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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2021
Ping an Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Shun Miao, Bethesda, MD (US);
Fakai Wang, Bethesda, MD (US);
Kang Zheng, Bethesda, MD (US);
Le Lu, Bethesda, MD (US);
PING AN TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD., Shenzhen, CN;
Abstract
A vertebra localization and identification method includes: receiving one or more images of vertebrae of a spine; applying a machine learning model on the one or more images to generate three-dimensional (3-D) vertebra activation maps of detected vertebra centers; performing a spine rectification process on the 3-D vertebra activation maps to convert each 3-D vertebra activation map into a corresponding one-dimensional (1-D) vertebra activation signal; performing an anatomically-constrained optimization process on each 1-D vertebra activation signal to localize and identify each vertebra center in the one or more images; and outputting the one or more images, wherein on each of the one or more outputted images, a location and an identification of each vertebra center are specified.