US 12,223,660 B2
Systems and methods for automatic segmentation in medical imaging with multiple anatomical structure segmentation models
Hannu Mikael Laaksonen, Espoo (FI); Janne Nord, Espoo (FI); Maria Isabel Cordero Marcos, Espoo (FI); Sami Petri Perttu, Helsinki (FI); and Tomi Ruokola, Espoo (FI)
Assigned to SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS INTERNATIONAL AG, Steinhausen (CH)
Filed by Siemens Healthineers International AG, Steinhausen (CH)
Filed on Sep. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/368,255.
Application 18/368,255 is a continuation of application No. 16/715,663, filed on Dec. 16, 2019, granted, now 11,842,498.
Prior Publication US 2024/0005515 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06K 9/00 (2022.01); A61N 5/10 (2006.01); G06N 3/08 (2023.01); G06N 5/022 (2023.01); G06T 7/12 (2017.01); G06T 7/149 (2017.01); G06T 7/174 (2017.01)
CPC G06T 7/174 (2017.01) [A61N 5/1038 (2013.01); A61N 5/1048 (2013.01); G06N 3/08 (2013.01); G06N 5/022 (2013.01); G06T 7/12 (2017.01); G06T 7/149 (2017.01); A61N 2005/1041 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1074 (2013.01); G06T 2200/24 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20084 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20092 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20096 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20121 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20124 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20128 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20212 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30008 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30096 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30101 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method for automatic image segmentation, comprising:
displaying, on a selection screen, a list of anatomical structures associated with one or more images of a patient;
selecting from the list one or more anatomical structures desired to be contoured;
accessing a library of different image segmentation models;
determining the image segmentation models in the library that support segmentation of the one or more selected anatomical models;
displaying a list of the image segmentation models determined to support segmentation of the one or more selected anatomical structures;
displaying a list of anatomical structures that each of the determined segmentation models supports;
selecting all or a subset of the image segmentation models from the list of segmentation models to be used to contour each of the selected one or more anatomical structures;
applying the selected segmentation models on the selected anatomical structures; and
combining results of different segmentation model outcomes.