Distinguishing artifacts from pathological features in digital images
US11875480B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | May 14, 2021 |
| Grant date | Jan 16, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 24, 2042 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/30168
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Introduced here are approaches to assessing whether digital features (or simply “features”) detected in digital images by detection models are representative of artifacts that can obscure actual pathologies. A diagnostic platform may characterize each digital feature detected in a digital image based on its likelihood of being an artifact. For instance, a digital feature could be characterized as being representative of an artifact caused by improper illumination, an artifact caused by a physical element that is adhered to the lens through which light is collected by an imaging device, or a pathological feature indicative of a disease.
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