Computer aided diagnostic system for classifying kidneys

US10453569B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Ayman S. El-Baz · Louisville, US
• Amy Dwyer · Crestwood, US
• Rosemary Ouseph · Louisville, US
• Fahmi Khalifa · Louisville, US
• Ahmed Soliman · Louisville, US
• Mohamed Shehata · Limerick, IE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 23, 2018
• Grant date: Oct 22, 2019
• Expiry date: Feb 23, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06T2207/30084
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A computer aided diagnostic system and automated method to classify a kidney. Image data for a medical scan that includes image data of a kidney may be received. The kidney image data may be segmented from other image data of the medical scan. One or more iso-contours may be registered for the kidney image data, and renal cortex image data may be segmented from the kidney image data based on the one or more registered iso-contours. The kidney may be classified by analyzing one or more features determined from the segmented renal cortex image data using a learned model associated with the one or more features.