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US 12,295,753 · App. 17/973,672 · Granted May 13, 2025

Method and system for determining abnormality in medical device

Inventors: Donggeun Yoo (Seoul, KR); Sanghyup Lee (Seoul, KR); Minchul Kim (Seoul, KR); Hanjun Lee (Seoul, KR); Sunggyun Park (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LUNIT INC.
A61B5/7264A61B6/5217G06T7/0012
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Patent No.
US 12,295,753
App. No.
17/973,672
Granted
May 13, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for determining an abnormality in a medical device from a medical image is provided. The method for determining an abnormality in a medical device comprises receiving a medical image, and detecting information on at least a part of a target medical device included in the received medical image.

Claims (60)

1. A method for determining an abnormality in a medical device in a medical image, the method being executed by at least one processor and comprising:

receiving a medical image;

detecting information on at least a part of a target medical device in the received medical image by:

extracting, from the received medical image, a fiducial marker associated with the target medical device; and

determining a normal area of the target medical device based on the extracted fiducial marker wherein the normal area is indicative of a region where the medical device is properly located; and

controlling a display to display information on a position of the at least the part of the target medical device and the normal area of the target medical device on the received medical image,

wherein the normal area is displayed on the received medical image in at least one form of a mask, region, contour, line or point.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the detecting comprises detecting the information on the position of the at least the part of the target medical device in the received medical image by using a first machine learning model.

3. The method according to claim 2 , further comprising:

acquiring a plurality of reference medical images including one or more reference medical devices; and

acquiring an annotation for a position of at least a part of the one or more reference medical devices included in the plurality of reference medical images, wherein

the first machine learning model is trained to receive the plurality of reference medical images, and detect information on the one or more reference medical devices included in each of the plurality of reference medical images based on the annotation for the position of the at least the part of the one or more reference medical devices.

4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the detecting the information on the position of the at least the part of the target medical device comprises:

determining whether or not the target medical device is included in the received medical image by using a second machine learning model; and

based on the target medical device being in the received medical image, detecting the information on the position of the at least the part of the target medical device in the received medical image by using the first machine learning model.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the determining whether or not the target medical device is included in the received medical image by using the second machine learning model comprises determining whether or not a medical device included in the received medical image belongs to the same medical device group as the target medical device, and

the second machine learning model is trained to receive a plurality of reference medical images and output a medical device group to which a reference medical device included in each of the plurality of reference medical images belongs.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the detecting comprises:

determining presence or absence of an abnormality in the target medical device based on the information on the target medical device and the extracted fiducial marker.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the extracting comprises extracting, from the received medical image, the fiducial marker associated with the target medical device by using a third machine learning model.

8. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising:

acquiring a plurality of reference medical images including one or more reference medical devices; and

acquiring an annotation for a reference fiducial marker associated with the one or more reference medical devices included in the plurality of reference medical images, wherein

the third machine learning model is trained to receive the plurality of reference medical images, and extract reference fiducial markers associated with the one or more reference medical devices in the plurality of reference medical images based on the annotation for the reference fiducial marker associated with the one or more reference medical devices.

9. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the determining the presence or absence of the abnormality in the target medical device comprises

determining whether or not the at least the part of the target medical device is positioned in the normal area.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause performance of the method according to claim 1 .

11. A method for determining an abnormality in a medical device in a medical image, the method being executed by at least one processor and comprising:

receiving a reference medical image;

determining a normal area associated with a reference medical device in the reference medical image;

generating a first set of training data in which at least a part of the reference medical device is placed in the determined normal area in the reference medical image;

generating a second set of training data in which the at least the part of the reference medical device is placed in an area other than the determined normal area in the reference medical image; and

training a fourth machine learning model for determining presence or absence of an abnormality in the reference medical device based on the first set of training data and the second set of training data.

12. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising:

receiving a medical image; and

determining the presence or absence of the abnormality in a target medical device included in the medical image by using the fourth machine learning model.

13. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the determining comprises:

receiving, from an external device, information on the normal area associated with a position of the at least the part of the reference medical device; and

applying the normal area associated with the position of the at least the part associated with the reference medical device to the reference medical image.

14. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the determining comprises:

receiving, from an external device, information on the reference medical device; and

extracting the normal area associated with the reference medical device in the reference medical image, based on the received information on the reference medical device and the information on the reference medical image.

15. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the fourth machine learning model comprises a binary classification model trained to classify the reference medical image into normal data or abnormal data.

16. An information processing system comprising:

memory storing one or more instructions; and

at least one processor configured to execute the stored one or more instructions to:

receive a medical image;

detect information on at least a part of a target medical device in the received medical image by:

extracting, from the received medical image, a fiducial marker associated with the target medical device; and

determining a normal area of the target medical device based on the extracted fiducial marker wherein the normal area is indicative of a region where the medical device is properly located; and

control a display to display information on a position of the at least the part of the target medical device and the normal area of the target medical device on the received medical image,

wherein the normal area is displayed on the received medical image in at least one form of a mask, region, contour, line or point.

17. The information processing system according to claim 16 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to detect the information on the position of the at least the part of the target medical device in the received medical image by using a first machine learning model.

18. The information processing system according to claim 17 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

acquire a plurality of reference medical images including one or more reference medical devices; and

acquire an annotation for a position of at least a part of the one or more reference medical devices included in the plurality of reference medical images,

wherein the first machine learning model is trained to receive the plurality of reference medical images, and detect information on the one or more reference medical devices included in each of the plurality of reference medical images based on the annotation for the position of the at least the part of the one or more reference medical devices.

19. The information processing system according to claim 17 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to determine whether or not the target medical device is included in the received medical image by using a second machine learning model, and based on the target medical device being in the received medical image, detect the information on the position of the at least the part of the target medical device in the received medical image by using the first machine learning model.

20. The information processing system according to claim 16 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to

determine presence or absence of an abnormality in the target medical device based on the information on the target medical device and the extracted fiducial marker.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2022
From: YOO, DONGGEUN; LEE, SANGHYUP; KIM, MINCHUL; LEE, HANJUN; PARK, SUNGGYUN
To: LUNIT INC.
Reel/Frame 061540/0062 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2020-0059347 · May 18, 2020 · national
KR 10-2021-0063464 · May 17, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTKR2021006163 · May 17, 2021
Related Publication 20230053280A1 · Feb 16, 2023
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