Patents by Inventor Yongfeng YANG

Yongfeng YANG 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: 11915401
    Abstract: An apriori guidance network for multitask medical image synthesis is provided. The apriori guidance network includes a generator and a discriminator, wherein the generator includes an apriori guidance module configured to convert an input feature map into a target modal image pointing to a target domain according to an apriori feature, and the apriori feature is a deep feature of the target modal image. The generator is configured to generate a corresponding target domain image by taking the apriori feature of the target modal image and source modal image data as an input. The discriminator is configured to discriminate an authenticity of the target domain image outputted by the generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN INSTITUTES OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Dong Liang, Zhanli Hu, Hairong Zheng, Xin Liu, Qingneng Li, Yongfeng Yang
  • Publication number: 20240046459
    Abstract: A low-dose PET image restoration method and system, a device, and a medium are provided. The method includes: S1, performing blocking processing on a training image comprising a low-dose PET image, an MR image, and a standard-dose PET image to obtain a first patch, and performing first preprocessing on the first patch to obtain a second patch; S2, obtaining, according to the second patch, a first joint dictionary by means of sparse coding and dictionary updating; and S3, restoring the low-dose PET image to a restored image of the standard-dose PET image according to the first joint dictionary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: SHENZHEN INSTITUTES OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Zhanli HU, Hairong ZHENG, Dong LIANG, Yongfeng YANG, Xin LIU, Yingjie XU
  • Patent number: 11756161
    Abstract: The present application relates to a method and system for generating multi-task learning-type generative adversarial network for low-dose PET reconstruction, and relates to the field of deep learning. The method includes connecting layers of the encoder with layers of the decoder by skip connection to provide a U-Net type picture generator; generating a group of generative adversarial networks by matching a plurality of picture generators with a plurality of discriminators in one-to-one manner; obtaining a first multi-task learning-type generative adversarial network; designing a joint loss function 1 for improving image quality; and training the first multi-task learning-type generative adversarial network according to the joint loss function 1 in combination with an optimizer to provide a second multi-task learning-type generative adversarial network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN INSTITUTES OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Zhanli Hu, Hairong Zheng, Na Zhang, Xin Liu, Dong Liang, Yongfeng Yang, Hanyu Sun
  • Publication number: 20230047647
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for training a magnetic resonance imaging model, electronic devices and computer readable storage media are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Hairong ZHENG, Xin LIU, Na ZHANG, Zhanli HU, Qihang CHEN, Dong LIANG, Yongfeng YANG
  • Publication number: 20230033666
    Abstract: A medical image noise reduction method, system, terminal and storage medium are disclosed. The method includes: obtaining a standard-dose PET image and a. constant-value image; inputting the standard-dose PET image and the constant-value image into a decay function to obtain a corresponding low-dose noisy PET image and a noisy constant-value image, respectively; assembling the low-dose noisy PET image and the noisy constant-value image in a width dimension or a height dimension, and then inputting into a trained conjugate generative adversarial network, and outputting a denoised PET image and constant-value image output by the conjugate generative adversarial network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: HAIRONG ZHENG, XIN LIU, NA ZHANG, ZHANLI HU, DONG LIANG, YONGFENG YANG, QI YANG
  • Publication number: 20230031910
    Abstract: An apriori guidance network for multitask medical image synthesis is provided. The apriori guidance network includes a generator and a discriminator, wherein the generator includes an apriori guidance module configured to convert an input feature map into a target modal image pointing to a target domain according to an apriori feature, and the apriori feature is a deep feature of the target modal image. The generator is configured to generate a corresponding target domain image by taking the apriori feature of the target modal image and source modal image data as an input. The discriminator is configured to discriminate an authenticity of the target domain image outputted by the generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: SHENZHEN INSTITUTES OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Dong LIANG, Zhanli HU, Hairong ZHENG, Xin LIU, Qingneng LI, Yongfeng YANG
  • Publication number: 20220319069
    Abstract: A method, device and equipment for reconstructing a PET image are provided. The method includes acquiring a prior image comprising an anatomical image and an autocorrelation feature image, the autocorrelation feature image being determined based on gray-level co-occurrence matrix of the anatomical image; and acquiring a feature value of the prior image; reconstructing the PET image according to the feature value and an iterative algorithm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicants: SHENZHEN INSTITUTES OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY, SHENZHEN INSTITUTES OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Zhanli HU, Hairong ZHENG, Dong LIANG, Xin LIU, Yongfeng YANG, Dongfang GAO
  • Publication number: 20220283325
    Abstract: A method for processing positron emission tomography data is provided, this method includes: obtaining a first coordinate and a second coordinate respectively corresponding to two ends of a response line to be processed; determining corresponding dimensional coordinates of the response line to be processed in a sinogram based on the first coordinate and the second coordinate; and generating the sinogram corresponding to the response line to be processed based on the dimensional coordinates. According to this method, the amount of calculation of system matrix is reduced, the accuracy of position information of the generated response line is improved, and the accuracy of generated sinogram is improved accordingly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: SHENZHEN INSTITUTES OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Zhanli HU, Yongfeng YANG, Chunhui ZHANG, Zhonghua KUANG, Xiaohui WANG, San WU, Dong LIANG, Xin LIU, Hairong ZHENG
  • Publication number: 20220188978
    Abstract: The present application relates to a method and system for generating multi-task learning-type generative adversarial network for low-dose PET reconstruction, and relates to the field of deep learning. The method includes connecting layers of the encoder with layers of the decoder by skip connection to provide a U-Net type picture generator; generating a group of generative adversarial networks by matching a plurality of picture generators with a plurality of discriminators in one-to-one manner; obtaining a first multi-task learning-type generative adversarial network; designing a joint loss function 1 for improving image quality; and training the first multi-task learning-type generative adversarial network according to the joint loss function 1 in combination with an optimizer to provide a second multi-task learning-type generative adversarial network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: SHENZHEN INSTITUTES OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Zhanli HU, Hairong ZHENG, Na ZHANG, Xin LIU, Dong LIANG, Yongfeng YANG, Hanyu SUN
  • Patent number: 11210783
    Abstract: A method of processing plaques in magnetic resonance imaging of vessel wall include: step S101, training a generative adversarial network and a capsule neural network to obtain a trained generator network and a trained capsule neural network; and step S102, cascade-connecting the trained generator network with the capsule neural network into a system to recognize and classify plaques in magnetic resonance imaging of vessel wall. In one aspect, the capsule neural network has more abundant vascular plaques characteristic information represented by vector; in another aspect, when the trained generator network and the capsule neural network are cascaded into the system to recognize and classify the plaques in magnetic resonance imaging of vessel wall, an accuracy of recognition and classification may be greatly improved. A device for processing the method as well as a computer for implementing are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology
    Inventors: Hairong Zheng, Xin Liu, Na Zhang, Zhanli Hu, Dong Liang, Yongfeng Yang
  • Publication number: 20210366168
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a PET image reconstruction method, a computer storage medium, and a computer device. The method includes: step 1, obtaining projection data Y and a system matrix P of a PET image; step 2, constructing an imaging model equation Y=PX, in which X is a reconstructed PET image; step 3, obtaining the initial reconstructed image X, and iteratively updating the initial reconstructed image X according to a first objective function to obtain a first reconstructed image; step 4, iteratively updating the first reconstructed image according to the second objective function to obtain the second reconstructed image; and step 5, determining whether an iteration condition is satisfied, if yes, outputting the current round of iteration to obtain the second reconstructed image as a final PET reconstructed image, and if not, returning to step 3 and using the second reconstructed image in the current round of iteration as an initial reconstructed image in the next round of iteration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Zhanli Hu, Yongfeng Yang, Dong Liang, Xin Liu, Hairong Zheng
  • Publication number: 20200320704
    Abstract: A method of processing plaques in magnetic resonance imaging of vessel wall include: step S101, training a generative adversarial network and a capsule neural network to obtain a trained generator network and a trained capsule neural network; and step S102, cascade-connecting the trained generator network with the capsule neural network into a system to recognize and classify plaques in magnetic resonance imaging of vessel wall. In one aspect, the capsule neural network has more abundant vascular plaques characteristic information represented by vector; in another aspect, when the trained generator network and the capsule neural network are cascaded into the system to recognize and classify the plaques in magnetic resonance imaging of vessel wall, an accuracy of recognition and classification may be greatly improved. A device for processing the method as well as a computer for implementing are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Hairong ZHENG, Xin LIU, Na ZHANG, Zhanli HU, Dong LIANG, Yongfeng YANG
  • Patent number: 9446474
    Abstract: An electrode cap grinding and changing machine is provided. The machine includes a frame, a drive motor having an output end and a balanced floating unit, wherein the balanced floating unit is arranged on the frame, and the drive motor is arranged on the balanced floating unit, the output end of the drive motor penetrates through the balanced floating unit and then is connected with a working table having two sides, the two sides of the working table having a cap dismounting unit and a cap grinding unit drivably interconnected with the output end of the drive motor, and electrode cap storage units arranged at an outermost end of the two sides of the working table or on the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Guangzhou MINO Automotive Equipment Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Weibing Yao, Ting Zhang, Lianjun Zheng, Xingda Cao, Zhicheng Sun, Yongfeng Yang, Zhihao Cheng, Zhencheng Chen, Yi He
  • Publication number: 20150258625
    Abstract: An electrode cap grinding and changing machine is provided. The machine includes a frame, a drive motor having an output end and a balanced floating unit, wherein the balanced floating unit is arranged on the frame, and the drive motor is arranged on the balanced floating unit, the output end of the drive motor penetrates through the balanced floating unit and then is connected with a working table having two sides, the two sides of the working table having a cap dismounting unit and a cap grinding unit drivably interconnected with the output end of the drive motor, and electrode cap storage units arranged at an outermost end of the two sides of the working table or on the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: GUANGZHOU MINO AUTOMOTIVE EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Weibing YAO, Ting ZHANG, Lianjun ZHENG, Xingda CAO, Zhicheng SUN, Yongfeng YANG, Zhihao CHENG, Zhencheng CHEN, Yi HE