US 12,033,324 B2
System and method for identifying fractures in digitized x-rays
Fazel A. Khan, East Setauket, NY (US); Imin Kao, Stony Brook, NY (US); and Carlos Gabriel Helguero, Guayaquil (EC)
Assigned to The Research Foundation for The State University of New York, Albany, NY (US)
Appl. No. 17/619,085
Filed by THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, Albany, NY (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 8, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/036564
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 14, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/247902, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/857,865, filed on Jun. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0301281 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. G06T 7/00 (2017.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/50 (2024.01); G06T 5/40 (2006.01); G06T 5/92 (2024.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/12 (2017.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01); G06V 10/28 (2022.01); G06V 10/75 (2022.01); G06V 10/776 (2022.01); G16H 30/40 (2018.01)
CPC G06T 7/0012 (2013.01) [A61B 6/505 (2013.01); A61B 6/5205 (2013.01); G06T 5/40 (2013.01); G06T 5/92 (2024.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/12 (2017.01); G06T 11/00 (2013.01); G06V 10/28 (2022.01); G06V 10/751 (2022.01); G06V 10/776 (2022.01); G16H 30/40 (2018.01); G06T 2207/10116 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30008 (2013.01); G06V 2201/033 (2022.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method for identifying one or more fractures in a digitized x-ray image, the method comprising:
obtaining a digitized x-ray image;
performing preprocessing on the digitized x-ray image to generate a modified x-ray image having enhanced resolution;
partitioning the modified x-ray image into a two-dimensional array comprising a plurality of pixels;
obtaining an intensity of each of the plurality of pixels in the modified x-ray image;
evaluating each of the plurality of pixels in the modified x-ray image to determine whether at least a given one of the plurality of pixels has an intensity indicative of a black pixel;
for each given pixel having an intensity indicative of a black pixel, flagging the given pixel when pixels immediately adjacent to and within a prescribed range of the given pixel have an intensity greater than a prescribed threshold value; and
placing a visual indication of a possible fracture on the modified x-ray image corresponding to a location of each flagged pixel.