US 12,376,784 B2
Automated evaluation of quality assurance metrics for assisted reproduction procedures
Hadi Shafiee, Boston, MA (US); Charles Bormann, Winchester, MA (US); Manoj Kumar Kanakasabapathy, Boston, MA (US); and Prudhvi Thirumalaraju, Watertown, MA (US)
Assigned to THE BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL, INC., Boston, MA (US); and THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION, Boston, MA (US)
Appl. No. 17/640,668
Filed by THE BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL, INC., Boston, MA (US); and THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION, Boston, MA (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 8, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/049685
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 4, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/046521, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 11, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/897,053, filed on Sep. 6, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/897,049, filed on Sep. 6, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/897,045, filed on Sep. 6, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/897,043, filed on Sep. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0330884 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01)
CPC A61B 5/4343 (2013.01) [G06T 7/0014 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20084 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30044 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for assigning a quality parameter to a reproductive cellular structure, comprising:
obtaining an image of the reproductive cellular structure;
providing the image of the reproductive cellular structure to a neural network to generate a value representing a morphology of the reproductive cellular structure;
comparing the value to a predefined standard to provide a quality assurance metric representing one of a medical personnel, a facility, a growth medium, and an identity of the reproductive cellular structure.