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Richard U. Rodriguez,
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and Transfer, Office of Technology Transfer,
National Institutes of Health.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Prospective Grant of Exclusive
License: Method for Segmenting
Medical Images and Detecting Surface
Anomalies in Anatomical Structures
National Institutes of Health,
Public Health Service, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This is notice, in accordance
with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37 CFR
404.7(a)(1)(i), that the National
Institutes of Health (NIH), Department
of Health and Human Services, is
contemplating the grant of an exclusive
license to practice the inventions
embodied in U.S. Patents: 6,246,784
filed August 18, 1998 and issued June
12, 2001; 6,345,112 filed January 19,
2001 and issued February 5, 2002; and
6,556,696 filed February 5, 2002 and
issued April 29, 2003; each entitled
‘‘Method for segmenting medical images
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and detecting surface anomalies in
anatomical structures,’’ by Ronald M.
Summers et al., to iCAD, Inc. having a
place of business in 98 Spit Brook Road,
Suite 100, Nashua, NH 03062 USA. The
patent rights in this invention have been
assigned to the United States of
America.
DATES: Only written comments and/or
application for a license that are
received by the NIH Office of
Technology Transfer on or before May
10, 2012 will be considered.
ADDRESSES: Requests for a copy of the
patent application, inquiries, comments
and other materials relating to the
contemplated license should be directed
to: Tedd Fenn, Office of Technology
Transfer, National Institutes of Health,
6011 Executive Boulevard, Suite 325,
Rockville, MD 20852–3804; Email:
Tedd.Fenn@mail.nih.gov; Telephone:
301–435–5031; Facsimile: 301–402–
0220.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
invention relates to methods of
processing medical image data to extract
information about organ structure and
reconstruct the anatomical image in a
virtual 3D model to detect anomalies.
The methods help solve imaging
problems such as image ‘‘leakage,’’
which causes distortion, overloads
datasets and slows the 3D modeling
display. Once the image is assembled,
additional processing methods can
detect surface anomalies by comparing
the curvature characteristics of anatomy
to curvature characteristics anomalies.
The anomalies in the image can be
colorized or otherwise identified in the
image to enhance detection. This is
helpful to identify harmful features such
as precancerous polyps or other
anomalies.
The field of use may be limited to
‘‘computer aided detection in
colonography.’’
The prospective worldwide exclusive
license will be royalty bearing and will
comply with the terms and conditions
of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7. The
prospective exclusive license may be
granted unless, within thirty (30) days
from the date of this published Notice,
NIH receives written evidence and
argument that establishes that the grant
of the license would not be consistent
with the requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209
and 37 CFR 404.7.
Properly filed competing applications
for a license filed in response to this
notice will be treated as objections to
the contemplated license. Comments
and objections submitted in response to
this notice will not be made available
for public inspection, and, to the extent
permitted by law, will not be released
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under the Freedom of Information Act,
5 U.S.C. 552.
Dated: April 4, 2012.
Richard U. Rodriguez,
Director, Division of Technology Development
& Transfer, Office of Technology Transfer,
National Institutes of Health.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Prospective Grant of Exclusive License: Method for Segmenting
Medical Images and Detecting Surface Anomalies in Anatomical Structures
AGENCY: National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This is notice, in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37
CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i), that the National Institutes of Health (NIH),
Department of Health and Human Services, is contemplating the grant of
an exclusive license to practice the inventions embodied in U.S.
Patents: 6,246,784 filed August 18, 1998 and issued June 12, 2001;
6,345,112 filed January 19, 2001 and issued February 5, 2002; and
6,556,696 filed February 5, 2002 and issued April 29, 2003; each
entitled ``Method for segmenting medical images and detecting surface
anomalies in anatomical structures,'' by Ronald M. Summers et al., to
iCAD, Inc. having a place of business in 98 Spit Brook Road, Suite 100,
Nashua, NH 03062 USA. The patent rights in this invention have been
assigned to the United States of America.
DATES: Only written comments and/or application for a license that are
received by the NIH Office of Technology Transfer on or before May 10,
2012 will be considered.
ADDRESSES: Requests for a copy of the patent application, inquiries,
comments and other materials relating to the contemplated license
should be directed to: Tedd Fenn, Office of Technology Transfer,
National Institutes of Health, 6011 Executive Boulevard, Suite 325,
Rockville, MD 20852-3804; Email: Tedd.Fenn@mail.nih.gov; Telephone:
301-435-5031; Facsimile: 301-402-0220.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The invention relates to methods of
processing medical image data to extract information about organ
structure and reconstruct the anatomical image in a virtual 3D model to
detect anomalies. The methods help solve imaging problems such as image
``leakage,'' which causes distortion, overloads datasets and slows the
3D modeling display. Once the image is assembled, additional processing
methods can detect surface anomalies by comparing the curvature
characteristics of anatomy to curvature characteristics anomalies. The
anomalies in the image can be colorized or otherwise identified in the
image to enhance detection. This is helpful to identify harmful
features such as precancerous polyps or other anomalies.
The field of use may be limited to ``computer aided detection in
colonography.''
The prospective worldwide exclusive license will be royalty bearing
and will comply with the terms and conditions of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37
CFR 404.7. The prospective exclusive license may be granted unless,
within thirty (30) days from the date of this published Notice, NIH
receives written evidence and argument that establishes that the grant
of the license would not be consistent with the requirements of 35
U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7.
Properly filed competing applications for a license filed in
response to this notice will be treated as objections to the
contemplated license. Comments and objections submitted in response to
this notice will not be made available for public inspection, and, to
the extent permitted by law, will not be released under the Freedom of
Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552.
Dated: April 4, 2012.
Richard U. Rodriguez,
Director, Division of Technology Development & Transfer, Office of
Technology Transfer, National Institutes of Health.
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