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Individually Optimized Uniform Enhancement in Contrast Enhanced Computed Tomography (CT) Scans
Published Thursday, February 23, 2017CT has become the primary method for to evaluate for pulmonary embolism (PE). However for CT to be diagnostic, uniform contrast enhancement of the pulmonary arterial tree is desired. Obtaining uniform contrast enhancement is difficult because there are numerous factors involved. There are methods for calculating the correct injection rate for...
Investigator(s): Ming Xue, Hao Howard Zhang, Seth Kligerman, Warren D. D’Souza, Wei Lu, Wookjin Choi
Categories: Software + Algorithm
Keyword(s): radiology
Docket: MX-2013-110
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Simetric
Published Monday, December 19, 2016BackgroundChildren undergoing medical procedures experience stressful reactions that can impair treatment and recovery. Currently, hospitals employ various methods to reassure these children, including showing them the treatment room and talking them through the procedure. However, some hospitals lack the necessary resources to accomplish...
Categories: Software + Algorithm, Engineering
Keyword(s): virtual reality, procedure, stress, anxiety, treatment
Docket: IS-2016-073
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Joint Optimization for Social Content Delivery in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks
Published Thursday, August 4, 2016Social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and others use their users’ profiles to recommend content. Relevance of the recommended content to the user is extremely important as it determines the quality of user experience, and thus user’s willingness to continue to utilize the network. Another important factor of user experience is...
Categories: Software + Algorithm, Information Technology
Keyword(s): wireless, content delivery, wireless networks, social networks
Docket: IS-2016-056
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Joint Optimization for Social Content Delivery in Wireless Networks
Published Thursday, August 4, 2016BackgroundSocial networks such as Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and others use their users’ profiles to recommend content. Relevance of the recommended content to the user is extremely important as it determines the quality of user experience, and thus user’s willingness to continue to utilize the network. Another important factor of user...
Categories: Software + Algorithm, Information Technology
Keyword(s): 525
Docket: IS-2016-055
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Method of Optimal Data Repair in Distributed Storage
Published Wednesday, July 13, 2016Distributed storage systems are widely used for data storage, with applications ranging from social networks to file and video sharing. Currently deployed systems are formed of thousands of individual drives (nodes), and drive failures occur on a daily basis. For this reason, companies utilizing or providing distributed storage solutions have...
Categories: Engineering, Software + Algorithm
Keyword(s): data repair; distributed storage; data storage; file sharing; video sharing
Docket: IS-2016-020
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Methods and Apparatus for Cuffless Blood Pressure Measurement
Published Monday, June 20, 2016Background:Hypertension affects ¼ of the world’s population and is a major risk factor for stroke and heart attack – two world leading causes of death. Current hypertension diagnostic resides in-clinic and is performed by the patient’s physician. With roughly 20% of hypertension patients not knowing they have it, and due to high...
Categories: Devices, Diagnostics, Bioengineering, Software + Algorithm
Keyword(s): blood pressure, hypertension, Smartphone
Docket: PS-2016-001
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Motion Artifact Suppression in 4D CT Reconstruction with Iterative Back Projection
Published Thursday, October 15, 2015Computational tomography (CT) is computer-aided reconstruction imaging of X-ray projection data and is commonly used for diagnostic purposes. Although image quality is essential for diagnostic accuracy, CT images are prone to artifacts because the image is reconstructed using multiple measurements and a single error in...
Investigator(s): Byong Yong Yi, Nilesh Mistry, Cedric X Yu, Giovanni Lasio
Categories: Imaging devices, Software + Algorithm
Docket: BY-2014-089
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Method for Image Reconstruction of Moving Radionuclide Source Distributions
Published Monday, September 28, 2015Positron emission tomography (PET) is a functional imaging technique for studying biological processes in vivo for pre-clinical and clinical studies. PET compounds labelled with short-lived positron emitters are delivered to a subject (human, animals or plants). The raw PET scanning data is reconstructed...
Investigator(s): Mark Smith
Categories: Imaging, Software + Algorithm, Other
Keyword(s): PET, SPECT, Image reconstruction, nuclear medicine
Docket: MS-2009-091
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Improving Smartphone Battery Life with Cooperative Relaying on LTE Networks
Published Monday, July 13, 2015BackgroundAs smartphones, tablets, and other mobile devices have become more powerful and cheaper, devices that communicate through cellular networks have become prevalent, if not ubiquitous. However, the utility of these devices are limited by battery life, which has grown at a much slower pace than processing capability, and data...
Categories: Software + Algorithm, Information Technology, Clean Technology, Clean Tech
Keyword(s): 525
Docket: IS-2014-170
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Efficient Mechanisms for Thread Handling in Multithreaded Computer Systems
Published Tuesday, November 11, 2014During the 1980s and the early 1990s, quite a few very talented computer science researchers worked on the following problem: Seek the "ultimate" parallel programming model that will allow easy expression of parallel algorithms and their programs in the model, as well as validation of the model by algorithmic paradigms and solutions for as many...
Categories: Information Technology, Software + Algorithm
Keyword(s): parallel computing, multithreading, SIMD, threading, algorithms
Docket: IS-2006-005