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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2022
University of Washington, Seattle, WA (US);
Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA (US);
Lingga Adidharma, Seattle, WA (US);
Randall Bly, Seattle, WA (US);
Christopher Young, Seattle, WA (US);
Blake Hannaford, Seattle, WA (US);
Ian Humphreys, Seattle, WA (US);
Al-Waleed M. Abuzeid, Seattle, WA (US);
Manuel Ferreira, Seattle, WA (US);
Kristen S. Moe, Seattle, WA (US);
Yangming Li, Rochester, NY (US);
Daniel King, Seattle, WA (US);
University of Washington, Seattle, WA (US);
Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
A method includes classifying, via a computational model, images of a source image stream as valid images or invalid images based on whether the images include biological tissue or a surgical tool; and generating a condensed image stream that includes the valid images. Another method includes classifying input images as valid images or invalid images using: a clustering algorithm that classifies each of the input images into either a first group or a second group and using labels that indicate whether the input images include a surgical tool. The method also includes training a computational model to identify the valid images based on whether the valid images include biological tissue or a surgical tool, or whether the valid images have at least a threshold level of clarity.