Hong B Wang

US Patent:

6436044, Aug 20, 2002

Filed:

Feb 14, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/503796

Inventors:

Hong Wang - Bellevue WA

Assignee:

Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. - Iselin NJ

International Classification:

A61B 800

US Classification:

600443

Abstract:

An ultrasound array imaging system ( ) and method for improving beamforming quality and ultimately for improving an ultrasound image are disclosed. The ultrasound array imaging system ( ) includes a transducer ( ), a first beamformer ( ), a second beamformer ( ) and a comparator ( ). The first beamformer ( ) receives a first electronic echo signal from the transducer ( ) and produces a first apodized beam signal in accordance with a first beamforming apodization function. The second beamformer ( ) receives the same electronic echo signal from the transducer ( ) and produces a second apodized beam signal in accordance with a second beamforming apodization function. The first and second apodized beam signals are compared in the comparator ( ) which then combines the first and second apodized beam signals to create a combined apodized beam signal for producing an image that has its lateral and contrast resolution simultaneously optimized.

US Patent:

6689060, Feb 10, 2004

Filed:

Feb 28, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/797213

Inventors:

Robert N. Phelps - Issaquah WA
Hong Wang - Bellevue WA
Zoran B. Banjanin - Newcastle WA
Paul T. Kuhn - Issaquah WA

Assignee:

Siemens Medical Solutions USA, INC - Malvern PA

International Classification:

A61B 800

US Classification:

600437, 36523002

Abstract:

An image processing system according to an implementation of the invention includes a plurality of signal processing modules ( ) inline in a data stream receiving signals. The signal processing modules include input multiplexers ( ) adapted to control an order of or bypassing of processing by the signal processing modules. The signal processing modules may be implemented as hardware-based, nonlinear signal processing modules, such as log compress, decimation, compounding, blending, edge enhancement, automatic gain control, BHNS, lateral, or persistence filters.

US Patent:

6941263, Sep 6, 2005

Filed:

Jun 29, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/896062

Inventors:

Hong Wang - Bellevue WA, US
Vladimir Cuperman - Goleta CA, US
Allen Gersho - Santa Barbara CA, US
Hosam A. Khalil - Bellevue WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond VA

International Classification:

G10L019/14

US Classification:

704219, 704225

Abstract:

A method and system of performing postfiltering in the frequency domain to improve the quality of a speech signal, especially for synthesized speech resulting from codecs of low bit-rate, is provided. The method comprises LPC tilt computation and compensation methods and modules, a formant filter gain computation method and module, and an anti-aliasing method and module. The formant filter gain calculation employs an LPC representation, an all-pole modeling, a non-linear transformation and a phase computation. The LPC used for deriving the postfilter may be transmitted from an encoder or may be estimated from a synthesized or other speech signal in a decoder or receiver. The invention may be implemented in a linked decoder and encoder. A separate LPC evaluation unit that is responsible for processing and or deriving the LPC may be implemented within the invention.

US Patent:

7124077, Oct 17, 2006

Filed:

Jan 28, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/045907

Inventors:

Hong Wang - Bellevue WA, US
Vladimir Cuperman - Goleta CA, US
Allen Gersho - Santa Barbara CA, US
Hosam A. Khalil - Bellevue WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G10L 19/04
G10L 21/02

US Classification:

704206, 704209, 704225

Abstract:

A method and system of performing postfiltering in the frequency domain to improve the quality of a speech signal, especially for synthesized speech resulting from codecs of low bit-rate, is provided. The method comprises LPC tilt computation and compensation methods and modules, a formant filter gain computation method and module, and an anti-aliasing method and module. The formant filter gain calculation employs an LPC representation, an all-pole modeling, a non-linear transformation and a phase computation. The LPC used for deriving the postfilter may be transmitted from an encoder or may be estimated from a synthesized or other speech signal in a decoder or receiver. The invention may be implemented in a linked decoder and encoder. A separate LPC evaluation unit that is responsible for processing and or deriving the LPC may be implemented within the invention.

US Patent:

7319010, Jan 15, 2008

Filed:

May 12, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/844216

Inventors:

Myeong Nam - Seoul, KR
Juan Madoz-Gurpide - Madrid, ES
Hong Wang - Edmonds WA, US
David E. Misek - Ann Arbor MI, US
Samir M. Hanash - Mercer Island WA, US

Assignee:

The Regents of the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor MI

International Classification:

G01N 33/53
C07K 1/00
C07K 16/00

US Classification:

435 71, 530350, 5303871

Abstract:

The present invention relates to compositions and methods for cancer therapies and diagnostics, including but not limited to, cancer markers. In particular, the present invention provides tumor antigens associated with specific cancers and diagnostic assays for the detection of such antigens and associated autoantibodies as indicative of the presence of specific cancers. The present invention further provides cancer immunotherapy utilizing the tumor antigens of the present invention.

US Patent:

7610448, Oct 27, 2009

Filed:

Dec 27, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/646642

Inventors:

Mark Buxton - Chandler AZ, US
Ernie Brickell - Portland OR, US
Quinn A. Jacobson - Sunnyvale CA, US
Hong Wang - Santa Clara CA, US
Baiju Patel - Portland OR, US

Assignee:

Intel Corporation - Santa Clara CA

International Classification:

G06F 12/00
G06F 13/00
G06F 13/28
G06F 12/14
G06F 11/00
G06F 12/16
G06F 15/18
G08B 23/00

US Classification:

711118, 711133, 711144, 711145, 726 22

Abstract:

For each memory location in a set of memory locations associated with a thread, setting an indication associated with the memory location to request a signal if data from the memory location is evicted from a cache; and in response to the signal, reloading the set of memory locations into the cache.

US Patent:

8078801, Dec 13, 2011

Filed:

Sep 17, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/562041

Inventors:

Mark Buxton - Chandler AZ, US
Ernie Brickell - Portland OR, US
Quinn A. Jacobson - Sunnyvale CA, US
Hong Wang - Santa Clara CA, US
Baiju Patel - Portland OR, US

Assignee:

Intel Corporation - Santa Clara CA

International Classification:

G06F 12/12
G06F 11/30

US Classification:

711118, 711133, 711144, 711145, 711E12069, 726 22

Abstract:

For each memory location in a set of memory locations associated with a thread, setting an indication associated with the memory location to request a signal if data from the memory location is evicted from a cache; and in response to the signal, reloading the set of memory locations into the cache.

US Patent:

8394742, Mar 12, 2013

Filed:

Apr 14, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/910591

Inventors:

Daniel D. Von Hoff - Scottsdale AZ, US
Haiyong Han - Chandler AZ, US
Hong Wang - East Brunswick NJ, US
Gary A. Flynn - Oro Valley AZ, US

Assignee:

The Translation Genomics Research Institute - Phoenix AZ
The Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona - Tucson AZ

International Classification:

C40B 30/06
C12N 15/11

US Classification:

506 10, 514 44 A

Abstract:

This invention is directed to methods for screening and identification of compounds capable of selectively eliminating cancer cells with specific loss-of-function alterations, including but not limited to mutations, deletions, hypermethylations, and other types of gene silencing. This invention is also directed to novel compounds that selectively eliminate cancer cells with specific loss-of-function alterations. Furthermore, this invention is directed to methods for production and therapeutic use of compounds that selectively eliminate cancer cells with specific loss-of-function alterations.