Patents by Inventor Ulas Bagci

Ulas Bagci 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: 11915408
    Abstract: A smart, human-centered technique that uses artificial intelligence and mixed reality to accelerate essential tasks of the inspectors such as defect measurement, condition assessment and data processing. For example, a bridge inspector can analyze some remote cracks located on a concrete pier, estimate their dimensional properties and perform condition assessment in real-time. The inspector can intervene in any step of the analysis/assessment and correct the operations of the artificial intelligence. Thereby, the inspector and the artificial intelligence will collaborate/communicate for improved visual inspection. This collective intelligence framework can be integrated in a mixed reality supported see-through headset or a hand-held device with the availability of sufficient hardware and sensors. Consequently, the methods reduce the inspection time and associated labor costs while ensuring reliable and objective infrastructure evaluation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Enes Karaaslan, Fikret Necati Catbas, Ulas Bagci
  • Patent number: 11893724
    Abstract: A smart, human-centered technique that uses artificial intelligence and mixed reality to accelerate essential tasks of the inspectors such as defect measurement, condition assessment and data processing. For example, a bridge inspector can analyze some remote cracks located on a concrete pier, estimate their dimensional properties and perform condition assessment in real-time. The inspector can intervene in any step of the analysis/assessment and correct the operations of the artificial intelligence. Thereby, the inspector and the artificial intelligence will collaborate/communicate for improved visual inspection. This collective intelligence framework can be integrated in a mixed reality supported see-through headset or a hand-held device with the availability of sufficient hardware and sensors. Consequently, the methods reduce the inspection time and associated labor costs while ensuring reliable and objective infrastructure evaluation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Enes Karaaslan, Fikret Necati Catbas, Ulas Bagci
  • Patent number: 11730387
    Abstract: A method of detecting and diagnosing cancers characterized by the presence of at least one nodule/neoplasm from an imaging scan is presented. To detect nodules in an imaging scan, a 3D CNN using a single feed forward pass of a single network is used. After detection, risk stratification is performed using a supervised or an unsupervised deep learning method to assist in characterizing the detected nodule/neoplasm as benign or malignant. The supervised learning method relies on a 3D CNN used with transfer learning and a graph regularized sparse MTL to determine malignancy. The unsupervised learning method uses clustering to generate labels after which label proportions are used with a novel algorithm to classify malignancy. The method assists radiologists in improving detection rates of lung nodules to facilitate early detection and minimizing errors in diagnosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Ulas Bagci, Naji Khosravan, Sarfaraz Hussein
  • Publication number: 20230214983
    Abstract: A smart, human-centered technique that uses artificial intelligence and mixed reality to accelerate essential tasks of the inspectors such as defect measurement, condition assessment and data processing. For example, a bridge inspector can analyze some remote cracks located on a concrete pier, estimate their dimensional properties and perform condition assessment in real-time. The inspector can intervene in any step of the analysis/assessment and correct the operations of the artificial intelligence. Thereby, the inspector and the artificial intelligence will collaborate/communicate for improved visual inspection. This collective intelligence framework can be integrated in a mixed reality supported see-through headset or a hand-held device with the availability of sufficient hardware and sensors. Consequently, the methods reduce the inspection time and associated labor costs while ensuring reliable and objective infrastructure evaluation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Enes Karaaslan, Fikret Necati Catbas, Ulas Bagci
  • Publication number: 20230131469
    Abstract: A smart, human-centered technique that uses artificial intelligence and mixed reality to accelerate essential tasks of the inspectors such as defect measurement, condition assessment and data processing. For example, a bridge inspector can analyze some remote cracks located on a concrete pier, estimate their dimensional properties and perform condition assessment in real-time. The inspector can intervene in any step of the analysis/assessment and correct the operations of the artificial intelligence. Thereby, the inspector and the artificial intelligence will collaborate/communicate for improved visual inspection. This collective intelligence framework can be integrated in a mixed reality supported see-through headset or a hand-held device with the availability of sufficient hardware and sensors. Consequently, the methods reduce the inspection time and associated labor costs while ensuring reliable and objective infrastructure evaluation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Enes Karaaslan, Fikret Necati Catbas, Ulas Bagci
  • Patent number: 11551344
    Abstract: A smart, human-centered technique that uses artificial intelligence and mixed reality to accelerate essential tasks of the inspectors such as defect measurement, condition assessment and data processing. For example, a bridge inspector can analyze some remote cracks located on a concrete pier, estimate their dimensional properties and perform condition assessment in real-time. The inspector can intervene in any step of the analysis/assessment and correct the operations of the artificial intelligence. Thereby, the inspector and the artificial intelligence will collaborate/communicate for improved visual inspection. This collective intelligence framework can be integrated in a mixed reality supported see-through headset or a hand-held device with the availability of sufficient hardware and sensors. Consequently, the methods reduce the inspection time and associated labor costs while ensuring reliable and objective infrastructure evaluation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Enes Karaaslan, Fikret Necati Catbas, Ulas Bagci
  • Patent number: 11514579
    Abstract: An improved method of performing object segmentation and classification that reduces the memory required to perform these tasks, while increasing predictive accuracy. The improved method utilizes a capsule network with dynamic routing. Capsule networks allow for the preservation of information about the input by replacing max-pooling layers with convolutional strides and dynamic routing, allowing for the reconstruction of an input image from output capsule vectors. The present invention expands the use of capsule networks to the task of object segmentation and medical image-based cancer diagnosis for the first time in the literature; extends the idea of convolutional capsules with locally-connected routing and propose the concept of deconvolutional capsules; extends the masked reconstruction to reconstruct the positive input class; and proposes a capsule-based pooling operation for diagnosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Ulas Bagci, Rodney LaLonde, Naji Khosravan
  • Publication number: 20210279881
    Abstract: An improved method of performing object segmentation and classification that reduces the memory required to perform these tasks, while increasing predictive accuracy. The improved method utilizes a capsule network with dynamic routing. Capsule networks allow for the preservation of information about the input by replacing max-pooling layers with convolutional strides and dynamic routing, allowing for the reconstruction of an input image from output capsule vectors. The present invention expands the use of capsule networks to the task of object segmentation and medical image-based cancer diagnosis for the first time in the literature; extends the idea of convolutional capsules with locally-connected routing and propose the concept of deconvolutional capsules; extends the masked reconstruction to reconstruct the positive input class; and proposes a capsule-based pooling operation for diagnosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Ulas Bagci, Rodney LaLonde, Naji Khosravan
  • Patent number: 11064902
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, systems, methods, and media for automatically diagnosing IPMNs using multi-modal MRI data are provided. In some embodiments, a system comprises: an MRI scanner; and a processor programmed to: prompt a user to select a slice of T1 and T2 MRI data including the subject's pancreas; generate minimum and maximum intensity projections based consecutive slices of the T1 and T2 MRI data; provide the projections to an image recognition CNN, and receive feature vectors for each from a fully connected layer; perform a canonical correlation analysis to determine correlations between the feature vectors; and provide a resultant vector to an SVM that determines whether the subject's pancreas includes IPMNs based on a vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignees: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael B. Wallace, Candice Bolan, Ulas Bagci, Rodney Duane LaLonde, III
  • Publication number: 20210174492
    Abstract: A smart, human-centered technique that uses artificial intelligence and mixed reality to accelerate essential tasks of the inspectors such as defect measurement, condition assessment and data processing. For example, a bridge inspector can analyze some remote cracks located on a concrete pier, estimate their dimensional properties and perform condition assessment in real-time. The inspector can intervene in any step of the analysis/assessment and correct the operations of the artificial intelligence. Thereby, the inspector and the artificial intelligence will collaborate/communicate for improved visual inspection. This collective intelligence framework can be integrated in a mixed reality supported see-through headset or a hand-held device with the availability of sufficient hardware and sensors. Consequently, the methods reduce the inspection time and associated labor costs while ensuring reliable and objective infrastructure evaluation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Enes Karaaslan, Fikret Necati Catbas, Ulas Bagci
  • Patent number: 11010902
    Abstract: An improved method of performing object segmentation and classification that reduces the memory required to perform these tasks, while increasing predictive accuracy. The improved method utilizes a capsule network with dynamic routing. Capsule networks allow for the preservation of information about the input by replacing max-pooling layers with convolutional strides and dynamic routing, allowing for the reconstruction of an input image from output capsule vectors. The present invention expands the use of capsule networks to the task of object segmentation and medical image-based cancer diagnosis for the first time in the literature; extends the idea of convolutional capsules with locally-connected routing and propose the concept of deconvolutional capsules; extends the masked reconstruction to reconstruct the positive input class; and proposes a capsule-based pooling operation for diagnosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Ulas Bagci, Rodney LaLonde
  • Patent number: 10839520
    Abstract: A system and method for using gaze information to extract visual attention information combined with computer derived local saliency information from medical images to (1) infer object and background cues from a region of interest indicated by the eye-tracking and (2) perform a medical image segmentation process. Moreover, an embodiment is configured to notify a medical professional of overlooked regions on medical images and/or train the medical professional to review regions that he/she often overlooks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary, Department of Health & Human Services
    Inventors: Bradford J. Wood, Haydar Celik, Ulas Bagci, Ismail Baris Turkbey
  • Publication number: 20200160997
    Abstract: A method of detecting and diagnosing cancers characterized by the presence of at least one nodule/neoplasm from an imaging scan is presented. To detect nodules in an imaging scan, a 3D CNN using a single feed forward pass of a single network is used. After detection, risk stratification is performed using a supervised or an unsupervised deep learning method to assist in characterizing the detected nodule/neoplasm as benign or malignant. The supervised learning method relies on a 3D CNN used with transfer learning and a graph regularized sparse MTL to determine malignancy. The unsupervised learning method uses clustering to generate labels after which label proportions are used with a novel algorithm to classify malignancy. The method assists radiologists in improving detection rates of lung nodules to facilitate early detection and minimizing errors in diagnosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Ulas Bagci, Naji Khosravan, Sarfaraz Hussein
  • Publication number: 20200000362
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, systems, methods, and media for automatically diagnosing IPMNs using multi-modal MRI data are provided. In some embodiments, a system comprises: an MRI scanner; and a processor programmed to: prompt a user to select a slice of T1 and T2 MRI data including the subject's pancreas; generate minimum and maximum intensity projections based consecutive slices of the T1 and T2 MRI data; provide the projections to an image recognition CNN, and receive feature vectors for each from a fully connected layer; perform a canonical correlation analysis to determine correlations between the feature vectors; and provide a resultant vector to an SVM that determines whether the subject's pancreas includes IPMNs based on a vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Michael B. Wallace, Candice Bolan, Ulas Bagci, Rodney Duane LaLonde, III
  • Publication number: 20190370972
    Abstract: An improved method of performing object segmentation and classification that reduces the memory required to perform these tasks, while increasing predictive accuracy. The improved method utilizes a capsule network with dynamic routing. Capsule networks allow for the preservation of information about the input by replacing max-pooling layers with convolutional strides and dynamic routing, allowing for the reconstruction of an input image from output capsule vectors. The present invention expands the use of capsule networks to the task of object segmentation and medical image-based cancer diagnosis for the first time in the literature; extends the idea of convolutional capsules with locally-connected routing and propose the concept of deconvolutional capsules; extends the masked reconstruction to reconstruct the positive input class; and proposes a capsule-based pooling operation for diagnosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Ulas Bagci, Rodney LaLonde
  • Patent number: 10157462
    Abstract: A system and method for automatically detecting and quantifying adiposity distribution is presented herein. The system detects, segments and quantifies white and brown fat adipose tissues at the whole-body, body region, and organ levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Ulas Bagci, Sarfaraz Hussein
  • Publication number: 20180268552
    Abstract: A system and method for using gaze information to extract visual attention information combined with computer derived local saliency information from medical images to (1) infer object and background cues from a region of interest indicated by the eye-tracking and (2) perform a medical image segmentation process. Moreover, an embodiment is configured to notify a medical professional of overlooked regions on medical images and/or train the medical professional to review regions that he/she often overlooks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Bradford J. Wood, Haydar Celik, Ulas Bagci, Baris Turkbey
  • Publication number: 20180165808
    Abstract: A system and method for automatically detecting and quantifying adiposity distribution is presented herein. The system detects, segments and quantifies white and brown fat adipose tissues at the whole-body, body region, and organ levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Ulas Bagci, Sarfaraz Hussein