IP Library Granted Patent US 12670593
Granted Patent B2
US 12670593 · App. 18/625,661 · Granted Jun 30, 2026

Identifying and quantizing system, operation method thereof, and non-transitory computer readable medium

Inventors: Syu-Jyun Peng (Zhubei City, TW); Chi-Jen Chou (Kaohsiung City, TW); Huai-Che Yang (Taipei City, TW)
Assignees: Taipei Medical University (TMU); Taipei Veterans General Hospital
G06T7/0012G06T7/11G16H30/40G06T2207/10088G06T2207/20081G06T2207/20084G06T2207/30016G06T2207/30096
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Patent No.
US 12670593
App. No.
18/625,661
Granted
Jun 30, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides an operating method of an identifying and quantizing system, which includes steps as follows. The T2 weighted image is split into a first group of two-dimensional images; the first group of two-dimensional images is inputted into the mask R-CNN model to obtain the first group of two-dimensional parenchymal brain images; a first group of two-dimensional parenchymal brain images is used to form T2 weighted parenchymal brain images; T2 weighted parenchymal brain image is pre-processed to obtain a pre-processed T2 weighted parenchymal brain image; a three-dimensional convolutional neural network model is used to segment and quantize the brain edema area in the pre-processed T2 weighted parenchymal brain image.

Claims (54)

1 . An identifying and quantizing system, comprising:

a storage device configured to store at least one instruction; and

a processor coupled to the storage device, and the processor configured to access and execute the at least one instruction for:

splitting a T2 weighted image into a first group of two-dimensional images;

inputting the first group of two-dimensional images into a mask R-CNN (mask region-based convolutional neural network) model to obtain a first group of two-dimensional parenchymal brain images;

using a first group of two-dimensional parenchymal brain images to form a T2 weighted parenchymal brain images;

performing a pre-process on the T2 weighted parenchymal brain image to obtain a pre-processed T2 weighted parenchymal brain image;

using a three-dimensional convolutional neural network model to segment and quantize a brain edema area in the pre-processed T2 weighted parenchymal brain image;

co-registering a contrast enhanced T1 (T1C) weighted image to the T2 weighted image to obtain a co-registered T1C weighted image;

splitting the co-registered T1C weighted image into a second group of two-dimensional images;

inputting the second group of two-dimensional images into the mask R-CNN model to obtain a second group of two-dimensional parenchymal brain images;

using the second group of two-dimensional parenchymal brain images to form a T1C weighted parenchymal brain image;

performing the pre-process on the T1C weighted parenchymal brain image to obtain a pre-processed T1C weighted parenchymal brain image; and

using another three-dimensional convolutional neural network model to segment and quantize a metastatic brain tumor area in the pre-processed T1C weighted parenchymal brain image.

2 . The identifying and quantizing system of claim 1 , wherein the pre-process comprises an image resampling.

3 . The identifying and quantizing system of claim 1 , wherein the pre-process comprises an image normalization.

4 . The identifying and quantizing system of claim 1 , wherein the processor accesses and executes the at least one instruction for:

pre-training the three-dimensional convolutional neural network model, wherein the three-dimensional convolutional neural network model has two convolution paths, one of the two convolution paths extracts each region in training data so as to perform a feature extraction on the each region, another of the two convolution paths selects each corresponding expanded area based on a center point of the each area and performs an under-sampling on the each corresponding expanded area for the feature extraction.

5 . An operation method of an identifying and quantizing system, and the operation method comprising steps of:

splitting a T2 weighted image into a first group of two-dimensional images;

inputting the first group of two-dimensional images into a mask R-CNN model to obtain a first group of two-dimensional parenchymal brain images;

using a first group of two-dimensional parenchymal brain images to form a T2 weighted parenchymal brain images;

performing a pre-process on the T2 weighted parenchymal brain image to obtain a pre-processed T2 weighted parenchymal brain image;

using a three-dimensional convolutional neural network model to segment and quantize a brain edema area in the pre-processed T2 weighted parenchymal brain image;

co-registering a T1C weighted image to the T2 weighted image to obtain a co-registered T1C weighted image;

splitting the co-registered T1C weighted image into a second group of two-dimensional images;

inputting the second group of two-dimensional images into the mask R-CNN model to obtain a second group of two-dimensional parenchymal brain images;

using the second group of two-dimensional parenchymal brain images to form a T1C weighted parenchymal brain image;

performing the pre-process on the T1C weighted parenchymal brain image to obtain a pre-processed T1C weighted parenchymal brain image; and

using another three-dimensional convolutional neural network model to segment and quantize a metastatic brain tumor area in the pre-processed T1C weighted parenchymal brain image.

6 . The operation method of claim 5 , wherein the step of performing the pre-process on the T2 weighted parenchymal brain image comprises:

performing an image resampling on the T2 weighted parenchymal brain image.

7 . The operation method of claim 5 , wherein the step of performing the pre-process on the T2 weighted parenchymal brain image comprises:

performing an image normalization on the T2 weighted parenchymal brain image.

8 . The operation method of claim 5 , further comprising:

pre-training the three-dimensional convolutional neural network model, wherein the three-dimensional convolutional neural network model has two convolution paths, one of the two convolution paths extracts each region in training data so as to perform a feature extraction on the each region, another of the two convolution paths selects each corresponding expanded area based on a center point of the each area and performs an under-sampling on the each corresponding expanded area for the feature extraction.

9 . A non-transitory computer readable medium to store a plurality of instructions for commanding a computer to execute an operation method, and the operation method comprising steps of:

splitting a T2 weighted image into a first group of two-dimensional images;

inputting the first group of two-dimensional images into a mask R-CNN model to obtain a first group of two-dimensional parenchymal brain images;

using a first group of two-dimensional parenchymal brain images to form a T2 weighted parenchymal brain images;

performing a pre-process on the T2 weighted parenchymal brain image to obtain a pre-processed T2 weighted parenchymal brain image;

using a three-dimensional convolutional neural network model to segment and quantize a brain edema area in the pre-processed T2 weighted parenchymal brain image;

co-registering a T1C weighted image to the T2 weighted image to obtain a co-registered T1C weighted image;

splitting the co-registered T1C weighted image into a second group of two-dimensional images;

inputting the second group of two-dimensional images into the mask R-CNN model to obtain a second group of two-dimensional parenchymal brain images;

using the second group of two-dimensional parenchymal brain images to form a T1C weighted parenchymal brain image;

performing the pre-process on the T1C weighted parenchymal brain image to obtain a pre-processed T1C weighted parenchymal brain image; and

using another three-dimensional convolutional neural network model to segment and quantize a metastatic brain tumor area in the pre-processed T1C weighted parenchymal brain image.

10 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the step of performing the pre-process on the T2 weighted parenchymal brain image comprises:

performing an image resampling on the T2 weighted parenchymal brain image.

11 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the step of performing the pre-process on the T2 weighted parenchymal brain image comprises:

performing an image normalization on the T2 weighted parenchymal brain image.

12 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the operation method further comprises:

pre-training the three-dimensional convolutional neural network model, wherein the three-dimensional convolutional neural network model has two convolution paths, one of the two convolution paths extracts each region in training data so as to perform a feature extraction on the each region, another of the two convolution paths selects each corresponding expanded area based on a center point of the each area and performs an under-sampling on the each corresponding expanded area for the feature extraction.