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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2024
Translational Imaging Innovations, Inc., Hickory, NC (US);
Bhavna Antony, Templestowe Lower, AU;
Eric L. Buckland, Hickory, NC (US);
Alexander E. Salmon, Garner, NC (US);
Robert C. Williams, Durham, NC (US);
TRANSLATIONAL IMAGING INNOVATIONS, INC., Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
A system for training and deployment of automated image segmentation algorithms is provided. The system includes a database; one or more user interfaces for curating collections of images and annotating images that are stored in the database; a structured library of annotations that form a dictionary for defining features within an image; a means for training a deep learning model according to a set of annotations applied to a collection of images; a means for deploying a plurality of deep learning models from the set of applied annotations, the plurality of deep learning models including a nested set of annotations such that a first model segments a first set of features within the image and a second model segments the first set of features of the first model and at least one additional feature of the image; and a means for transfer learning, wherein at least one of the plurality of deep learning models deployed for a first collection of images is used to accelerate retraining of the deep learning model for a second class of images defined by the second collection.