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Convolutional localization networks for intelligent captioning of medical images

US12198455B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

KONINIKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. · NL

Inventors

Christine Menking Swisher · San Diego, US
Sheikh Sadid Al Hasan · Cambridge, US
Jonathan Rubin · Beekman, US
Cristhian Mauricio Potes Blandon · Salem, US
Yuan Ling · San Francisco, US
Oladimeji Feyisetan Farri · Yorktown Heights, US
Rithesh Sreenivasan · Kanchinakote, IN

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 6, 2023
Grant date	Jan 14, 2025
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 6, 2043

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06V2201/031
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method (100) for generating a textual description of a medical image, comprising: receiving (130) a medical image of an anatomical region, the image comprising one or more abnormalities; segmenting (140) the anatomical region in the received medical image from a remainder of the image; identifying (150) at least one of the one or more abnormalities in the segmented anatomical region; extracting (160) one or more features from the identified abnormality; generating (170), using the extracted features and a trained text generation model, a textual description of the identified abnormality; and reporting (180), via a user interface of the system, the generated textual description of the identified abnormality.

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