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Protocol-aware tissue segmentation in medical imaging

US11288806B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Healthcare Limited · DE

Inventors

Mahmoud Mostapha · Princeton, US
Boris Mailhe · Plainsboro, US
Mariappan S. Nadar · Plainsboro, US
Pascal Ceccaldi · New York, US
Youngjin Yoo · Princeton, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 1, 2020
Grant date	Mar 29, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 26, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/20084
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

For medical imaging such as MRI, machine training is used to train a network for segmentation using both the imaging data and protocol data (e.g., meta-data). The network is trained to segment based, in part, on the configuration and/or scanner, not just the imaging data, allowing the trained network to adapt to the way each image is acquired. In one embodiment, the network architecture includes one or more blocks that receive both types of data as input and output both types of data, preserving relevant features for adaptation through at least part of the trained network.

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