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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2023
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Junning Li, San Jose, CA (US);
Pechin Chien Pau Lo, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ahmed Taha, Hyattsville, MD (US);
Tao Zhao, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for image segmentation comprises receiving volumetric image data for an anatomical region and generating a first volumetric patch from the volumetric image data. The method also comprises generating a second volumetric patch from the first volumetric patch by weighting at least one of a plurality of volumetric units in the first volumetric patch and receiving the second volumetric patch as an input to a convolutional neural network. The weighting that at least one of the plurality of volumetric units includes applying a weight based on a foreground structure classification. The method also comprises conducting a down-sampling filter process and conducting an up-sampling filter process within the convolutional neural network.