Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation

Technology

A FULLY AUTOMATED SYSTEM FOR MUSCLE SEGMENTATION

UW-Madison and NIH and other collaborators developed an automated system for muscle segmentation that works on CT scans. The system uses 3D U-Net models to segment the muscle in the chest, abdomen, an...
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Perry Pickhardt, Ronald Summers, Sungwon Lee, Jianhua Yao, Daniel Elton, Veit Sandfort, Joseph Burns, Omid Shafaat, Jianfei Liu | P230276US01

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APPARATUS FOR X-RAY CT IMAGING WITH REDUCED PROBE ARTIFACTS

UW-Madison researchers have developed a novel method to reduce artifacts in front of a biopsy needle during CT-guided interventional procedures. The method enables acquisition of interventional CT ima...
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Timothy Szczykutowicz, Martin Wagner, Fred Lee, Allison Couillard | P240098US01

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Reducing Operator Dose in Interventional CT

Computed tomography (CT)-guided interventional procedures are becoming more and more common. However, CT guidance is commonly performed off-line, requiring clinicians to leave the room every time an i...
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Timothy Szczykutowicz, Fred Lee, Emily Knott | P200370US01

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AUTOMATED CT CONTRAST DETECTION

UW researchers have developed a technology for automatically determining whether a CT image was taken with or without contrast media. The technology uses a segmentation to isolate voxels of a vascula...
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John Garrett, Perry Pickhardt, Bryan Pooler | P230127US01

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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERCUTANEOUS NEEDLE INSERTION

UW-Madison researchers have developed a system and method for evaluating percutaneous needle pathways. Implemented in software, the system provides an automatic segmentation of local tissue structures...
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Martin Wagner, Fred Lee, James Hinshaw, Giuseppe Toia, Meridith Kisting | P230141US01

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System And Method Of Quantitative Angiography

Methods and systems are provided for generating quantitative computed tomography (CT) angiographic images using imaging systems that acquire a set of projection views forming CT angiographic image dat...
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Charles Mistretta, Charles Strother | P180044US01

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