IP Library Granted Patent US 11,553,874
Granted Patent B2
US 11,553,874 · App. 17/691,894 · Granted Jan 17, 2023

Dental image feature detection

Inventor: Florian Hillen (Cambridge, MA)
Assignee: VideaHealth, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 11,553,874
App. No.
17/691,894
Granted
Jan 17, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system includes a computing device that includes a memory configured to store instructions. The system also includes a processor to execute the instructions to perform operations that include receiving data representing one or more images of dental information associated with a patient. Operations include adjusting the data representing the one or more images of dental information into a predefined format, wherein adjusting the data includes adjusting one or more visual parameters associated with the one or more images of dental information. Operations include using a machine learning system to determine a confidence score for one or more portions of the one or more images of dental information, and producing a representation of the determined confidence scores to identify one or more detected features present in the one or more images of dental information.

Claims (58)

1. A computing device implemented method comprising:

receiving data representing one or more images of dental information associated with a patient, the one or more images containing one or more unidentified image features of the patient;

adjusting the data representing the one or more images of dental information into a predefined format, wherein adjusting the data includes adjusting one or more visual parameters associated with the one or more images of dental information;

using a machine learning system based on one or more neural networks to determine one or more confidence scores for the presence of at least one detectable feature,

each of the one or more confidence scores corresponding to one or more distinct portions of the one or more images of dental information,

the at least one detectable feature representing at least one or more diseases, one or more prior procedures performed upon the patient, or one or more anatomical structure characteristics, and

the machine learning system being trained with dental imagery comprising one or more training images, wherein annotations of the one or more training images are provided by different annotators;

producing a representation based on the determined one or more confidence scores, the representation comprising information about

a presence or absence of the at least one detectable feature, and

a tooth number associated with the at least one detectable feature, if present, within the one or more images of dental information,

wherein the information in the produced representation is selectively presented based upon user input;

comparing the at least one detectable feature and patient data to represent a mapping and to represent a measure of a dental management system, and

generating a report comprising the at least one detectable feature.

2. The computing device implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising: transferring the data representing the one or more images of dental information associated with the patient to one or more networked computing devices for statistical analysis.

3. The computing device implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the machine learning system employs a convolution neural network.

4. The computing device implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one detectable feature includes a radiolucent lesion or an opaque lesion.

5. The computing device implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the produced representation includes a graphical representation that is presentable on a user interface of the computing device.

6. The computing device implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising producing a graphical alert.

7. The computing device implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising: providing the at least one detectable feature to the machine learning system for further training of the machine learning system.

8. A system comprising:

a computing device comprising:

a memory configured to store instructions; and

a processor to execute the instructions to perform operations comprising:

receiving data representing one or more images of dental information associated with a patient, the one or more images containing one or more unidentified image features of the patient;

adjusting the data representing the one or more images of dental information into a predefined format, wherein adjusting the data includes adjusting one or more visual parameters associated with the one or more images of dental information;

using a machine learning system based on one or more neural networks to determine one or more confidence scores for the presence of at least one detectable feature,

each of the one or more confidence scores corresponding to one or more distinct portions of the one or more images of dental information,

the at least one detectable feature representing at least one or more diseases, one or more prior procedures performed upon the patient, or one or more anatomical structure characteristics, and

the machine learning system being trained with dental imagery comprising one or more training images, wherein annotations of the one or more training images are provided by different annotators;

producing a representation based on the determined one or more confidence scores, the representation comprising information about

a presence or absence of the at least one detectable feature, and

a tooth number associated with the at least one detectable feature, if present, within the one or more images of dental information,

wherein the information in the produced representation is selectively presented based upon user input;

comparing the at least one detectable feature and patient data to represent a mapping and to represent a measure of a dental management system, and

generating a report comprising the at least one detectable feature.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise: transferring the data representing the one or more images of dental information associated with the patient to one or more networked computing devices for statistical analysis.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the machine learning system employs a convolution neural network.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the at least one detectable feature includes a radiolucent lesion or an opaque lesion.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the produced representation includes a graphical representation that is presentable on a user interface of the computing device.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise producing a graphical alert.

14. One or more non-transitory computer readable media storing instructions that are executable by a processing device, and upon such execution cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:

receiving data representing one or more images of dental information associated with a patient, the one or more images containing one or more unidentified image features of the patient;

adjusting the data representing the one or more images of dental information into a predefined format, wherein adjusting the data includes adjusting one or more visual parameters associated with the one or more images of dental information;

using a machine learning system based on one or more neural networks to determine one or more confidence scores for the presence of at least one detectable feature,

each of the one or more confidence scores corresponding to one or more distinct portions of the one or more images of dental information,

the at least one detectable feature representing at least one or more diseases, one or more prior procedures performed upon the patient, or one or more anatomical structure characteristics, and

the machine learning system being trained with dental imagery comprising one or more training images, wherein annotations of the one or more training images are provided by different annotators;

producing a representation based on the determined one or more confidence scores, the representation comprising information about

a presence or absence of the at least one detectable feature, and

a tooth number associated with the at least one detectable feature, if present, within the one or more images of dental information,

wherein the information in the produced representation is selectively presented based upon user input;

comparing the at least one detectable feature and patient data to represent a mapping and to represent a measure of a dental management system, and

generating a report comprising the at least one detectable feature.

15. The non-transitory computer readable media of claim 14 , wherein the operations further comprise: transferring the data representing the one or more images of dental information associated with the patient to one or more networked computing devices for statistical analysis.

16. The non-transitory computer readable media of claim 14 , wherein the machine learning system employs a convolution neural network.

17. The non-transitory computer readable media of claim 14 , wherein the at least one detectable feature includes a radiolucent lesion or an opaque lesion.

18. The non-transitory computer readable media of claim 14 , wherein the produced representation includes a graphical representation that is presentable on a user interface of the computing device.

19. The non-transitory computer readable media of claim 14 , wherein the operations further comprise producing a graphical alert.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 10, 2022
From: HILLEN, FLORIAN
To: VIDEAHEALTH, INC.
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Continuity (4)
Continuation 17196888 · Mar 9, 2021
Continuation 16387388 · Apr 17, 2019
Provisional Application 62658675 · Apr 17, 2018
Related Publication 20220192590A1 · Jun 23, 2022
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