US 12,118,717 B2
Providing a classification explanation and a generative function
Alexander Katzmann, Fuerth (DE); Stephen Ahmad, Erfurt (DE); Michael Suehling, Erlangen (DE); and Alexander Muehlberg, Nuremberg (DE)
Assigned to Siemens Healthineers AG, Forchheim (DE)
Filed by Siemens Healthcare AG, Forchheim (DE)
Filed on Sep. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/476,630.
Claims priority of application No. 20198775 (EP), filed on Sep. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0101521 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06F 18/2431 (2023.01); G06N 3/045 (2023.01)
CPC G06T 7/0012 (2013.01) [G06F 18/2431 (2023.01); G06N 3/045 (2023.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20084 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30096 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for providing a classification explanation, comprising:
receiving or determining an actual classification value, the actual classification value classifying an anatomical structure within an acquired medical image, the acquired medical image corresponding to an examination volume;
receiving or determining a first classification value, different from the actual classification value, the first classification value being a first potential classification value of the anatomical structure within the acquired medical image, each of the actual classification value and the first classification value being related to a classification of the same anatomical structure, and the anatomical structure having at least two potential classification values;
applying a first generative function to the acquired medical image to generate a first synthetic image, the first generative function being based on the first classification value, and the first generative function being configured to modify the anatomical structure to exhibit the first classification value; and
providing a visualization based on the acquired medical image and the first synthetic image.