Patents by Inventor Aviad Zlotnick

Aviad Zlotnick 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).

  • Patent number: 11967068
    Abstract: Embodiments may include novel techniques to improve detection of objects in images, for example, in Digital Breast Tomography and that are applicable to ensembles of detectors. For example, a method may comprise generating a plurality of candidate bounding boxes for each of a plurality of image slices of imaged tissue, each generated candidate bounding box having a probability score, collecting at least some of the generated candidate bounding boxes for each slice, generating a heat map of the filtered candidate bounding boxes and filtering the candidate bounding boxes in the heat map based on a first threshold of values in the heat map, performing Non-Maximum Suppression on the heat map filtered candidate bounding boxes, and outputting at least one bounding box based on the probability score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Aviad Zlotnick, Yoel Shoshan, Vadim Ratner, Daniel Khapun
  • Publication number: 20240095380
    Abstract: One example method includes performing a data management transaction, such as a data read operation, a data write operation, or a data delete operation, generating transaction metadata relating to the data management transaction, transmitting the transaction metadata to a blockchain network, and receiving, from the blockchain network, confirmation that the transaction metadata has been stored in a distributed ledger associated with the blockchain network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: David Zlotnick, Natali Gaash, Roi Wexler, Aviad Yisrael Gispan, Inbar Helbitz
  • Patent number: 11809674
    Abstract: There is provided a method for monitoring interaction with 3D medical images, comprising: dividing the 3D image into a sequence of a 2D images, arranging the sequence into slabs each including at least one 2D image, computing, for each respective slab, a minimal amount of viewing time a user is predicted to spend viewing the respective slab, monitoring, while the 3D medical image is presented on a display, an amount of time a user actually spent viewing portions of the 3D medical image corresponding to each of the of slabs, in response to the amount of time spent viewing a certain portion of the 3D medical image being less than the computed minimal amount of viewing time of a certain slab corresponding to the certain portion, generating instructions for implementation by a user interface indicative of the amount of time spent being less than the computed minimal amount of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Flora Gilboa-Solomon, Aviad Zlotnick
  • Publication number: 20230237782
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are disclosed for improvement of machine learning systems based on enhanced training data. An example method includes providing a visual concurrent display of a set of images of features, the features requiring classification by a reviewing user. The user interface is provided to enable the reviewing user to assign classifications to the images, the user interface being configured to create, read, update, and/or delete classifications. The user interface is responsive to the user, with the user response indicating at least two images with a single classification. The user interface is updated to represent the single classification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Murray A. Reicher, Aviad Zlotnick
  • Patent number: 11709877
    Abstract: There is provided a system and a method of generating an annotated structured dataset, comprising: receiving a medical classification term, searching over the unstructured patient data for extracting unclassified unstructured text fragments, presenting a subset of the unclassified unstructured text fragments, receiving an indication of a selection of none or at least one of the text fragments, and one of: (i) classifying non-selected unclassified unstructured text fragments according to the medical classification term, and classifying selected text fragments as not satisfying the medical classification term, and (ii) classifying selected unclassified unstructured text fragments according to the medical classification term, and classifying non-selected unclassified unstructured text fragments as not satisfying the medical classification term, and iterating the searching, and/or the presenting, until no text fragments are obtained by the search, wherein the annotated structured dataset is created by the classif
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ella Barkan, Aviad Zlotnick
  • Publication number: 20230177729
    Abstract: A method and system for reducing the number of colors per pixel present in an image to increase the ability to detect objects or anomalies in the image. A final number of colors per pixel to reduce the image to is determined, wherein the final number of colors is a number of colors less than the number of colors per pixel in the original image. A corresponding threshold value for each of the final number of colors is identified, such that the corresponding threshold values optimize an arithmetic combination of separation score functions applied to the plurality of pixels and the threshold values. The image is reduced to the final number of colors per pixel, by creating an output image where a value of each output pixel is equal to the number of threshold values that are less than the value of the corresponding input pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventor: Aviad Zlotnick
  • Patent number: 11636638
    Abstract: There is provided a computer implemented method for generating summary images from 3D medical images, comprising: receiving a 3D medical image, dividing the 3D medical images into a sequence of a plurality 2D images, computing a similarity dataset indicative of an amount of similarity between each pair of the plurality of 2D images, segmenting the similarity dataset into a plurality of slabs by minimizing the amount of similarity between consecutive slabs and maximizing the amount of similarity within each slab, aggregating, for each respective slab, the plurality of 2D images into a respective summary image, and presenting on a display, the respective summary image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Flora Gilboa-Solomon, Aviad Zlotnick
  • Patent number: 11615554
    Abstract: A method and system for reducing the number of colors per pixel present in an image to increase the ability to detect objects or anomalies in the image. A final number of colors per pixel to reduce the image to is determined, wherein the final number of colors is a number of colors less than the number of colors per pixel in the original image. A corresponding threshold value for each of the final number of colors is identified, such that the corresponding threshold values optimize an arithmetic combination of separation score functions applied to the plurality of pixels and the threshold values. The image is reduced to the final number of colors per pixel, by creating an output image where a value of each output pixel is equal to the number of threshold values that are less than the value of the corresponding input pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Aviad Zlotnick
  • Patent number: 11562587
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are disclosed for improvement of machine learning systems based on enhanced training data. An example method includes providing a visual concurrent display of a set of images of features, the features requiring classification by a reviewing user. The user interface is provided to enable the reviewing user to assign classifications to the images, the user interface being configured to create, read, update, and/or delete classifications. The user interface is responsive to the user, with the user response indicating at least two images with a single classification. The user interface is updated to represent the single classification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Merative US L.P.
    Inventors: Murray A. Reicher, Aviad Zlotnick
  • Publication number: 20230017135
    Abstract: Embodiments may include novel techniques to improve detection of objects in images, for example, in Digital Breast Tomography and that are applicable to ensembles of detectors. For example, a method may comprise generating a plurality of candidate bounding boxes for each of a plurality of image slices of imaged tissue, each generated candidate bounding box having a probability score, collecting at least some of the generated candidate bounding boxes for each slice, generating a heat map of the filtered candidate bounding boxes and filtering the candidate bounding boxes in the heat map based on a first threshold of values in the heat map, performing Non-Maximum Suppression on the heat map filtered candidate bounding boxes, and outputting at least one bounding box based on the probability score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Aviad Zlotnick, Yoel Shoshan, Vadim Ratner, Daniel Khapun
  • Patent number: 11514311
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and a computer program product for automated data slicing based on an Artificial Neural Network (ANN). The method comprising: obtaining an ANN, wherein the ANN is configured to provide a prediction for a data instance, wherein the ANN comprises a set of nodes having interconnections therebetween; determining an attribute vector based on a subset of the nodes of the ANN; determining, based on the attribute vector, a plurality of data slices; obtaining a testing dataset comprising testing data instances; computing, for each data slice, a performance measurement of the ANN over the data slice, wherein said computing is based on an application of the ANN on each testing data instance that is mapped to the data slice; and performing an action based on at least a portion of the performance measurements of the data slices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Rachel Brill, Eitan Farchi, Orna Raz, Aviad Zlotnick
  • Patent number: 11488014
    Abstract: An example system includes a processor to train a neural network model using annotated training data to generate features. The processor is to select a feature vector of the neural network model. The processor is to execute an inference stage on the annotated training data via the neural network model to generate a first set of values corresponding to the annotated training data for features in the selected feature vector. The processor is to execute the inference stage on unannotated data to generate a second set of values corresponding to the unannotated data for the features in the selected feature vector. The processor is to select an item in unannotated data that matches an uncovered combination of feature values in the annotated training data. The processor is to send the selected item for annotation and receive a corresponding additional annotated item to be added to the annotated training data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Aviad Zlotnick
  • Patent number: 11481667
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present systems and methods may provide improved machine learning performance even though data drift has occurred. For example, a method may comprise providing a machine learning model in a computer system, operating the machine learning model using a first dataset to obtain results of the first dataset, operating the machine learning model using a second dataset to obtain results of the second dataset, performing statistical testing on a confidence distribution of results of the first dataset and of results of the second dataset to determine a difference in a result confidence distribution between the first dataset and of the second dataset, and determining whether data included in the second dataset has data drift relative to the first dataset based on the difference in a result confidence distribution between the first dataset and of the second dataset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Orna Raz, Marcel Zalmanovici, Aviad Zlotnick
  • Publication number: 20220284243
    Abstract: An example system includes a processor to receive training data used to train an ensemble voting classifier. For each classifier in the ensemble voting classifier, the processor can also set a classification score of a positive training item as a threshold. The processor can further adjust a threshold of at least one of the classifiers based on an analysis of a vote contribution of each classifier on the votes on the training data. The threshold of the at least one of the classifiers is adjusted to increase a voting specificity without impacting sensitivity with respect to the training data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventor: Aviad Zlotnick
  • Patent number: 11409992
    Abstract: A method and a computer program product for identification and improvement of machine learning (ML) under-performance The method comprises slicing data of ML model based on a functional model representing requirements of a system utilizing the ML model. The functional model comprises a set of attributes and respective domain of values. Each data slice is associated with a different valuation of one or more attributes of the functional model. Each data instance of the ML model is mapped to one or more data slices, based on valuation of the attributes. A performance measurement of the ML model over is computed for each data slice, based on an application of the ML model on each data instance that is mapped to the data slice. A Determination whether ML model adheres to a target performance requirement may be performed based on the performance measurements of the data slices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Rachel Brill, Eitan Farchi, Orna Raz, Aviad Zlotnick
  • Publication number: 20220245427
    Abstract: There is provided a computer-implemented method of identifying a finding in an input sub-dataset of an input dataset using an ensemble of machine learning (ML) models, comprising: obtaining outcomes of an ensemble of ML models generated in response to feeding each input sub-dataset of the input dataset into each ML model of the ensemble trained to generate an outcome indicative of likelihood of a finding depicted in a respective input sub-dataset, creating a two dimensional (2D) outcome dataset storing outcomes of the ensemble, wherein a first dimension denotes the respective ML model and a second dimension denotes the respective input sub-dataset, computing a filtered 2D dataset by applying a filter function to the 2D outcome dataset, and analyzing the filtered 2D dataset to identify specific input sub-dataset(s) likely depicting the finding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventor: Aviad Zlotnick
  • Patent number: 11393587
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are disclosed for improvement of machine learning systems based on enhanced training data. An example method includes accessing a database storing associations between objects included in medical images and classifications of the objects. A risk assessment model adapted to determine a risk condition for an object is accessed, the assessment based on features of the object. Risk conditions associated with respective objects are determined based on the risk assessment model. A group of objects associated with a first risk condition is identified. An interactive user interface is generated for display, the user interface concurrently displaying images of the group of objects. The interactive user interface enables a user to select subsets of images to be concurrently assigned a user-selected classification. User selected classifications are provided to a machine learning system adapted to update the risk assessment model based on the classifications to increase accuracy of the model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Aviad Zlotnick, Ayelet Akselrod-Ballin, Murray A. Reicher, Sivan Ravid
  • Publication number: 20220207288
    Abstract: Aspects of an embodiment of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and computing system for selecting representative scores. A processor receives first scores generated by a plurality of object part classifiers classifying a first part of an object. A processor also receives second scores generated by the plurality of object part classifiers classifying a second part of the object. A processor also determines a first aggregation of the first scores. A processor also determines a second aggregation of the second scores. A processor also selects the representative scores from the first scores and the second scores based on a comparison between the first aggregation and the second aggregation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Aviad Zlotnick, Flora Gilboa-Solomon, Michal Flato
  • Publication number: 20220101068
    Abstract: Outlier detection using a Deep Neural Network (DNN) includes running a trained DNN model on an received input item. A first feature vector is extracted from the input item and quantized to discrete values. A first number of special t-way feature combinations are computed in the input item and compared against a computed threshold. Based on the comparison, the input item is flagged as an outlier and an alert is generated notifying of the flagged input item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventor: Aviad Zlotnick
  • Patent number: 11288797
    Abstract: Embodiments may include techniques to choose a model based on a similarity of computed features of an input to computed features of several models in order to improve feature analysis using Machine Learning models. A method of image analysis may comprise extracting a training feature vector corresponding to each of the plurality of machine learning models from each validation image from a plurality of machine learning models trained using a plurality of validation images, extracting from a new image a new feature vector corresponding to each of the plurality of machine learning models, comparing each new feature vector corresponding to each machine learning model with the training feature vector corresponding to each of the plurality of machine learning models, and selecting and outputting an inference for the new image generated by the machine learning model for which the new feature vector and the training feature vector are most similar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Flora Gilboa-Solomon, Efrat Hexter, Dana Levanony, Aviad Zlotnick