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).
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Publication number: 20240193754Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2024Publication date: June 13, 2024Inventors: Enes Karaaslan, Fikret Necati Catbas, Ulas Bagci
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Patent number: 11915408Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 28, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Enes Karaaslan, Fikret Necati Catbas, Ulas Bagci
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Patent number: 11893724Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 28, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Enes Karaaslan, Fikret Necati Catbas, Ulas Bagci
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Patent number: 11730387Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 4, 2019Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Ulas Bagci, Naji Khosravan, Sarfaraz Hussein
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Publication number: 20230214983Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2022Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: Enes Karaaslan, Fikret Necati Catbas, Ulas Bagci
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Publication number: 20230131469Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Inventors: Enes Karaaslan, Fikret Necati Catbas, Ulas Bagci
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Patent number: 11551344Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 9, 2020Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Enes Karaaslan, Fikret Necati Catbas, Ulas Bagci
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Patent number: 11514579Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 12, 2021Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Ulas Bagci, Rodney LaLonde, Naji Khosravan
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Publication number: 20210279881Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2021Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventors: Ulas Bagci, Rodney LaLonde, Naji Khosravan
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Patent number: 11064902Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 1, 2019Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignees: 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
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Publication number: 20210174492Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2020Publication date: June 10, 2021Inventors: Enes Karaaslan, Fikret Necati Catbas, Ulas Bagci
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Patent number: 11010902Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 4, 2019Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Ulas Bagci, Rodney LaLonde
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Patent number: 10839520Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 5, 2018Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary, Department of Health & Human ServicesInventors: Bradford J. Wood, Haydar Celik, Ulas Bagci, Ismail Baris Turkbey
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Publication number: 20200160997Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2019Publication date: May 21, 2020Inventors: Ulas Bagci, Naji Khosravan, Sarfaraz Hussein
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Publication number: 20200000362Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Inventors: Michael B. Wallace, Candice Bolan, Ulas Bagci, Rodney Duane LaLonde, III
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Publication number: 20190370972Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Inventors: Ulas Bagci, Rodney LaLonde
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Patent number: 10157462Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 27, 2017Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Ulas Bagci, Sarfaraz Hussein
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Publication number: 20180268552Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2018Publication date: September 20, 2018Inventors: Bradford J. Wood, Haydar Celik, Ulas Bagci, Baris Turkbey
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Publication number: 20180165808Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2017Publication date: June 14, 2018Inventors: Ulas Bagci, Sarfaraz Hussein