IP Library Granted Patent US 11,139,072
Granted Patent B2
US 11,139,072 · App. 16/703,187 · Granted Oct 5, 2021

Three-dimensional medical image generation

Inventors: Sun Young Park (San Diego, CA); Dustin Michael Sargent (San Diego, CA); James G. Thompson (Escondido, CA)
Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
G16H30/40G06K9/6267G06T15/00G06K2209/05G06T2210/41
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Patent No.
US 11,139,072
App. No.
16/703,187
Granted
Oct 5, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An embodiment of the invention may include a method, computer program product and computer system for three-dimensional medical image generation. The method, computer program product and computer system may include computing device which may receive a first three-dimensional medical image of a first patient from a first period of time, a two-dimensional medical image of the first patient from a second period of time and a plurality of three-dimensional medical images for a plurality of second patients. The computing device may input the three-dimensional medical image of the first patient, the two-dimensional medical image of the first patient and the plurality of three-dimensional medical images for a plurality of second patients into a generative adversarial network (GAN). The computing device may generate a synthetic three-dimensional medical image for the first patient based on the two-dimensional medical image from the second period of time utilizing the GAN.

Claims (55)

1. A method for three-dimensional medical image generation, the method comprising:

receiving a first three-dimensional medical image, that was taken from a first patient at a first period of time;

receiving a two-dimensional medical image, that was taken from the first patient at a second period of time;

receiving a plurality of three-dimensional medical images for a plurality of second patients;

inputting the first three-dimensional medical image of the first patient, the two-dimensional medical image of the first patient, and the plurality of three-dimensional medical images for the plurality of second patients into a generative adversarial network (GAN); and

generating a synthetic three-dimensional medical image for the first patient based on the two-dimensional medical image from the second period of time utilizing the GAN.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

analyzing the synthetic three-dimensional medical image of the first patient for one or more differences compared to the first three-dimensional medical image of the first patient; and

annotating the three-dimensional medical image of the first patient with indicators indicating the differences between the first three-dimensional medical image of the first patient and the synthetic three-dimensional image of the first patient.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

generating a report with a textual description of the differences; and

displaying at least one of the synthetic three-dimensional medical image of the first patient, the report, and the annotated three-dimensional medical image of the first patient to a user via a user interface.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first three-dimensional medical image of the first patient is a digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) image.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the two-dimensional medical image is a full-field digital mammography (FFDM) image.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of three-dimensional images for the plurality of second patients are digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) images.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the synthetic three-dimensional medical image for the first patient based on the two-dimensional medical image from the second period of time utilizing the GAN further comprises:

inputting the synthetic three-dimensional medical image into a first discriminator of the GAN, wherein the first discriminator tries to discriminate between the synthetic three-dimensional medical image and the plurality of three-dimensional medical images from the plurality of second patients; and

inputting the synthetic three-dimensional medical image into a second discriminator of the GAN, wherein the second discriminator creates projected two-dimensional medical images corresponding to the synthetic three-dimensional medical image, wherein the second discriminator tries to discriminate between the projected two-dimensional medical images corresponding to the synthetic three-dimensional medical image and the two-dimensional medical image of the first patient from the second period of time.

8. A computer program product for three-dimensional medical image generation, the computer program product comprising:

a computer-readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, wherein the program instructions are executable by a computer to cause the computer to perform a method, the method comprising:

receiving a first three-dimensional medical image, that was taken from a first patient at a first period of time;

receiving a two-dimensional medical image, that was taken from the first patient at a second period of time;

receiving a plurality of three-dimensional medical images for a plurality of second patients;

inputting the first three-dimensional medical image of the first patient, the two-dimensional medical image of the first patient and the plurality of three-dimensional medical images for the plurality of second patients into a generative adversarial network (GAN); and

generating a synthetic three-dimensional medical image for the first patient based on the two-dimensional medical image from the second period of time utilizing the GAN.

9. The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprising:

analyzing the synthetic three-dimensional medical image of the first patient for one or more differences compared to the first three-dimensional medical image of the first patient; and

annotating the three-dimensional medical image of the first patient with indicators indicating the differences between the first three-dimensional medical image of the first patient and the synthetic three-dimensional image of the first patient.

10. The computer program product of claim 9 , further comprising:

generating a report with a textual description of the differences; and

displaying at least one of the synthetic three-dimensional medical image of the first patient, the report, and the annotated three-dimensional medical image of the first patient to a user via a user interface.

11. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the first three-dimensional medical image of the first patient is a digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) image.

12. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the two-dimensional medical image is a full-field digital mammography (FFDM) image.

13. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the plurality of three-dimensional images for the plurality of second patients are digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) images.

14. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein generating the synthetic three-dimensional medical image for the first patient based on the two-dimensional medical image from the second period of time utilizing the GAN further comprises:

inputting the synthetic three-dimensional medical image into a first discriminator of the GAN, wherein the first discriminator tries to discriminate between the synthetic three-dimensional medical image and the plurality of three-dimensional medical images from the plurality of second patients; and

inputting the synthetic three-dimensional medical image into a second discriminator of the GAN, wherein the second discriminator creates projected two-dimensional medical images corresponding to the synthetic three-dimensional medical image, wherein the second discriminator tries to discriminate between the projected two-dimensional medical images corresponding to the synthetic three-dimensional medical image and the two-dimensional medical image of the first patient from the second period of time.

15. A system for three-dimensional medical image generation, the system comprising:

a computer system comprising: a processor, a computer readable storage medium, and program instructions stored on the computer readable storage medium that are executable by the processor to cause the computer system to:

receive a first three-dimensional medical image, that was taken from a first patient at a first period of time;

receive a two-dimensional medical image, that was taken from the first patient at a second period of time;

receive a plurality of three-dimensional medical images for a plurality of second patients;

input the first three-dimensional medical image of the first patient, the two-dimensional medical image of the first patient and the plurality of three-dimensional medical images for the plurality of second patients into a generative adversarial network (GAN); and

generate a synthetic three-dimensional medical image for the first patient based on the two-dimensional medical image from the second period of time utilizing the GAN.

16. The system of claim 15 , further comprising program instructions to:

analyze the synthetic three-dimensional medical image of the first patient for one or more differences compared to the first three-dimensional medical image of the first patient; and

annotate the three-dimensional medical image of the first patient with indicators indicating the differences between the first three-dimensional medical image of the first patient and the synthetic three-dimensional image of the first patient.

17. The system of claim 16 , further comprising program instructions to:

generate a report with a textual description of the differences; and

display at least one of the second three-dimensional medical image of the first patient, the report, and the annotated three-dimensional medical image of the first patient to a user via a user interface.

18. The system of claim 15 , wherein the first three-dimensional medical image of the first patient and the plurality of three-dimensional images for the plurality of second patients are digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) images.

19. The system of claim 15 , wherein the two-dimensional medical image is a full-field digital mammography (FFDM) image.

20. The system of claim 15 , wherein the program instructions to generate the synthetic three-dimensional medical image for the first patient based on the two-dimensional medical image from the second period of time utilizing the GAN further comprise program instructions to:

input the synthetic three-dimensional medical image into a first discriminator of the GAN, wherein the first discriminator tries to discriminate between the synthetic three-dimensional medical image and the plurality of three-dimensional medical images from the plurality of second patients; and

input the synthetic three-dimensional medical image into a second discriminator of the GAN, wherein the second discriminator creates projected two-dimensional medical images corresponding to the synthetic three-dimensional medical image, wherein the second discriminator tries to discriminate between the projected two-dimensional medical images corresponding to the synthetic three-dimensional medical image and the two-dimensional medical image of the first patient from the second period of time.

Assignments (3)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 1, 2025
From: MERATIVE US L.P.; MERGE HEALTHCARE INCORPORATED
To: TCG SENIOR FUNDING L.L.C., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 072808/0442 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 21, 2022
From: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
To: MERATIVE US L.P.
Reel/Frame 061496/0752 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 4, 2019
From: PARK, SUN YOUNG; SARGENT, DUSTIN MICHAEL; THOMPSON, JAMES G.
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 051177/0239 →
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