Patents

Professor Kevin Parker holds 31 U.S. patents and 14 international patents that have been licensed to 25 companies. Patent portfolio in “imaging biomarkers” developed with VirtualScopics, LLC.

  1. K.J. Parker, J. Baek, “Method of using multiparametric imaging data to diagnose disease states and to monitor their progression,” U.S. Patent No. , July 30, 2024.
  2. K.J. Parker, “Reverberant shear wave field estimation of body properties,” U.S. Patent No. , July 9, 2024.
  3. J. Ormachea Quispe, K.J. Parker, J.F. Zvietcovich Zegarra, “2D shear wave dispersion imaging using a reverberant shear wave field,” U.S. Patent No. , May 28, 2024.
  4. J.F. Zvietcovich Zegarra, J.P. Rolland, C. Canavesi, K.J. Parker, “Gabor domain optical coherence elastography,” U.S. Patent No. , June 20, 2023.
  5. J. Ormachea Quispe, K. J. Parker, J. F. Zvietcovich Zegarra, "2D shear wave dispersion imaging using a reverberant shear wave field," U.S. Patent No. , January 24, 2023.
  6. K. J. Parker, "Scattering and reflection identification system and method", U.S. Patent No. , January 12, 2021.
  7. K. J. Parker, S. Chen, "Superresolution imaging of scatterers in pulse-echo imaging with symmetric stabilized pulses,” U.S. Patent No. , September 11, 2018.
  8. K. J. Parker, “Superresolution imaging of scatterers in pulse-echo imaging,” U.S. Patent No. , September 27, 2016.
  9. K. Hoyt, K. J. Parker, “Sonoelastographic shear velocity imaging using crawling wave excitation,” U.S. Patent No. , September 18, 2012.
  10. Z. Wu, K. J. Parker, “Real time visualization of shear wave propagation in soft materials with sonoelastography,” U.S. Patent No. , November 4, 2008.
  11. J. Tamez-Pena, S. M. S. Totterman, K. J. Parker, “System and method for reducing or eliminating streak artifacts and illumination inhomogeneity in CT imaging,” U.S. Patent No. , July 29, 2008.
  12. J. Tamez-Pena, S. M. S. Totterman, K. J. Parker, “Method and system which forms an isotropic, high-resolution, three-dimensional diagnostic image of a subject from two-dimensional image data scans,” U.S. Patent No. , February 14, 2006.
  13. J. Tamez-Pena, S. M. S. Totterman, K. J. Parker, “Magnetic resonance method and system forming an isotropic, high resolution, three-dimensional diagnostic image of a subject from two-dimensional image data scans,” U.S. Patent No. , January 10, 2006.
  14. J. Tamez-Pena, S. M. S. Totterman, K. J. Parker, “System and method for reducing or eliminating streak artifacts and illumination inhomogeneity in CT imaging,” U.S. Patent No. , October 5, 2004.
  15. K. J. Parker, D. B. Phillips, “Thin film phantoms and phantom systems,” U.S. Patent No. , April 13, 2004.
  16. K. J. Parker, H. T. Fung, “Document data compression system which automatically segments documents and generates compressed smart documents therefrom”, U.S. Patent No. B1 October 23, 2001.
  17. K. J. Parker, S. M. S Totterman, J. Pena, “System and method for 4D reconstruction and visualization,” U.S. Patent No. January 2, 2001.
  18. M. R. Violante and K. J. Parker, “Ultrasmall porous particles for enhancing ultrasound back scatter,” U.S. Patent No. July 7, 1998.
  19. K. J. Parker and D. Phillips, "Thin film phantoms and phantom systems," U.S. Patent No. May 26, 1998.
  20. M. R. Violante and K. J. Parker, "Ultrasmall, non-aggregated porous particles of uniform size for entrapping gas bubbles within and methods," U.S. Patent No. April 21, 1998.
  21. K. J. Parker, "System for model-based compression of speckle images,” U.S. Patent No. March 31, 1998.
  22. K. J. Parker, T. Mitsa, "Method and apparatus for halftone rendering of a gray scale image using a blue noise mask," U.S. Patent No.  March 10, 1998.
  23. K. J. Parker, T. Mitsa, "Method and apparatus for halftone rendering of a gray scale image using a blue noise mask," U.S. Patent No.  January 13, 1998.
  24. K. J. Parker, T. Mitsa, "Method and apparatus for halftone rendering of a gray image using a blue noise mask," U. S. Patent No.  August 6, 1996.
  25. J. Higgins, E. C. Everbach, K. J. Parker, “Infant health monitoring system,” U.S. Patent No. , January 2, 1996.
  26. K. J. Parker, T. Mitsa, "Method and apparatus for halftone rendering of a gray scale image using a blue noise mask," U.S. Patent No.  December 19, 1995.
  27. K. J. Parker and S. K. Alam, "System for estimating target velocity from pulse echoes in response to their correspondence with predetermined delay trajectories corresponding to different distinct velocities" U.S. Patent No. , May 30, 1995.
  28. K. J. Parker and T. Mitsa, "Method and apparatus for halftone rendering of a gray scale image using a blue noise mask," U.S. Patent No. , August 23, 1994
  29. K. J. Parker and C. Miceli, "Method and apparatus for halftoning and inverse halftoning and the transmission of such images," U.S. Patent No. , June 21, 1994.
  30. K. J. Parker, T. Mitsa, "Method and apparatus for halftone rendering of a gray scale image using a blue noise mask," U.S. Patent No. , May 5, 1992
  31. K. J. Parker, R. M. Lerner, and S. Huang, "Method and apparatus for breast imaging and tumor detection using modal vibration analysis," U.S. Patent No. , March 31, 1992
  32. K. J. Parker, R. M. Lerner, and S. Huang, "Method and apparatus for using Doppler modulation parameters for estimation of vibration amplitude," U.S. Patent No. , February 11, 1992.