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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2021
Phenomx Inc., Seoul, KR;
June Young Choi, Seongnam-si, KR;
Srinivasan Girish, Palatine, IL (US);
Han Suk Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Young Sung Yu, Seoul, KR;
Jae Woo Pi, Namyangju-si, KR;
Perumalla Akhila, Seongnam-si, KR;
PHENOMX INC., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
Provided is a method and apparatus for providing information needed for the diagnosis of lymph node metastasis of a thyroid cancer, and the method includes the steps of: acquiring medical images produced correspondingly to the continuous volumes of a body region including the neck; detecting at least one or more lymph nodes from the medical images through a first network function learned, the lymph nodes including at least one or more lymph nodes having higher lymph node metastasis risks than a given reference value; dividing the neck tissue around the thyroid into a plurality of compartments on the medical images through a second network function learned, based on the anatomical characteristics of the neck tissue; and matching diagnostic information including the information of the detected lymph nodes and the plurality of compartments with the medical images and displaying the diagnostic information on the medical images.