Patents by Inventor Ben Covington
Ben Covington has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20210082547Abstract: A multi-label heat map generating system is operable to receive a plurality of medical scans and a corresponding plurality of global labels that each correspond to one of a set of abnormality classes. A computer vision model is generated by training on the medical scans and the global labels. Probability matrix data, which includes a set of image patch probability values that each indicate a probability that a corresponding one of the set of abnormality classes is present in each of a set of image patches, is generated by performing an inference function that utilizes the computer vision model on a new medical scan. Heat map visualization data can be generated for transmission to a client device based on the probability matrix data that indicates, for each of the set of abnormality classes, a color value for each pixel of the new medical scan.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Applicant: Enlitic, Inc.Inventors: Li Yao, Jordan Prosky, Eric C. Poblenz, Kevin Lyman, Lionel Lints, Ben Covington, Anthony Upton
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Publication number: 20210082545Abstract: A medical evaluation system operates by: receiving a set of medical scans of a medical scan protocol captured for a patient, the set of medical scans corresponding to a proper subset of a plurality of sequence types; generating abnormality data by performing an inference function on the set of medical scans, wherein the inference function utilizes a computer vision model trained on a plurality of medical scans corresponding to the proper subset of the plurality of sequence types; calculating a confidence score for the abnormality data; generating first additional sequence data, wherein when the confidence score compares unfavorably to a confidence score threshold, the first additional sequence data indicates at least one first additional medical scan of the patient, corresponding to a first at least one of the plurality of sequence types not included in the proper subset of the plurality of sequence types, and when the confidence score compares favorably to the confidence score threshold, the first additionalType: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Applicant: Enlitic, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Lyman, Anthony Upton, Ben Covington
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Publication number: 20210074394Abstract: An intensity transform augmentation system is operable to receive a training set of medical scans. Random intensity transformation function parameters are generated for each medical scan of the training set of medical scans. A plurality of augmented images are generated, where each of the plurality of augmented images is generated by performing a intensity transformation function on one of the training set of medical scans by utilizing the random intensity transform parameters generated for the one of the training set of medical scan. A computer vision model is generated by performing a training step on the plurality of augmented images. A new medical scan is received via the receiver. Inference data is generated by performing an inference function that utilizes the computer vision model on the new medical scan. The inference data is transmitted to a client device for display via a display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2020Publication date: March 11, 2021Applicant: Enlitic, Inc.Inventors: Jordan Prosky, Li Yao, Eric C. Poblenz, Kevin Lyman, Ben Covington, Anthony Upton
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Patent number: 10930387Abstract: A chest x-ray differential diagnosis system is operable to generate abnormality pattern data is generated for each of a received plurality of chest x-rays by identifying at least one pattern in each chest x-ray corresponding to an abnormality by utilizing a computer vision model that is trained on a plurality of training chest x-rays. Differential diagnosis data is generated for each chest x-ray based on the abnormality pattern data. Filtering parameters are received from a client device, and a filtered chest x-ray queue that includes a subset of chest x-rays is selected based on the filtering parameters and the differential diagnosis data is generated for transmission to the client device for display. Differential diagnosis data corresponding a chest x-ray indicated in chest x-ray selection data received from the client device is transmitted to the client device for display via the display device in conjunction with the chest x-ray.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2019Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: Enlitic, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Lyman, Devon Bernard, Li Yao, Diogo Almeida, Ben Covington, Anthony Upton
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Patent number: 10902940Abstract: A triage routing system is operable to receive a medical scan via a receiver. Inference data for the medical scan is generated by performing an inference function, where the inference function utilizes a computer-vision model trained on a plurality of medical scans. One of a plurality of medical professionals is selected to review the medical scan based on the inference data. Triage routing data that indicates the medical scan and the one of the plurality of medical professionals is generated. The medical scan is transmitted to a client device associated with the one of the plurality of medical professionals for display via a display device in accordance with the triage routing data.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2019Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: Enlitic, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Lyman, Anthony Upton, Li Yao, Ben Covington
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Patent number: 10896753Abstract: A lung screening assessment system is operable to receive a chest computed tomography (CT) scan that includes a plurality of cross sectional images. Nodule classification data of the chest CT scan is generated by utilizing a computer vision model that is trained on a plurality of training chest CT scans to identify a nodule in the plurality of cross sectional images and determine an assessment score. A lung screening report that includes the assessment score of the nodule classification data is generated for display on a display device associated with a user of the lung screening assessment system.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2019Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: Enlitic, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Lyman, Devon Bernard, Li Yao, Ben Covington, Diogo Almeida, Brian Basham, Jeremy Howard, Anthony Upton, John Zedlewski
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Patent number: 10878949Abstract: An intensity transform augmentation system is operable to receive a training set of medical scans. Random intensity transformation function parameters are generated for each medical scan of the training set of medical scans. A plurality of augmented images are generated, where each of the plurality of augmented images is generated by performing a intensity transformation function on one of the training set of medical scans by utilizing the random intensity transform parameters generated for the one of the training set of medical scan. A computer vision model is generated by performing a training step on the plurality of augmented images. A new medical scan is received via the receiver. Inference data is generated by performing an inference function that utilizes the computer vision model on the new medical scan. The inference data is transmitted to a client device for display via a display device.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Enlitic, Inc.Inventors: Jordan Prosky, Li Yao, Eric C. Poblenz, Kevin Lyman, Ben Covington, Anthony Upton
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Patent number: 10878948Abstract: A mid-protocol evaluation system is operable to receive a set of medical scans corresponding to a proper subset of a plurality of sequence types in a medical scan protocol captured for a patient. Abnormality data is generated by performing an inference function on the set of medical scans, where the inference function utilizes a computer vision model trained on a plurality of medical scans corresponding to the subset of the plurality of sequence types. A confidence score for the abnormality data is calculated, and additional sequence necessity data is generated for transmission to a client device for display via a display device. The additional sequence necessity data indicates at least one additional medical scan is necessary when the confidence score compares unfavorably to a confidence score threshold. The additional sequence necessity data indicates no further medical scans are necessary when the confidence score compares favorably to the confidence score threshold.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Enlitic, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Lyman, Anthony Upton, Ben Covington
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Publication number: 20200381093Abstract: A clinical trial re-evaluation system is operable to perform at least one assessment function on a set of medical scans for each of a first subset of a set of patients of a failed clinical trial to generate automated assessment data for each of the first subset of the set of patients. The first subset of the set of patients corresponds to a subset of human assessment data determined to have failed to meet criteria of the clinical trial. Patient re-evaluation data is generated for each of the first subset of the set of patients by comparing the automated assessment data to the criteria. The patient re-evaluation data for a second subset of the first subset of the set of patients indicates the automated assessment data passes the criteria. Trial re-evaluation data is generated based on the patient re-evaluation data for transmission to a computing device for display.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2020Publication date: December 3, 2020Applicant: Enlitic, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Lyman, Keith Lui, Anthony Upton, Li Yao, Ben Covington
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Publication number: 20200373003Abstract: A medical scan triaging system is operable to generate a global abnormality probability for each of a plurality of medical scans by utilizing a computer vision model trained on a training set of medical scans; generate comparison data by comparing the global abnormality probability for each of the plurality of medical scans to a triage probability threshold; sort the plurality of medical scans, based on the comparison data, into a first subset of the plurality of medical scans, each having one of the plurality of abnormalities present, and a second subset of the plurality of medical scans, each having all of the plurality of abnormalities absent; and facilitate transmission, based on the sorting, of the first subset of the plurality of medical scans and the second subset of the plurality of medical scans to at least one medical scan viewing system.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2020Publication date: November 26, 2020Applicant: Enlitic, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Lyman, Li Yao, Eric C. Poblenz, Ben Covington, Anthony Upton
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Publication number: 20200352518Abstract: A medical scan artifact detection system is operable to receive a medical scan of a patient. Artifact detection data is generated by executing an artifact detection function on the medical scan, where the artifact detection data indicates at least one artifact detected in the medical scan that includes a motion artifact or a nipple shadow. A notification is generated for display via a display device, where the notification indicates the at least one artifact.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2020Publication date: November 12, 2020Applicant: Enlitic, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Lyman, Ben Covington, Anthony Upton, David Di Domenico
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Publication number: 20200357117Abstract: A multi-label heat map generating system is operable to receive a plurality of medical scans and a corresponding plurality of medical labels that each correspond to one of a set of abnormality classes. A computer vision model is generated by training on the medical scans and the medical labels. Probability matrix data, which includes a set of image patch probability values that each indicate a probability that a corresponding one of the set of abnormality classes is present in each of a set of image patches, is generated by performing an inference function that utilizes the computer vision model on a new medical scan. Preliminary heat map visualization data can be generated for transmission to a client device based on the probability matrix data. Heat map visualization data can be generated via a post-processing of the preliminary heat map visualization data to mitigate heat map artifacts.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2020Publication date: November 12, 2020Applicant: Enlitic, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Lyman, Eric C. Poblenz, Li Yao, Ben Covington, Anthony Upton
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Patent number: 10818386Abstract: A multi-label heat map generating system is operable to receive a plurality of medical scans and a corresponding plurality of global labels that each correspond to one of a set of abnormality classes. A computer vision model is generated by training on the medical scans and the global labels. Probability matrix data, which includes a set of image patch probability values that each indicate a probability that a corresponding one of the set of abnormality classes is present in each of a set of image patches, is generated by performing an inference function that utilizes the computer vision model on a new medical scan. Heat map visualization data can be generated for transmission to a client device based on the probability matrix data that indicates, for each of the set of abnormality classes, a color value for each pixel of the new medical scan.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2019Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Enlitic, Inc.Inventors: Li Yao, Jordan Prosky, Eric C. Poblenz, Kevin Lyman, Lionel Lints, Ben Covington, Anthony Upton
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Patent number: 10783990Abstract: A clinical trial re-evaluation system is operable to perform at least one assessment function on a set of medical scans for each of a first subset of a set of patients of a failed clinical trial to generate automated assessment data for each of the first subset of the set of patients. The first subset of the set of patients corresponds to a subset of human assessment data determined to have failed to meet criteria of the clinical trial. Patient re-evaluation data is generated for each of the first subset of the set of patients by comparing the automated assessment data to the criteria. The patient re-evaluation data for a second subset of the first subset of the set of patients indicates the automated assessment data passes the criteria. Trial re-evaluation data is generated based on the patient re-evaluation data for transmission to a computing device for display.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2019Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: Enlitic, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Lyman, Keith Lui, Anthony Upton, Li Yao, Ben Covington
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Patent number: 10755811Abstract: A medical scan comparison system is operable to receive a medical scan via a network and to generate similar scan data. The similar scan data includes a subset of medical scans from a medical scan database and is generated by performing an abnormality similarity function to determine that a set of abnormalities included in the subset of medical scans compare favorably to an abnormality identified in the medical scan. At least one cross-sectional image is selected from each medical scan of the subset of medical scans for display on a display device associated with a user of the medical scan comparison system in conjunction with the medical scan.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2019Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: Enlitic, Inc.Inventors: Devon Bernard, Kevin Lyman, Li Yao, Anthony Upton, Ben Covington, Jeremy Howard
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Publication number: 20200160964Abstract: A clinical trial re-evaluation system is operable to perform at least one assessment function on a set of medical scans for each of a first subset of a set of patients of a failed clinical trial to generate automated assessment data for each of the first subset of the set of patients. The first subset of the set of patients corresponds to a subset of human assessment data determined to have failed to meet criteria of the clinical trial. Patient re-evaluation data is generated for each of the first subset of the set of patients by comparing the automated assessment data to the criteria. The patient re-evaluation data for a second subset of the first subset of the set of patients indicates the automated assessment data passes the criteria. Trial re-evaluation data is generated based on the patient re-evaluation data for transmission to a computing device for display.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2019Publication date: May 21, 2020Applicant: Enlitic, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Lyman, Keith Lui, Anthony Upton, Li Yao, Ben Covington
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Publication number: 20200160979Abstract: A model-assisted annotating system is operable to receive a first set of annotation data for a first set of medical scans from a set of client devices. A computer vision model is trained by utilizing first set of medical scans and the first set of annotation data. A second set of annotation data for a second set of medical scans is generated by utilizing the computer vision model. The second set of medical scans and the second set of annotation data is transmitted to the set of client devices, and a set of additional annotation data is received in response. An updated computer vision model is generated by utilizing the set of additional annotation data. A third set of annotation data is generated for a third set of medical scans by utilizing the updated computer vision model for transmission to the set of client devices for display.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2019Publication date: May 21, 2020Applicant: Enlitic, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Lyman, Li Yao, Eric C. Poblenz, Jordan Prosky, Ben Covington, Anthony Upton, Lionel Lints
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Publication number: 20200160965Abstract: A mid-protocol evaluation system is operable to receive a set of medical scans corresponding to a proper subset of a plurality of sequence types in a medical scan protocol captured for a patient. Abnormality data is generated by performing an inference function on the set of medical scans, where the inference function utilizes a computer vision model trained on a plurality of medical scans corresponding to the subset of the plurality of sequence types. A confidence score for the abnormality data is calculated, and additional sequence necessity data is generated for transmission to a client device for display via a display device. The additional sequence necessity data indicates at least one additional medical scan is necessary when the confidence score compares unfavorably to a confidence score threshold. The additional sequence necessity data indicates no further medical scans are necessary when the confidence score compares favorably to the confidence score threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2019Publication date: May 21, 2020Applicant: Enlitic, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Lyman, Anthony Upton, Ben Covington
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Publication number: 20200160967Abstract: A medical scan hierarchical labeling system stores labeling application data that includes application operational instructions and a plurality of prompt decision trees. A medical scan and the labeling application data are sent to a client device for storage. The client device executes the application operational instructions of the labeling application data, causing the client device to display, via an interactive interface, the medical scan and a plurality of prompts of each prompt decision tree in succession, beginning with automatically determined starting prompts of each prompt decision tree, in accordance with corresponding nodes of each prompt decision tree until a leaf node of each prompt decision tree is ultimately selected. The client device transmits labeling data indicating the ultimately selected leaf node of each prompt decision tree. A medical scan entry of the medical scan in a medical scan database is populated based on the set of labels.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2019Publication date: May 21, 2020Applicant: Enlitic, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Lyman, Anthony Upton, Lionel Lints, Ben Covington
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Publication number: 20200160544Abstract: A contrast parameter learning system is operable to generate contrast significance data for a computer vision model, where the computer vision model was generated by performing a training step on a training set of medical scans. Significant contrast parameters are identified based on the contrast significance data. A re-contrasted training set is generated by performing an intensity transformation function that utilizes the significant contrast parameters on the training set of medical scans. A re-trained model is generated by performing the training step on the first re-contrasted training set. Re-contrasted image data of a new medical scan is generated by performing the intensity transformation function. Inference data is generated by performing an inference function that utilizes the first re-trained model on the re-contrasted image data. The inference data is transmitted via the transmitter to a client device for display via a display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2019Publication date: May 21, 2020Applicant: Enlitic, Inc.Inventors: Li Yao, Jordan Prosky, Eric C. Poblenz, Kevin Lyman, Ben Covington, Anthony Upton