System and method for providing bounding box to fractured body parts in musculoskeletal X-ray
US12380691B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 4, 2024 |
| Grant date | Aug 5, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 4, 2044 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V2201/033
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a system (100) and method for providing bounding box to fractured body parts in musculoskeletal X-ray images. The system (100) comprises a memory unit (203) and processor (201) with a data collection module (205) gathering input X-ray data (101). Additionally, it includes a fracture detection module (206) consisting of a segmentation model (207) and an object detection model (208). The segmentation model (207) determines segmentation scores to each pixel in the X-ray image and generates a segmentation mask (404) by comparing the segmentation score of each pixel (403) with a segmentation threshold of a fracture. Simultaneously, the object detection model (208) determines the rectangular coordinates of one or more body parts within the X-ray image (101). The fracture detection module (206) then overlaps the segmentation mask (404) with the body part coordinates, resulting in bounding boxes for each fractured body part.
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