantifying, diagnosing and predicting a given disease are provided. The method comprises applying at least one segmenting process to the image data to generate a plurality of segmented regions of interest, extracting features relevant for a given disease from the segmented regions to generate extracted features, and mathematically modeling the features for use in one of diagnosing, quantifying and predicting changes indicative of the given disease. The system comprises an imaging device for acquiring the image data and an image process configured to segment, extract and mathematically model disease relevant features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Paulo Ricardo Mendonca, Matthew William Turek, James Vradenburg Miller, Robert August Kaucic, Peter Henry Tu, Tony Chishao Pan
  • Patent number: 6675127
    Abstract: Computerized systems and methods for managing the issues and risks associated with a project including an issue management module operable for creating, storing, and searching a plurality of issues, a risk management module operable for creating, storing, and searching a plurality of risks, a processor operable for manipulating information related to the plurality of issues and risks, and a communications network operable for communicating information related to the plurality of issues and risks to and from a plurality of remote users simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Michael Robert LaBlanc, Mark Mitchell Kornfein, Vrinda Rajiv, Jeffrey Paul Norris, Tony Chishao Pan, Hui Gao
  • Publication number: 20020194040
    Abstract: Computerized systems and methods for accessing and displaying project risk management information including an issue management module operable for creating, storing, and graphically displaying the status of a plurality of issues and a risk management module operable for creating, storing, and graphically displaying the status of a plurality of risks. The systems and methods utilizing a plurality of color-coded visual displays for graphically displaying the status of the plurality of issues and risks and a processor operable for manipulating information related to the plurality of issues and risks. The systems and methods further including a communications network operable for communicating information related to the plurality of issues and risks to and from a plurality of remote users simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2001
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventors: Mark Mitchell Kornfein, Michael Robert Lablanc, Jeffrey Paul Norris, Tony Chishao Pan, Hui Gao
  • Publication number: 20020193965
    Abstract: Computerized systems and methods for managing the issues and risks associated with a project including an issue management module operable for creating, storing, and searching a plurality of issues, a risk management module operable for creating, storing, and searching a plurality of risks, a processor operable for manipulating information related to the plurality of issues and risks, and a communications network operable for communicating information related to the plurality of issues and risks to and from a plurality of remote users simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2001
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventors: Michael Robert LaBlanc, Mark Mitchell Kornfein, Vrinda Rajiv, Jeffrey Paul Norris, Tony Chishao Pan, Hui Gao