GPS Independent Lane Level Vehicle Localization
TS-069654 — Technology bundle containing T2025-148 and T2024-150.
The Need
Reliable vehicle localization is critical for autonomous and human-driven vehicles, especially in GPS-denied environments such as dense urban areas, tunnels, and off-road farms and construction sites. Current localization methods relying solely on GPS are prone to signal loss and inaccurac…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Javed, Nur Uddin; Ahmed, Qadeer
- Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana
Motion-Guided Deep Image Prior (M-DIP) for Dynamic Image Reconstruction in Cardiovascular MRI
TS-069527 — The Need
Cardiovascular MRI (CMR) data acquisition is often time-consuming and relies on complex reconstruction methods that do not fully exploit the spatial and temporal structure of CMR data. There is a need for a more efficient, unsupervised approach that can accelerate CMR imaging while maintai…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Ahmad, Rizwan; Chen, Chong; Sultan, Muhammad
- Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder
Vision System Using MDP-Based Tracking for Automated Dimensional Analysis
TS-068440 —
Accurate measurement of physical attributes, such as dimensions, alignments, and surface features, is essential for ensuring quality and consistency across industries. Traditional measurement methods, often reliant on manual tools and human oversight, are time-intensive, prone to errors, and lac…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Allen, Theodore; Rodriguezbuno, Ramiro; Zhang, Yifei
- Licensing Officer: Zinn, Ryan
3D Object-based Segmentation-based Quantification of Spatial Protein Organization (OBS3D)
TS-066233 — Protein analysis is foundational to understanding human physiology and is helpful for basic research, diagnosis, guiding treatment, and monitoring of human disease. There are several widely used platforms for evaluating protein function. The primary tools used in protein analysis on cells and tissues include antibody/aptamer, fluorescent detection systems, and mass spectrometry.
Colocalization analysis is the current standard technique for assessing spatial association of co‐labeled proteins in cells using multicolor immunofluorescence images. However, these tools are limited because multiple antigens nearby exhibit overlapping staining, which leads to inaccurate analys…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Veeraraghavan, Rengasayee
- Licensing Officer: Zinn, Ryan
Systems and Methods of Reminding Drivers of the Stalking Vehicles on the Road
TS-063308 —
In today’s world, privacy and safety are paramount. Being followed by other vehicles during driving can be unnerving and potentially dangerous, leading to privacy leakage and even significant traffic accidents. There is a pressing need for a solution that can detect abnormal following vehicl…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Sun, Wei; Athreya, Kannan
- Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder
A Regularized Conditional GAN for Posterior Sampling in Inverse Problems
TS-063238 — A novel regularization technique applicable for medical imaging applications that leverages conditional generative adversarial networks (cGANs) to generate reconstructed images in significantly shorter timeframes.
The Need
Several techniques are used for image reconstruction in the medical aren…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Bendel, Matthew; Ahmad, Rizwan; Schniter, Philip
- Licensing Officer: Hampton, Andrew
Network-based Approach for Accurate Brain Modeling
TS-062628 — More than a billion people worldwide suffer from some neurological disorders, such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, stroke, autism, addiction, and many others. These conditions result in more than 7 million deaths, with associated costs exceeding $1.5 trillion annua…
- College: College of Arts & Sciences
- Inventors: Cranmer, Skyler; Bhamidi, Shankar; Denny, Mathew; Desmarais, Bruce; Lu, Zhong-Lin; Stillman, Paul; Wilson, James
- Licensing Officer: Dahlman, Jason "Jay"
AI Software for Complex NMR Spectra Analysis
TS-062576 — The Need
Like a molecular “fingerprint”, NMR spectra provide valuable insights into the properties and structures of molecular compounds. However, analyzing and interpreting NMR spectra is inherently challenging as comprehensive and explicit identification of a compound is tedious and t…
- College: College of Arts & Sciences
- Inventors: Li, Da-Wei; Bruschweiler, Rafael
- Licensing Officer: Panic, Ana
AI Software for Complex NMR Spectra Analysis
TS-062574 — The Need
Like a molecular “fingerprint”, NMR spectra provide valuable insights into the properties and structures of molecular compounds. However, analyzing and interpreting NMR spectra is inherently challenging as comprehensive and explicit identification of a compound is tedious and t…
- College: College of Arts & Sciences
- Inventors: Li, Dawei "Dawei"; Bruschweiler, Rafael
- Licensing Officer: Panic, Ana
A novel computational procedure for accelerated, calibrationless magnetic resonance image reconstruction (Free-breathing Accelerated MRI Portfolio)
TS-062487 — Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a versatile noninvasive imaging tool that is routinely used to evaluate many diseases and conditions. MRI offers exquisite soft tissue contrast and high spatial resolution to enable comprehensive structural and functional assessment of internal organs. Recent innovations in data acquisition and processing can expand the clinical applications of MRI.
The Need
A major limitation of MRI is slow data acquisition, which can compromise patient comfort, drive up costs, and increase susceptibility to motion. The clinical adoption of volumetric imaging for musculoskeletal and neuro applications, the growing
demand for free-breathing real-time imaging …
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Zhao, Shen; Ahmad, Rizwan; Potter, Lee
- Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder
Golden-shift Ordered Cartesian sampling (GOC) for Dynamic MRI (Free-breathing Accelerated MRI Portfolio)
TS-062486 — Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a versatile noninvasive imaging tool that is routinely used to evaluate many diseases and conditions. MRI offers exquisite soft tissue contrast and high spatial resolution to enable comprehensive structural and functional assessment of internal organs. Recent innovations in data acquisition and processing can expand the clinical applications of MRI.
The Need
A major limitation of MRI is slow data acquisition, which can compromise patient comfort, drive up costs, and increase susceptibility to motion. The clinical adoption of volumetric imaging for musculoskeletal and neuro applications, the growing
demand for free-breathing real-time imaging …
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Ahmad, Rizwan; Jin, Ning; Liu, Yingmin; Simonetti, Orlando
- Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder
Mass Casualty Incident Virtual Reality Training Simulation
TS-062343 — The Need:
In the face of mass casualty incidents, first responders play a critical role in saving lives and minimizing the impact of disasters. However, traditional training methods using mock patients or mannequin simulators for mass casualty triage are costly, challenging to replicate, and requir…
- College: College of Arts & Sciences
- Inventors: Price, Alan; Berezina-Blackburn, Vitalya; Oliszewski, Alex; Swearingen, Scott; Winegardner, Zachary
- Licensing Officer: Dahlman, Jason "Jay"
Visual Function Mapping Technology: Enhancing Vision Care and Diagnostics
TS-062335 — The Need: In the field of ophthalmology and vision care, there is a critical need for accurate and comprehensive measurements of visual function over the entire visual field. Conditions such as glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration (AMD), diabetes, stroke, pituitary disease, brain tumors, and n…
- College: College of Arts & Sciences
- Inventors: Lu, Zhong-Lin; Lesmes, Luis; Xu, Pengjing "PJ"; Yu, Deyue
- Licensing Officer: Dahlman, Jason "Jay"
MRI Transmit Field Estimation in K-space Domain
TS-062329 — The Need: Medical imaging plays a crucial role in diagnosing various diseases, and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) has emerged as one of the most important imaging modalities due to its safety and effectiveness. Unlike other imaging methods that use ionizing radiation, MRI poses far fewer risks to …
- College: College of Arts & Sciences
- Inventors: Wang, Jinghua; Ding, Yu
- Licensing Officer: Panic, Ana
Correcting Signal Inhomogeneity in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
TS-062309 — The Need: Signal intensity inhomogeneity in Magnetic Resonance (MR) imaging presents a significant challenge, leading to degradation in image quality, obstructed diagnoses, reduced accuracy in quantitative analyses, and increased inter-scanner variability. The lack of effective inhomogeneity correct…
- College: College of Arts & Sciences
- Inventors: Wang, Jinghua; Constable, Robert; Lu, Zhong-Lin
- Licensing Officer: Dahlman, Jason "Jay"
Accurate Characterization of Signal Coil Receive Sensitivity in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
TS-062307 — The Need: Accurate characterization of receiver sensitivity is crucial for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques, particularly fast MRI using multi-channel coils. Different coils sample various parts of the k-space simultaneously during parallel MRI, and the final image's accuracy depends …
- College: College of Arts & Sciences
- Inventors: Wang, Jinghua; Lu, Zhong-Lin
- Licensing Officer: Dahlman, Jason "Jay"
3D Clinical Image-based Pre-surgical planning Tool
TS-053757 —
Modernity has brought with it increased complexity in many areas of our lives, an important one being the healthcare industry. Surgical procedures require increased precision while employing intricate methods. With approximately 20 million surgeries performed each year in the United States alone, …
- College: College of Medicine (COM)
- Inventors: Powell, Kimerly; Adunka, Oliver; Hittle, Bradley; Keith, Jason; Kerwin, Thomas "Thomas"; Stredney, Donald; Wiet, Gregory
- Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder
Process Monitoring of Internal Temperature Distribution of Powder Bed Fusion Parts
TS-047605 — An ensemble kamlan filter (EnKF) state observer algorithm and process monitoring method for more quickly and accurately estimating the internal temperature gradient of Powder Bed Fusion parts for enhanced process monitoring and control.
Powder Bed Fusion (PBF) is a subset of additive manufacturing processes that performs a layer-by-layer fabrication of metal components by selectively melting metal powder disbursed over the earlier layer. PBF processes encompass methods such as selective laser sintering (SLS), direct metal laser s…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Wood, Nathaniel; Hoelzle, David
- Licensing Officer: Zinn, Ryan
Machine-Learning Algorithm for Improved Speech Intelligibility in Noise
TS-042266 — A monaural machine-learning algorithm for classifying time-frequency units in an unknown signal, which results in marked speech-intelligibly improvements in noisy signals.
A primary complaint of hearing-impaired (HI) listeners is poor speech recognition in background noise. This issue can be quite debilitating and persists despite considerable efforts to improve hearing technology. Despite considerable effort, monaural (single-microphone) algorithms capable of incre…
- College: College of Arts & Sciences
- Inventors: Healy, Eric; Vasko, Jordan
- Licensing Officer: Dahlman, Jason "Jay"
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