Inventors list |
Assignees list |
Classification tree browser |
Top 100 Inventors |
Top 100 Assignees |
Lu, Toronto
Huanzhang Lu, Toronto CA
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
|---|---|---|
| 20080274491 | Modulation of the Integrin Linked Kinase Signaling Pathway to Promote Cardiac Cell Proliferation and Self-Renewal - Modulation of the integrin-linked kinase (ILK) signaling pathway is used to enhance the remodeling process relevant to a wide range of cardiac diseases. More specifically, a process to instigate beneficial human cardiac hypertrophy or for post myocardial infarction (MI) remodeling comprising illiciting an overexpression of ILK, is described. The ILK signaling pathway is also used as a means for cardiac stem cell proliferation and self-renewal | 11-06-2008 |
| 20090203769 | Modulation of the integrin-linked kinase signaling pathway provides beneficial human cardiac hypertrophy and post myocardial infarction remodeling - Modulation of the integrin-linked kinase (ILK) signaling pathway is used to enhance the remodeling process relevant to a wide range of cardiac diseases. More specifically, a process for mediating a broadly adaptive form of human cardiac hypertrophy and a protective process for post myocardial infarction (MI), both comprising illiciting an overexpression of ILK, are described. Upregulation of ILK is also used in a process for affecting ILK mediated reduction of infarct size and beneficial increase in the left ventricular mass post MI. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20110059479 | MODULATION OF THE INTEGRIN LINKED KINASE SIGNALING PATHWAY TO PROMOTE CARDIAC CELL PROLIFERATION AND SELF-RENEWAL - The invention relates to a process for identification, amplification and differentiation of cardiac stem cells by utilizing an ILK based protocol. The invention further relates to a process for post myocardial infarction (IVII) remodeling by way of the integrin linked kinase (ILK) signaling pathway. Still further, the invention relates to a process for affecting an ability to control and/or manipulate stem cell frequency, cellular fate, self-renewal, multilineage differentiation, and potential for oncogenesis in cardiac tissue derived from embryonic stem cells, fetal tissue or adult tissue comprising modulation of ILK signaling amplification whereby stem cell renewal and expansion results. | 03-10-2011 |
Juwei Lu, Toronto CA
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
|---|---|---|
| 20080219558 | Adaptive Scanning for Performance Enhancement in Image Detection Systems - A method and system for efficiently detecting faces within a digital image. One example method includes identifying a digital image comprised of a plurality of sub-windows and performing a first scan of the digital image using a coarse detection level to eliminate the sub-windows that have a low likelihood of representing a face. The subset of the sub-windows that were not eliminated during the first scan are then scanned a second time using a fine detection level having a higher accuracy level than the coarse detection level used during the first scan to identify sub-windows having a high likelihood of representing a face. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080285849 | Two-Level Scanning For Memory Saving In Image Detection Systems - A method and system for scanning a digital image for detecting the representation of an object, such as a face, and for reducing memory requirements of the computer system performing the image scan. One example method includes identifying an original image and downsamples the original image in an x-dimension and in a y-dimension to obtain a downsampled image that requires less storage space than the original digital image. A first scan is performed of the downsampled image to detect the representation of an object within the downsampled image. Then, the original digital image is divided into at least two image blocks, where each image block contains a portion of the original digital image. A second scan is then performed of each of the image blocks to detect the representation of the object within the image blocks. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080304714 | Pairwise Feature Learning With Boosting For Use In Face Detection - Systems and methods for training an AdaBoost based classifier for detecting symmetric objects, such as human faces, in a digital image. In one example embodiment, such a method includes first selecting a sub-window of a digital image. Next, the AdaBoost based classifier extracts multiple sets of two symmetric scalar features from the sub-window, one being in the right half side and one being in the left half side of the sub-window. Then, the AdaBoost based classifier minimizes the joint error of the two symmetric features for each set of two symmetric scalar features. Next, the AdaBoost based classifier selects one of the features from the set of two symmetric scalar features for each set of two symmetric scalar features. Finally, the AdaBoost based classifier linearly combines multiple weak classifiers, each of which corresponds to one of the selected features, into a stronger classifier. | 12-11-2008 |
Shuiming Lu, Toronto CA
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
|---|---|---|
| 20120046479 | METHOD FOR PREPARING A METAL CATALYST - The present disclosure relates to a method for preparing a metal catalyst comprising at least one ligand that is coordinated to the metal through at least one phosphorous (P) atom and at least one nitrogen (N) atom, the method comprising reacting a metal pre-cursor complex with an acid ad salt of an aminophosphine, diaminophosphine, aminodiphosphine or diaminodiphosphine, in the presence of a base. | 02-23-2012 |
Yingli Lu, Toronto CA
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
|---|---|---|
| 20100215238 | Method for Automatic Segmentation of Images - A method for automatic left ventricle segmentation of cine short-axis magnetic resonance (MR) images that does not require manually drawn initial contours, trained statistical shape models, or gray-level appearance models is provided. More specifically, the method employs a roundness metric to automatically locate the left ventricle. Epicardial contour segmentation is simplified by mapping the pixels from Cartesian to approximately polar coordinates. Furthermore, region growing is utilized by distributing seed points around the endocardial contour to find the LV myocardium and, thus, the epicardial contour. This is a robust technique for images where the epicardial edge has poor contrast. A fast Fourier transform (FFT) is utilized to smooth both the determined endocardial and epicardial contours. In addition to determining endocardial and epicardial contours, the method also determines the contours of papillary muscles and trabeculations. | 08-26-2010 |
Zheng-Hong Lu, Toronto CA
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
|---|---|---|
| 20090058262 | Alkaline fluoride dope molecular films and applications for p-n junction and field-effect transistor - The present invention provides a molecular film by alkaline fluoride n-doping into an electron transport host. The present invention also provides a molecular film where the transport molecule can either be tris (8-hydroxyquinolinato) (Alq3) or fullerene. The present invention further provides a p-n junction and a field-effect transistor of the same materials. Furthermore, the present invention provides a molecular film by fullerene p-doping into a hole transport molecular host. The present invention further provides a P-I-N light-emitting device which includes a substrate and a first electrically conductive layer defining an anode electrode layer on the substrate. The device includes the p-doped molecular film as hole injection layer deposited on the anode, the n-doped electron transport film as electron injection layer, and a second electrically conductive layer defining a cathode electrode layer on the electron injection layer. The device includes a layer of light-emissive material between the p-doped layer and the n-doped layer. | 03-05-2009 |