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Method for predicting the recurrence of a lesion by image analysis

US12357232B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 20, 2021
Grant dateJul 15, 2025
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Expiry dateJul 21, 2042

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/30096
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for evaluating in post-treatment an ablation of a portion of an anatomy of interest of an individual, the anatomy of interest comprising at least one lesion. The post-treatment evaluation method comprises in particular a step of automatically evaluating a risk of recurrence of the lesion of the anatomy of interest of the individual based on the analysis of a pair of pre-operative and post-operative medical images of the anatomy of interest of the individual by means of automatic learning method of the neural network type, said method being preloaded during a so-called training phase on a database comprising a plurality of pairs of medical images of an anatomy of interest identical to a plurality of individuals, each medical image pair of the database being associated with a recurrence status of a lesion of the anatomy of interest of said patient. The invention also relates to an electronic device comprising a processor and a computer memory storing instructions of such an evaluation method.

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