US 11,869,654 B2
Processing medical images
Merlijn Sevenster, Haarlem (NL)
Assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Appl. No. 17/266,605
Filed by KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
PCT Filed Aug. 6, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/071128
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 7, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/030643, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 18187723 (EP), filed on Aug. 7, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0313047 A1, Oct. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G16H 30/40 (2018.01); G16H 10/60 (2018.01); G16H 30/20 (2018.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01)
CPC G16H 30/40 (2018.01) [G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06T 7/0016 (2013.01); G16H 10/60 (2018.01); G16H 30/20 (2018.01); G06T 2200/24 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for processing a medical image associated with a subject, the apparatus comprising:
a clinical information extractor for determining clinical information associated with the medical image;
a plurality of image processors, each image processor for performing at least one image processing task in respect of the medical image, and each image processor comprising of at least one of: an artificial intelligence engine; a privacy model engine; a machine learning engine; and a statistical analysis engine; and
an image processing manager for determining, based at least on the determined clinical information associated with the medical image, at least one image processor of the plurality of image processors to perform one or more tasks in respect of the medical image.