US 12,014,537 B2
Organ classification system and method
You Jin Kim, Muan-gun (KR); Du Hyun Choi, Seoul (KR); and Young Dae Seo, Sejong (KR)
Assigned to INTROMEDIC CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/615,457
Filed by INTROMEDIC CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Dec. 10, 2020, PCT No. PCT/KR2020/018086
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 30, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/141252, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 15, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0003794 (KR), filed on Jan. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0230415 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. G06K 9/00 (2022.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G06V 10/764 (2022.01)
CPC G06V 10/764 (2022.01) [A61B 5/7264 (2013.01); A61B 2576/02 (2013.01); G06V 2201/03 (2022.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for classifying types of organs, the organ classification system comprising:
a searcher configured to search for a frame, in which an image corresponding to an organ starts to appear, in an input image based on a plurality of organ images previously learned according to types of organs;
an acquirer configured to acquire an image of the found frame in the input image; and
a storage configured to store location information about the found frame in the input image,
wherein the searcher is configured to use a binary search method to search for the frame, in which the image corresponding to the organ starts to appear, in the input image,
wherein the input image comprises a first organ image, a second organ image, a third organ image and a fourth organ image;
the first organ image corresponds to esophagus, the second organ image corresponds to stomach, the third organ image corresponds to small intestine, and the fourth organ image corresponds to large intestine; and
the first organ image, the second organ image, the third organ image and the fourth organ image are input in sequence from the first organ image to the fourth organ image.