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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2023
Merck Sharp & Dohme Llc, Rahway, NJ (US);
Shaoyan Pan, Decatur, GA (US);
Yiqiao Liu, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Antong Chen, Blue Bell, PA (US);
Gregory Goldmacher, Lincoln, MA (US);
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system and method of multi-stage training of a transformer-based machine-learning model. The system performs at least two stages of the following three stages of training: During a first stage, the system pre-trains a transformer encoder via a first machine-learning network using an unlabeled 3D image dataset. During a second stage, the system fine-tunes the pre-trained transformer encoder via a second machine-learning network via a labeled 2D image dataset. During a third stage, the system further fine-tunes the previously pre-trained transformer encoder or fine-tuned transformer encoder via a third machine-learning network using a labeled 3D image dataset.