IP Library Granted Patent US 12,620,065
Granted Patent B2
US 12,620,065 · App. 18/421,230 · Granted May 5, 2026

Systems and methods for automatic cell identification using images of human epithelial tissue structure

Inventors: Georgios N. Stamatas (Issy-les-Moulineaux, FR); Imane Lboukili (Issy-les-Moulineaux, FR); Xavier Descombes (Sophia Antipolis Cedex, FR)
Assignees: Kenvue Brands LLC; Inria (Institut national de recherche en informatique et en automatique)
G06T5/60G06T5/20G06T5/70G06T7/0016G06T7/60G06T7/73G06T11/00G16H30/40G06T2207/10056G06T2207/10064G06T2207/10088G06T2207/10101G06T2207/20021G06T2207/20081G06T2207/20084G06T2207/30024G06T2207/30088G06V10/774
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Patent No.
US 12,620,065
App. No.
18/421,230
Granted
May 5, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods for improving the image quality of images of epithelial tissue structures are disclosed. The systems include training a first cycle-GAN model and a second cycle-GAN model simultaneously, where the first cycle-GAN model is trained to remove noise from an image and the second cycle-GAN model is trained to learn the structure of the image. Additional systems and methods include deploying the trained cycle-GAN model to identify an unknown image segment and/or generate a protocol for following the identified skin care treatment recommendation for an identified image segment.

Claims (27)

1 . A computer-implemented method, comprising:

training a first cycle-GAN model, wherein the first cycle-GAN model comprises a first generator GB 2 A, a second generator GA 2 B, a first discriminator DA, and a second discriminator DB 1 , and wherein training the first cycle-GAN model comprises:

receiving, by the first generator GB 2 A, a real image as a first input,

generating, by the first generator GB 2 A, a first synthetic image as a first output,

receiving, by the first discriminator DA, the real image and the first synthetic image from the first generator GB 2 A,

informing, by the first discriminator DA, a likelihood of each of the real image and the first synthetic image as being real or synthetic,

receiving, by the second generator GA 2 B, the real image and the first synthetic image,

generating, by the second generator GA 2 B, a first filtered synthetic image,

receiving, by the second discriminator DB 1 , the real image and the first filtered synthetic image from the second generator GA 2 B, and

informing, by the second discriminator DB 1 , a likelihood of each of the real image and the first filtered synthetic image as being real or synthetic, wherein the first cycle-GAN model learns noise through learning a translation from the first real image towards a first binary segmentation; and

training a second cycle-GAN model, wherein the second cycle-GAN model comprises a first generator GC 2 B, a second generator GB 2 C, a first discriminator DC, and a second discriminator DB 2 , and wherein training the second cycle-GAN model comprises:

receiving, by the first generator GC 2 B, a Gabor-filtered image as a second input,

generating, by the first generator GC 2 B, a second synthetic image as a second output, wherein the second output depends on the first output,

receiving, by the first discriminator DC, the Gabor-filtered and the second synthetic image from the first generator GC 2 B,

informing, by the first discriminator DC, a likelihood of each of the Gabor-filtered and the second synthetic image as being Gabor-filtered or synthetic,

receiving, by the second generator GB 2 C, the Gabor-filtered image and the second synthetic image,

generating, by the second generator GB 2 C, a second filtered synthetic image,

receiving, by the second discriminator DB 2 , the Gabor-filtered image and the second filtered synthetic image from the second generator GB 2 C, and

informing, by the second discriminator DB 2 , a likelihood of each of the Gabor-filtered image and the second filtered synthetic image as being Gabor-filtered or synthetic, wherein the second cycle-GAN model learns a structure of at least one of the real image or the Gabor-filtered image through learning a translation from the Gabor-filtered image towards a second binary segmentation.

2 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the real image, the Gabor-filtered image, the first synthetic image, or the second synthetic image is an epithelial structure image.

3 . The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , wherein the learned structure learned by the second cycle-GAN includes a position and integrity of membranes of the epithelial structure image.

4 . The computer-implemented method of claim 3 , wherein:

the position and integrity of membranes of the epithelial structure image include cell coordinates information, and

learning the structure of at least one of the real image or the Gabor-filtered image includes extracting values of epithelial tissue structure parameters.

5 . The computer-implemented method of claim 4 , wherein the epithelial tissue structure parameters are selected from cell area, perimeter, cell density, distribution of nearest neighbors, and distributions of distances between neighbors.

6 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the real image are acquired by non-invasive or minimally invasive imaging with cellular resolution.

7 . The computer-implemented method of claim 6 , wherein the non-invasive or minimally invasive imaging is selected from a group consisting of reflectance confocal microscopy, fluorescence confocal microscopy, fluorescence lifetime microscopy, multiphoton fluorescence microscopy, second harmonic generation microscopy, chemiluminescence imaging, photoacoustic microscopy, magnetic resonance imaging, optical coherence tomography, line-field optical coherence tomography and photo-thermal microscopy.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 28, 2024
From: JOHNSON & JOHNSON CONSUMER INC.
To: KENVUE BRANDS LLC
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63447374 · Feb 22, 2023
Related Publication 20240281935A1 · Aug 22, 2024
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