Patents

Granted Patents:

1. System and method for determining atherosclerotic pathological tissue types in a coronary artery OCT image using trained engines.

Inventors: Abdolmanafi A., Duong L., Dahdah N., Ibrahim R., Status: Granted, Grant Number: 12616370, Grant Date: 05/05/2026

https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2022073109&_cid=P11-MFMY9Z-18672-1

2. System and method for determining coronary artery tissue type based on an OCT image and using trained engines.

Inventors: Abdolmanafi, A., Duong, L., Dahdah, N., Cheriet, F., Status: Granted, Grant Number: 12042247, Grant Date: 23/07/2024

https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=US333827471&_cid=P11-MFMY9Z-18672-1

Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT):

3. Method and system for training machine learning models to predict abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) growth in images.

Inventors: Abdolmanafi A., Di Martino E., Forneris A., Status: Active, Application Number: PCT/IB2023/060970, Publication Date: 05/10/2024

https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2024095159&_cid=P11-MFMY9Z-18672-2

4. Method and system for determining regional weakening of blood vessel using 2d ultrasound imaging. Inventors: Wodlinger H.,Abdolmanafi A., Beddoes R., Moore D. R., Di Martino E.. Status: Active, Application Number: PCT/IB2023/057708, Publication Date: 02/01/2024

https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2024023794&_cid=P11-MFMY9Z-18672-2

5. Method of and system for training and using machine learning models for pre-interventional planning and post-interventional monitoring of endovascular aortic repair (Evar).

Inventors: Forneris A., Di Martino E., Abdolmanafi A., Status: Active, Application Number: PCT/IB2022/061152, Publication Date: 05/25/2023

https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2023089559&_cid=P11-MFMY9Z-18672-2

6. Method and system for segmenting and characterizing aortic tissues.

Inventors: Abdolmanafi A., Di Martino E., Forneris A., Status: Active, Application Number: PCT/IB2022/051558, Publication Date: 08/25/2022

https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2022175924&_cid=P11-MFMY9Z-18672-1

7. Signal similarity-based partial volume correction in ultrasound color flow imaging.

Inventors: Inventors: Abdolmanafi A., M. Rubin J., Z. Pinter S., Fowlkes J.B., D. Kripfgans O., Desai T., S. Richards M., Zhang M., Filed: 05/28/2026, U.S. Application Number: PCT/US26/30269, UM Reference Number. 2025-541-01

Provisional Patents:

8. System and method for quantitative coronary arterial blood flow measurement using color flow ultrasound imaging.

Inventors: Abdolmanafi A., M. Rubin J., Z. Pinter S., Fowlkes J.B., D. Kripfgans O., P. Cantey E., E. Hamilton D., Duggal N., Ebadi-Tehrani M., Filed: 04/09/2026, U.S. Provisional Application Number. 64/034,533, UM Reference Number. 2026-511-01

ABSTRACTS & PRESENTATIONS

Abdolmanafi A., M. Rubin J., Z. Pinter S., Fowlkes J.B., D. Kripfgans O., Generalized Partial Volume Correction for Accurate Flow Quantification in Color Flow Ultrasound, The American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM), Philadelphia, May 27-30, 2026, oral presentation.
Abdolmanafi A., M. Rubin J., Z. Pinter S., Fowlkes J.B., D. Kripfgans O., Investigating the Statistical Properties of Color Flow Power for Blood-Tissue Differentiation. Ultrasonic Imaging and Tissue Characterization (UITC), Silver Spring, Maryland, April 28-30, 2025, oral presentation. Published in Ultrasonic Imaging. 2025;47(5):202-218.
Abdolmanafi, A., Duong, L., and Dahdah, N., An Automatic Diagnostic System of Coronary Artery Lesions Using OCT Imaging: Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT), San Francisco, September 25-29, 2019, oral presentation.
Abdolmanafi, A., Duong, L., Dahdah, N. Cheriet, F., An Automatic Diagnostic System of Coronary Artery Lesions Using OCT Imaging, The 12th International Kawasaki Disease Symposium (Progress and Harmony for Kawasaki Disease), Yokohama, June 12-15, 2018, oral presentation.
Abdolmanafi, A., Duong, L., Cheriet, F. and Dahdah, N., 2018. Volumetric Assessment of Intracoronary Pathological Formations Using OCT Imaging in Kawasaki Disease. Canadian Cardiovascular Congress, Toronto. October 18-23, 2018, poster & oral presentation. Published in Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 34(10), pp. S17-S18.
Abdolmanafi, A., Dahdah, N., Duong, L., Adib, R.I., and Cheriet, F., Fully Automatic Artificial Intelligence Diagnostic Model of Coronary Artery Lesions Using OCT Imaging, Canadian Cardiovascular Congress, Montréal. October 24-27, 2019, poster. Published in Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 2019, 35(10), pp. S61–S62.

Atefeh Abdolmanafi (Ati Manafi)

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