Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure provides an apparatus for extracting a vascular function including an information reception unit configured to extract an original CT image from brain-related information received from the outside; an NIFTI image transformation unit configured to transform the original CT image into an NIFTI file format image to acquire time sequence data; a time interpolation unit configured to apply time interpolation to the original CT image through the time sequence data to transform the original CT image into each time-specific 3D CT image; a vessel segmentation unit configured to predict a vessel segmentation mask by passing the each time-specific 3D CT image through a deep learning-based vessel segmentation deep-learning model 141 and generate a 4D vessel mask image by stacking the 3D CT images based on a time axis; and a vascular function extraction unit configured to extract a vascular function from a vessel region of the 4D vessel mask image and calculate a blood flow parameter us

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to artificial intelligence-based devices and methods for geometric alignment and preprocessing of raw CT images. According to the present disclosure, when sensitive to a local error according to each characteristic, only linear transformation is applied to use the centrally aligned rigid registration result, and when the region of interest between patients is spatially matched or monitoring is required, a non-rigid registration result may be used.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method, an apparatus, and a system for detecting and classifying an ischemic stroke based on a medical image. A medical image based ischemic stroke detecting and type classifying apparatus according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes an acquiring unit which collects images related to a brain of at least one patient; a detecting unit which determines whether the at least one patient is a large vessel occlusion patient, based on the collected image; a determining unit which determines whether a type of the large vessel occlusion is embolism or intracranial atherosclerosis (ICAS), when the at least one patient is a large vessel occlusion patient; and a diagnosing unit which provides treatment direction information which is applied differently according to the determined type of the large vessel occlusion.

Abstract: A device and a method for detecting a tumor using a medical image and diagnosing a shape and a property of the detected tumor are disclosed. An exemplary medical image-based tumor detection and diagnostic device includes: an input unit configured to obtain a medical image related to a patient; a preprocessing unit configured to preprocess the obtained medical image to observe a tumor region; an analysis unit configured to divide the preprocessed image into a plurality of regions by applying a deep neural network-based deep learning technique; and a measurement unit configured to group the plurality of divided regions by performing clustering on the plurality of divided regions. The measurement unit extracts a group feature value in respect to each of the grouped regions and derives diagnosis information related to the tumor based on the extracted group feature value.

Abstract: A device and method for detecting cerebral microbleeds use magnetic resonance images. The disclosed device includes a preprocessing unit that normalizes an SWI image and a phase image, respectively, of the magnetic resonance images, and performs phase image conversion for inverting a code of the normalized phase image, a YOLO neural network module that receives a two-channel image in which the preprocessed SWI image and phase image are concatenated and detects a plurality of candidate regions for the cerebral microbleeds, and a cerebral microbleeds determination neural network module that receives patch images of candidate regions of the SWI image and phase image based on the candidate regions and determines whether the patch images of each candidate region are an image with a symptom of the cerebral microbleeds through a neural network operation.

Abstract: A device and a method for detecting a tumor using a medical image and diagnosing a shape and a property of the detected tumor are disclosed. An exemplary medical image-based tumor detection and diagnostic device includes: an input unit configured to obtain a medical image related to a patient; a preprocessing unit configured to preprocess the obtained medical image to observe a tumor region; an analysis unit configured to divide the preprocessed image into a plurality of regions by applying a deep neural network-based deep learning technique; and a measurement unit configured to group the plurality of divided regions by performing clustering on the plurality of divided regions. The measurement unit extracts a group feature value in respect to each of the grouped regions and derives diagnosis information related to the tumor based on the extracted group feature value.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method, an apparatus, and a system for detecting and classifying an ischemic stroke based on a medical image. A medical image based ischemic stroke detecting and type classifying apparatus according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes an acquiring unit which collects images related to a brain of at least one patient; a detecting unit which determines whether the at least one patient is a large vessel occlusion patient, based on the collected image; a determining unit which determines whether a type of the large vessel occlusion is embolism or intracranial atherosclerosis (ICAS), when the at least one patient is a large vessel occlusion patient; and a diagnosing unit which provides treatment direction information which is applied differently according to the determined type of the large vessel occlusion.

Abstract: A biological classification device and a method for Alzheimer's disease using a brain image are disclosed. The biological classification device includes an image receiving unit which receives a plurality of images obtained by capturing images of a brain of a subject; an image processing unit which acquires neurodegeneration feature related to the brain of the subject and standardized uptake value ratio (SUVR) information from the plurality of images; an image analysis unit which performs first determination of a presence or absence of cranial nerve abnormality based on the neurodegeneration feature(s) and second determination and third determination of a presence or absence of abnormality of beta amyloid protein and tau protein, respectively, based on the SUVR information; and a classifying unit which performs biological classification of the subject related to Alzheimer's disease using the first, the second, and the third determinations together.

Abstract: A device and method for detecting cerebral microbleeds use magnetic resonance images. The disclosed device includes a preprocessing unit that normalizes an SWI image and a phase image, respectively, of the magnetic resonance images, and performs phase image conversion for inverting a code of the normalized phase image, a YOLO neural network module that receives a two-channel image in which the preprocessed SWI image and phase image are concatenated and detects a plurality of candidate regions for the cerebral microbleeds, and a cerebral microbleeds determination neural network module that receives patch images of candidate regions of the SWI image and phase image based on the candidate regions and determines whether the patch images of each candidate region are an image with a symptom of the cerebral microbleeds through a neural network operation.

Abstract: The Parkinson's disease information providing apparatus using a neuromelanin image according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes an image receiving unit which acquires an MRI image obtained by capturing a brain of a patient; an image preprocessing unit which preprocesses the acquired MRI image to observe the neuromelanin region used as an image bio marker of the Parkinson's disease; an image processing unit which analyzes the preprocessed MRI image to classify a first image including the neuromelanin region and detects the neuromelanin region from the classified first image; and an image analyzing unit which diagnoses whether the patient has the Parkinson's disease by analyzing whether the detected the neuromelanin region is normal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an artificial intelligence-based Parkinson's disease diagnosing apparatus and method.

Abstract: Disclosed are Parkinson's disease diagnosing apparatus and method and a configuration which includes an image acquiring unit which acquires a multi-echo magnitude and a phase image from MRI obtained by capturing a brain of a patient, an image processing unit which post-processes only substantia nigra and a nigrosome-1 region proposed as an imaging biomarker of the Parkinson's disease from the acquired image to be observed; an image analyzing unit which classifies images including the nigrosome-1 region by analyzing the processed images and detects the nigrosome-1 region from the classified image, and a diagnosing unit which determines whether the nigrosome-1 region is normal in the classified image to diagnose the Parkinson's disease is provided so that only the image which includes the nigrosome-1 region is classified in the MRI and the nigrosome-1 region is analyzed from the classified image to diagnose the Parkinson's disease.

Abstract: Disclosed are an ASPECT score estimating system and a method thereof which estimate an ASPECT score which is a factor for identifying the stroke diseases from the brain CT images and a configuration including a pre-processing step of normalizing and standardizing a feature of an image dataset; a segmenting step of separating each lesion from an CT image which is classified into a supra ganglionic level and a ganglionic level; and a determining step of determining whether the lesion is a stroke by independently building a neural network which learns a positive/negative image for each lesion is provided to estimate an ASPECT score which is an objective indicator for diagnosing a condition of the stroke patient using a brain CT image of the patient.

Abstract: Disclosed are an ASPECT score estimating system and a method thereof which estimate an ASPECT score which is a factor for identifying the stroke diseases from the brain CT images and a configuration including a pre-processing step of normalizing and standardizing a feature of an image dataset; a segmenting step of separating each lesion from an CT image which is classified into a supra ganglionic level and a ganglionic level; and a determining step of determining whether the lesion is a stroke by independently building a neural network which learns a positive/negative image for each lesion is provided to estimate an ASPECT score which is an objective indicator for diagnosing a condition of the stroke patient using a brain CT image of the patient.

Abstract: Provided is a stroke diagnosis apparatus based on AI that includes: an image obtainer obtaining a non-contrast CT image related to the brain of at least one patient; a preprocessor pre-processing the non-contrast CT image and determining whether the at least one patient is in a non-hemorrhage state or a hemorrhage state on the basis of the pre-processed image; an image processor normalizing the pre-processed image and dividing and extracting an ROI (Region of Interest) using a preset standard mask template; and a determiner determining whether there is a problem with a cerebral large vessel of the at least one patient using the divided and extracted ROI.

Abstract: Disclosed are Parkinson's disease diagnosing apparatus and method and a configuration which includes an image acquiring unit which acquires a multi-echo magnitude and a phase image from MRI obtained by capturing a brain of a patient, an image processing unit which post-processes only substantia nigra and a nigrosome-1 region proposed as an imaging biomarker of the Parkinson's disease from the acquired image to be observed; an image analyzing unit which classifies images including the nigrosome-1 region by analyzing the processed images and detects the nigrosome-1 region from the classified image, and a diagnosing unit which determines whether the nigrosome-1 region is normal in the classified image to diagnose the Parkinson's disease is provided so that only the image which includes the nigrosome-1 region is classified in the MRI and the nigrosome-1 region is analyzed from the classified image to diagnose the Parkinson's disease.