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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2019

Filed:

Apr. 10, 2017
Applicants:

University of Pittsburgh-of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Inventors:

Alejandro Hoberman, Wexford, PA (US);

Jelena Kovacevic, New York, NY (US);

Nader Shaikh, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Anupama Kuruvilla, Wyoming, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/11 (2017.01); A61B 1/227 (2006.01); G16H 50/20 (2018.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/12 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/40 (2017.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2018.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 5/103 (2006.01); G06T 7/90 (2017.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/227 (2013.01); A61B 1/0005 (2013.01); A61B 1/00009 (2013.01); A61B 1/00045 (2013.01); A61B 1/04 (2013.01); A61B 1/06 (2013.01); A61B 5/004 (2013.01); A61B 5/0084 (2013.01); A61B 5/1032 (2013.01); A61B 5/12 (2013.01); A61B 5/7264 (2013.01); A61B 5/743 (2013.01); A61B 5/7425 (2013.01); G06F 19/00 (2013.01); G06F 19/321 (2013.01); G06K 9/6267 (2013.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/40 (2013.01); G06T 7/90 (2017.01); G16H 50/20 (2018.01); A61B 2576/02 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10024 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20076 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30004 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of aiding the diagnosis of otitis media in a patient includes obtaining image data in a processor apparatus of a computing device, the image data being associated with at least one electronic image of a tympanic membrane of the patient, calculating, a plurality of image features, each image feature being calculated based on at least a portion of the image data, classifying the at least one electronic image as a particular type of otitis media using the plurality of image features, and outputting an indication of the particular type of otitis media. Also, a system for implementing such a method that includes an output device and a computing device.


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