Patents by Inventor Ian Poole

Ian Poole 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: 11669729
    Abstract: An apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to: obtain first trained parameters for a model, wherein the first trained parameters have been generated by training the model using data from a first data cohort; obtain second trained parameters for the model, wherein the second trained parameters have been generated by training the model using data from a second, different data cohort; determine a first evaluation value by inputting data from the first data cohort into a model having the first trained parameters; and determine a second evaluation value by inputting data from the first data cohort into a model having the second trained parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Daykin, Ian Poole
  • Patent number: 11373298
    Abstract: A system including processing circuitry configured to train a model for predicting from input data at least one predicted output, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to: receive a plurality of training data sets; receive from a user a selection of a first characteristic including positive and negative samples which are relevant variations significant to prediction of the at least one predicted output; receive from the user a selection of a second characteristic including an irrelevant sample which is a spurious variation irrelevant to the prediction of the predicted output; perform positive supervision of the model using the first characteristic such that the training of the model is sensitive to the positive and negative samples of the first characteristic; and perform negative supervision of the model using the second characteristic such that the training of the model is insensitive to the irrelevant sample of the second characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ian Poole
  • Patent number: 11189367
    Abstract: An apparatus for determining similarity between medical data sets for a plurality of patients or other subjects comprises at least one data store and a processing resource. The at least one data store is configured to store a respective representation of each of a plurality of data sets, the representation of each data set being generated by applying a model for representing data sets with respect to a plurality of features. The processing resource is configured to use the model to obtain a representation of a further medical data set, and perform a similarity determining process to determine similarity between the representation of the further medical data set and at least some of said representations of said plurality of medical data sets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Aneta Lisowska, Alison O'Neil, Ian Poole
  • Publication number: 20210097381
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises processing circuitry configured to: obtain first trained parameters for a model, wherein the first trained parameters have been generated by training the model using data from a first data cohort; obtain second trained parameters for the model, wherein the second trained parameters have been generated by training the model using data from a second, different data cohort; determine a first evaluation value by inputting data from the first data cohort into a model having the first trained parameters; and determine a second evaluation value by inputting data from the first data cohort into a model having the second trained parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Daykin, Ian Poole
  • Publication number: 20200311911
    Abstract: A system comprises processing circuitry configured to perform a training method to train a model for predicting from input data at least one predicted output, the training method comprising: receiving a plurality of training data sets; receiving from a user an identification of a first characteristic of the training data sets as a positive characteristic which is relevant to prediction of the at least one predicted output; receiving from the user an identification of a second characteristic of the training data sets as a negative characteristic which is less relevant or irrelevant to prediction of the at least one predicted output; and training the model, the training of the model comprising: performing supervision of the model using the positive characteristic such that the model is trained to use values for the positive characteristic in the prediction of the at least one predicted output; and performing supervision of the model using the negative characteristic such that the model is trained to discount va
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ian Poole
  • Publication number: 20190371439
    Abstract: An apparatus for determining similarity between medical data sets for a plurality of patients or other subjects comprises at least one data store and a processing resource. The at least one data store is configured to store a respective representation of each of a plurality of data sets, the representation of each data set being generated by applying a model for representing data sets with respect to a plurality of features. The processing resource is configured to use the model to obtain a representation of a further medical data set, and perform a similarity determining process to determine similarity between the representation of the further medical data set and at least some of said representations of said plurality of medical data sets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Aneta Lisowska, Alison O'Neil, Ian Poole
  • Patent number: 10163040
    Abstract: A medical image data processing apparatus comprises processing circuitry configured to: receive a plurality of sets of medical imaging data; and train a classifier for use in classification, wherein the training of the classifier comprises, for each of the plurality of sets of medical imaging data: selecting a first part and a second part of the respective set of medical imaging data, wherein the first part and the second part are representative of different regions of the same subject; and training the classifier for use in classification based on the first part of the set of medical imaging data and the second part of the set of medical imaging data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ian Poole, Aneta Lisowska, Erin Beveridge, Ruixuan Wang
  • Patent number: 10127654
    Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus comprises a memory configured to store medical image data representative of a tissue structure and a processing circuitry configured to operationally connect to the memory, extract regions from the medical image data by performing threshold processing of the medical image data using each of a plurality of threshold values, select regions meeting at least one predetermined condition from among the extracted regions, and determine a region representative of the tissue structure in the medical image data based on the selected regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Sean Murphy, Keith Goatman, Ian Poole
  • Patent number: 9962086
    Abstract: A medical imaging data processing apparatus comprises a receiving unit configured to receive first medical imaging data that represents a region of a subject at a first time, and second medical imaging data that represents the region of the subject at a second, later time, a registration unit configured to perform a registration procedure to obtain registration data representative of a registration between the first medical imaging data and the second medical imaging data, an evaluation unit configured to process the registration data to determine, for each of a plurality of positions in the region, a value of a registration measure, the registration measure representing at least one feature of the registration as a function of position, wherein the evaluation unit is configured to, for at least some of the plurality of positions in the region, determine whether an abnormality is present by comparing the value of the registration measure to a statistical atlas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Mohammad Dabbah, Keith Goatman, Ian Poole
  • Patent number: 9818200
    Abstract: An image data processing apparatus including a data receiver receiving image data to be segmented, and an atlas selection processor accessing a plurality of atlas data sets and selecting a subset of the atlas data sets for use in segmenting the image data, wherein the atlas selection processor is configured to select the subset of atlas data sets in dependence on the positions of one or more anatomical landmarks comprised in the plurality of atlas data sets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Mohr, Ian Poole
  • Publication number: 20170103518
    Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus comprises a memory configured to store medical image data representative of a tissue structure and a processing circuitry configured to operationally connect to the memory, extract regions from the medical image data by performing threshold processing of the medical image data using each of a plurality of threshold values, select regions meeting at least one predetermined condition from among the extracted regions, and determine a region representative of the tissue structure in the medical image data based on the selected regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sean MURPHY, Keith Goatman, Ian Poole
  • Publication number: 20160292864
    Abstract: A medical imaging data processing apparatus comprises a receiving unit configured to receive first medical imaging data that represents a region of a subject at a first time, and second medical imaging data that represents the region of the subject at a second, later time, a registration unit configured to perform a registration procedure to obtain registration data representative of a registration between the first medical imaging data and the second medical imaging data, an evaluation unit configured to process the registration data to determine, for each of a plurality of positions in the region, a value of a registration measure, the registration measure representing at least one feature of the registration as a function of position, wherein the evaluation unit is configured to, for at least some of the plurality of positions in the region, determine whether an abnormality is present by comparing the value of the registration measure to a statistical atlas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mohammad Dabbah, Keith Goatman, Ian Poole
  • Patent number: 9390502
    Abstract: Certain embodiments provide a computer apparatus operable to carry out a data processing method to position a set of anatomical landmarks in a three-dimensional image data set of a part or all of a patient, comprising: providing a trained supervised machine learning algorithm which has been trained to place each of the set of anatomical landmarks; applying the supervised machine learning algorithm to place the set of anatomical landmarks relative to the data set; providing a trained point distribution model, including a mean shape and a covariance matrix, wherein the mean shape represents locations of the set of landmarks in a variety of patients; and applying the point distribution model to the set of landmarks with the locations output from the supervised machine learning algorithm by: removing any landmarks whose locations have an uncertainty above a threshold with reference to the mean shape and covariance matrix; followed by: an optimization of the locations of the remaining landmarks by maximizing joint
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mohammad Dabbah, Ian Poole
  • Patent number: 9378549
    Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus comprises an image data processing unit configured to determine a result by processing image data using an algorithm, a confidence interval (CI) evaluation unit configured to determine a confidence interval for the result from at least two initial results, and an output unit configured to provide the confidence interval to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ian Poole, Jillian Steel
  • Patent number: 9235781
    Abstract: An apparatus for locating a landmark in a set of image data comprises a landmark location unit that is configured, for each of a plurality of image data items, to obtain from a first two-class classifier a first classification of the image data item as foreground or background, to obtain from a second two-class classifier a second classification of the image data item as foreground or background, and to combine the first classification and the second classification to obtain a combined classification, and wherein the landmark location unit is further configured to use the combined classifications for the plurality of image data items to determine a location for the landmark.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ian Poole, Mohammad Dabbah
  • Patent number: 9189866
    Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus, comprises a landmark identification unit configured to process a medical image data set to identify a landmark corresponding to a part of a branching structure according to a stored anatomical representation, and a spatial analysis unit configured to process the image data set to determine a spatial configuration of at least part of the branching structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ian Poole, Colin Roberts, Paul Norman, Alison O'Neil
  • Patent number: 9053541
    Abstract: Certain embodiments provide a computer system operable to determine a registration mapping between a first medical image and a second medical image, the computer system comprising: a storage device for storing data representing the first medical image and the second medical image; and a processor unit operable to execute machine readable instructions to: (a) identify a plurality of elements in the first medical image; (b) determine a spatial mapping from each element in the first medical image to a corresponding element in the second medical image to provide a plurality of spatial mappings subject to a consistency constraint; and (c) determine a registration mapping between the first medical image and the second medical image based on the plurality of spatial mappings from the respective elements of the first medical image to the corresponding elements of the second medical image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jim Piper, Sean Murphy, Ian Poole, Jian Song
  • Publication number: 20150131882
    Abstract: An image data processing apparatus comprises a data receiving unit for receiving image data to be segmented, and an atlas selection unit for accessing a plurality of atlas data sets and selecting a subset of the atlas data sets for use in segmenting the image data, wherein the atlas selection unit is configured to select the subset of atlas data sets in dependence on the positions of one or more anatomical landmarks comprised in the plurality of atlas data sets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicants: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Brian MOHR, Ian Poole
  • Patent number: 8995734
    Abstract: A method of processing image data including performing a first mapping, of a first image dataset to a first reference, performing a second mapping, of a second image dataset to a second reference, and using the first mapping and the second mapping to correlate at least one position in the first image dataset to at least one position in the second image dataset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Pavlos Papageorgiou, Ian Poole
  • Publication number: 20140314290
    Abstract: Certain embodiments provide a computer apparatus operable to carry out a data processing method to position a set of anatomical landmarks in a three-dimensional image data set of a part or all of a patient, comprising: providing a trained supervised machine learning algorithm which has been trained to place each of the set of anatomical landmarks; applying the supervised machine learning algorithm to place the set of anatomical landmarks relative to the data set; providing a trained point distribution model, including a mean shape and a covariance matrix, wherein the mean shape represents locations of the set of landmarks in a variety of patients; and applying the point distribution model to the set of landmarks with the locations output from the supervised machine learning algorithm by: removing any landmarks whose locations have an uncertainty above a threshold with reference to the mean shape and covariance matrix; followed by: an optimisation of the locations of the remaining landmarks by maximising joint
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicants: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Mohammad DABBAH, Ian Poole