David T Rich

US Patent:

6757412, Jun 29, 2004

Filed:

Oct 19, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/425042

Inventors:

Mark David Parsons - Clifton VA
Robert Mack Cothren - Walnut Creek CA
John Scott Birbeck - Farmington UT
David Cardon Rich - Park City UT
Donald E. Waagen - Peoria AZ

Assignee:

Computerzied Thermal Imaging, Inc. - Layton UT

International Classification:

G06K 900

US Classification:

382128, 128922, 2503161, 2503381, 356 51, 600306, 600310, 600475, 374 10, 702135

Abstract:

A system and method is disclosed for helping determine a condition of selected tissue of a patient based on a set of thermal images of the selected tissue acquired over a time period. The image set has image regions with corresponding characteristics indicative of a temperature condition of an associated part of the selected tissue, which had been subjected to a thermal challenge during part of the image acquisition time period. Feature values are determined based on the characteristics of selected image regions. A classifier is applied to the features to provide an indication of the condition of the selected tissue, such as indicating a likelihood of malignancy.

US Patent:

20150369909, Dec 24, 2015

Filed:

Jun 19, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/308979

Inventors:

- Beltsville MD, US
David C. RICH - Stafford VA, US

International Classification:

G01S 7/52
G01S 15/02

Abstract:

An image sensor includes a source configured to output ultrasound, a probe for emitting the ultrasound onto a scan area, the probe being moveable relative to at least two scan locations of the scan area such that the ultrasound will be focused on each of the at least two scan locations as the probe is moved relative to the scan area to provide an array of scanned images, an ultrasonic, two-dimensional array receiver configured to receive ultrasound reflected from each of the at least two scan locations, and a processing unit configured to generate, for a first of the scan locations, a two-dimensional image of the first scan location based on an intensity of the reflected ultrasound from the first scan location, and to generate an aggregate two-dimensional image for the first scan location which integrates plural two-dimensional images generated using reflected ultrasound of the at least two scan locations.