The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.

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:
Dec. 27, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 20, 2018
Applicants:

University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc., Louisville, KY (US);

University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA (US);

Inventors:

Ayman El-Baz, Louisville, KY (US);

Nabila Eldawi, Louisville, KY (US);

Shlomit Schaal, Worcester, MA (US);

Mohammed Elmogy, Louisville, KY (US);

Harpal Sandhu, Louisville, KY (US);

Robert S. Keynton, Goshen, KY (US);

Ahmed Soliman, Louisville, KY (US);

Assignees:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 3/12 (2006.01); G06T 7/143 (2017.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06V 10/40 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 3/1233 (2013.01); G06T 5/002 (2013.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/143 (2017.01); G06V 10/40 (2022.01); G06T 2207/10101 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20012 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20021 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20084 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30101 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods for automated segmentation system for retinal blood vessels from optical coherence tomography angiography images include a preprocessing stage, an initial segmentation stage, and a refining stage. Application of machine-learning techniques to segmented images allow for automated diagnosis of retinovascular diseases, such as diabetic retinopathy.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…