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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2019
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Seth D. Billings, Pellston, MI (US);
Philippe M. Burlina, Rockville, MD (US);
Neil J. Joshi, Laurel, MD (US);
John N. Aucott, Lutherville, MD (US);
Elise Ng, Baltimore, MD (US);
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, Baltimore, MD (US);
Abstract
Techniques for diagnosing Lyme disease are presented. The techniques may include obtaining a digital photo of a skin lesion, providing the digital photo to a deep learning convolutional neural network, such that an output diagnosis is provided. The deep learning convolutional neural network may be trained using a training corpus including a plurality of digital training images annotated according to one of a plurality of training image diagnoses, where the plurality of training image diagnoses include at least one Lyme disease type, normal skin, and at least one non-Lyme skin lesion type, and where the plurality of digital training images include multiple digital photographs publicly available on the internet. The techniques can include outputting the output diagnosis.