Patents by Inventor Wei-Ning Lee

Wei-Ning Lee 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: 11852754
    Abstract: System and method of ultrasound imaging methodology are provided. The system and method can include directing an array to transmit sets of cascaded titled ultrasound waves towards a tissue sample, decoding reflected signals through summing, subtracting, and delay operations. The reflected signals can be reconstructed to provide a final decoded output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Versitech Limited
    Inventors: Yang Zhang, Yuexin Guo, Wei-Ning Lee
  • Publication number: 20210000450
    Abstract: System and method of ultrasound imaging methodology are provided. The system and method can include directing an array to transmit sets of cascaded titled ultrasound waves towards a tissue sample, decoding reflected signals through summing, subtracting, and delay operations. The reflected signals can be reconstructed to provide a final decoded output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Yang ZHANG, Yuexin GUO, Wei-Ning LEE
  • Publication number: 20130066211
    Abstract: Systems and methods for composite myocardial elastography are presented. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention an imaging modality field of view, such as, for example, that of ultrasound, can be divided into N sectors, each having 1/Nth of a full field of view. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention a temporal series of 2D ultrasound images for each of the N sectors can be acquired over a duration of one or more periods of a periodic signal. Substantially simultaneously, such a periodic signal can also be acquired, wherein each of said series of 2D ultrasound images for each sector can be triggered using said periodic signal. For example, for ultrasound imaging of the heart, an ECG signal can function as such a periodic signal. The data from the various N sectors can be synchronized in time using the ECG signals, and the ultrasound signals from each of the N sectors combined to generate a series of composite ultrasound images at the frame rate of the individual sectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Elisa E. Konofagou, Simon Fung-Kee-Fung, Shougang Wang, Wei-Ning Lee
  • Patent number: 8150128
    Abstract: Systems and methods for composite elastography and wave imaging are presented. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention an imaging modality field of view, such as, for example, that of ultrasound, can be divided into N sectors, each having 1/Nth of a full field of view. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention a temporal series of 2D or 3D ultrasound images for each of the N sectors can be acquired over a duration of one or more periods of a periodic signal. Substantially simultaneously, such a periodic signal can also be acquired, wherein each of said series of 2D ultrasound images for each sector can be triggered or gated using said periodic signal. For example, for ultrasound imaging of the heart, an ECG signal can function as such a periodic signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Elisa E. Konofagou, Simon Fung-Kee-Fung, Shougang Wang, Wei-Ning Lee
  • Publication number: 20080285819
    Abstract: Systems and methods for composite elastography and wave imaging are presented. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention an imaging modality field of view, such as, for example, that of ultrasound, can be divided into N sectors, each having 1/Nth of a full field of view. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention a temporal series of 2D or 3D ultrasound images for each of the N sectors can be acquired over a duration of one or more periods of a periodic signal. Substantially simultaneously, such a periodic signal can also be acquired, wherein each of said series of 2D ultrasound images for each sector can be triggered or gated using said periodic signal. For example, for ultrasound imaging of the heart, an ECG signal can function as such a periodic signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventors: Elisa E. Konofagou, Simon Fung-Kee-Fung, Shougang Wang, Wei-Ning Lee