Patents by Inventor Yaozong Gao

Yaozong Gao 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: 11836925
    Abstract: A system for image segmentation is provided. The system may obtain a target image including an ROI, and segment a preliminary region representative of the ROI from the target image using a first ROI segmentation model corresponding to a first image resolution. The system may segment a target region representative of the ROI from the preliminary region using a second ROI segmentation model corresponding to a second image resolution. At least one model of the first and second ROI segmentation models may at least include a first convolutional layer and a second convolutional layer downstream to the first convolutional layer. A count of input channels of the first convolutional layer may be greater than a count of output channels of the first convolutional layer, and a count of input channels of the second convolutional layer may be smaller than a count of output channels of the second convolutional layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING INTELLIGENCE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Miaofei Han, Yaozong Gao, Yu Zhang, Yiqiang Zhan
  • Patent number: 11694086
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a region of interest (ROI) detection system. The system may be configured to acquire a target image and an ROI detection model, and perform ROI detection on the target image by applying the ROI detection model to the target image. The ROI detection model may be a trained cascaded neural network including a plurality of sequentially connected trained models. The plurality of trained models may include a trained first model and at least one trained second model downstream to the trained first model in the trained cascaded neural network. The plurality of trained models may be sequentially trained. Each of the trained second model may be trained using a plurality of training samples determined based on one or more trained models of the plurality of trained models generated before the generation of the trained second model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING INTELLIGENCE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yaozong Gao, Yanbo Chen, Jiyong Wang, Weiyang Xie, Yiqiang Zhan
  • Publication number: 20230157659
    Abstract: A method for lung nodule evaluation is provided. The method may include obtaining a target image including at least a portion of a lung of a subject. The method may also include segmenting, from the target image, at least one target region each of which corresponds to a lung nodule of the subject. The method may further include generating an evaluation result with respect to the at least one lung nodule based on the at least one target region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING INTELLIGENCE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenhai ZHANG, Ying SHAO, Yaozong GAO
  • Patent number: 11605164
    Abstract: A method for lung nodule evaluation is provided. The method may include obtaining a target image including at least a portion of a lung of a subject. The method may also include segmenting, from the target image, at least one target region each of which corresponds to a lung nodule of the subject. The method may further include generating an evaluation result with respect to the at least one lung nodule based on the at least one target region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING INTELLIGENCE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenhai Zhang, Ying Shao, Yaozong Gao
  • Publication number: 20220284687
    Abstract: A system for image segmentation is provided. The system may obtain a target image including an ROI, and segment a preliminary region representative of the ROI from the target image using a first ROI segmentation model corresponding to a first image resolution. The system may segment a target region representative of the ROI from the preliminary region using a second ROI segmentation model corresponding to a second image resolution. At least one model of the first and second ROI segmentation models may at least include a first convolutional layer and a second convolutional layer downstream to the first convolutional layer. A count of input channels of the first convolutional layer may be greater than a count of output channels of the first convolutional layer, and a count of input channels of the second convolutional layer may be smaller than a count of output channels of the second convolutional layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING INTELLIGENCE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Miaofei HAN, Yaozong GAO, Yu ZHANG, Yiqiang ZHAN
  • Patent number: 11348233
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for image processing. The method may include obtaining an initial image; obtaining an intermediate image corresponding to the initial image, the intermediate image including pixels or voxels associated with at least a portion of a target object in the initial image; obtaining a trained processing model; and generating, based on the initial image and the intermediate image, a target image associated with the target object using the trained processing model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING INTELLIGENCE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yaozong Gao, Wenhai Zhang, Yiqiang Zhan
  • Patent number: 11341734
    Abstract: A system for image segmentation is provided. The system may obtain a target image including an ROI, and segment a preliminary region representative of the ROI from the target image using a first ROI segmentation model corresponding to a first image resolution. The system may segment a target region representative of the ROI from the preliminary region using a second ROI segmentation model corresponding to a second image resolution. At least one model of the first and second ROI segmentation models may at least include a first convolutional layer and a second convolutional layer downstream to the first convolutional layer. A count of input channels of the first convolutional layer may be greater than a count of output channels of the first convolutional layer, and a count of input channels of the second convolutional layer may be smaller than a count of output channels of the second convolutional layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING INTELLIGENCE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Miaofei Han, Yu Zhang, Yaozong Gao, Yiqiang Zhan
  • Patent number: 11290530
    Abstract: Sharing media items includes receiving, on a first device, user input indicating a request for media items on a second device, wherein the request identifies an object represented in the media items, obtaining, on a requesting device, an object model for the object, generating a pull request comprising pull request parameters, wherein the pull request parameters comprise the object model, and transmitting the pull request from the first device to the second device, wherein the object model identifies the object represented in the media items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Vinay Sharma, Sergiy Buyanov, Yaozong Gao
  • Publication number: 20220083804
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a region of interest (ROI) detection system. The system may be configured to acquire a target image and an ROI detection model, and perform ROI detection on the target image by applying the ROI detection model to the target image. The ROI detection model may be a trained cascaded neural network including a plurality of sequentially connected trained models. The plurality of trained models may include a trained first model and at least one trained second model downstream to the trained first model in the trained cascaded neural network. The plurality of trained models may be sequentially trained. Each of the trained second model may be trained using a plurality of training samples determined based on one or more trained models of the plurality of trained models generated before the generation of the trained second model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING INTELLIGENCE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yaozong GAO, Yanbo CHEN, Jiyong WANG, Weiyang XIE, Yiqiang ZHAN
  • Patent number: 11270157
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system and method for classification determination of a structure. The method may include obtaining image data representing a structure of a subject. The method may also include determining a plurality of candidate classifications of the structure and their respective probabilities by inputting the image data into a classification model. The classification model may include a backbone network for determining a backbone feature of the structure, a segmentation network for determining a segmentation feature of the structure, and a density classification network for determining a density feature of the structure. The method may further include determining a target classification of the structure based on at least a part of the probabilities of the plurality of candidate classifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING INTELLIGENCE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yanbo Chen, Yaozong Gao, Yiqiang Zhan
  • Patent number: 11188773
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a region of interest (ROI) detection system. The system may be configured to acquire a target image and an ROI detection model, and perform ROI detection on the target image by applying the ROI detection model to the target image. The ROI detection model may be a trained cascaded neural network including a plurality of sequentially connected trained models. The plurality of trained models may include a trained first model and at least one trained second model downstream to the trained first model in the trained cascaded neural network. The plurality of trained models may be sequentially trained. Each of the trained second model may be trained using a plurality of training samples determined based on one or more trained models of the plurality of trained models generated before the generation of the trained second model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING INTELLIGENCE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yaozong Gao, Yanbo Chen, Jiyong Wang, Weiyang Xie, Yiqiang Zhan
  • Publication number: 20210304896
    Abstract: A method is provided. The method may also include generating at least one first segmentation image and at least one second segmentation image based on the target image. Each of the at least one first segmentation image may indicate one of the at least one target region of the subject. Each of the at least one second segmentation image may indicate a lesion region of one of the at least one target region. The method may also include determining first feature information relating to the at least one lesion region and the at least one target region based on the at least one first segmentation image and the at least one second segmentation image. The method may further include generating a diagnosis result with respect to the subject based on the first feature information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING INTELLIGENCE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yanbo CHEN, Yaozong GAO, Yanping YANG
  • Publication number: 20210118130
    Abstract: A method for lung nodule evaluation is provided. The method may include obtaining a target image including at least a portion of a lung of a subject. The method may also include segmenting, from the target image, at least one target region each of which corresponds to a lung nodule of the subject. The method may further include generating an evaluation result with respect to the at least one lung nodule based on the at least one target region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING INTELLIGENCE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenhai ZHANG, Ying SHAO, Yaozong GAO
  • Patent number: 10950026
    Abstract: Method and system for displaying a medical image. For example, a computer-implemented method for displaying a medical image includes acquiring an original image of a target; obtaining a lesion region in the original image; selecting a region of interest in the original image based on at least the lesion region, the region of interest including the lesion region; obtaining a plurality of planar images of the region of interest from the original image of the target based on at least a predetermined setting; generating an animated display by grouping the plurality of planar images based on at least a predetermined order; and displaying the animated display related to the region of interest including the lesion region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Shanghai United Imaging Intelligence Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dijia Wu, Yaozong Gao, Yiqiang Zhan
  • Patent number: 10762337
    Abstract: Training a generative adversarial network (GAN) for use in facial recognition, comprising providing an input image of a particular face into a facial recognition system to obtain a faceprint; obtaining, based on the input faceprint and a noise value, a set of output images from a GAN generator; obtaining feedback from a GAN discriminator, wherein obtaining feedback comprises inputting each output image into the GAN discriminator and determining a set of likelihood values indicative of whether each output image comprises a facial image; determining, based on each output image, a modified noise value; inputting each output image into a second facial recognition network to determine a set of modified faceprints; defining, based on each modified noise value and modified faceprint, feedback for the GAN generator, wherein the feedback comprises a first value and a second value; and modifying control parameters of the GAN generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Vinay Sharma, Yaozong Gao
  • Publication number: 20200272841
    Abstract: A system for image segmentation is provided. The system may obtain a target image including an ROI, and segment a preliminary region representative of the ROI from the target image using a first ROI segmentation model corresponding to a first image resolution. The system may segment a target region representative of the ROI from the preliminary region using a second ROI segmentation model corresponding to a second image resolution. At least one model of the first and second ROI segmentation models may at least include a first convolutional layer and a second convolutional layer downstream to the first convolutional layer. A count of input channels of the first convolutional layer may be greater than a count of output channels of the first convolutional layer, and a count of input channels of the second convolutional layer may be smaller than a count of output channels of the second convolutional layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING INTELLIGENCE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Miaofei HAN, Yu ZHANG, Yaozong GAO, Yiqiang ZHAN
  • Publication number: 20200211188
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for image processing. The method may include obtaining an initial image; obtaining an intermediate image corresponding to the initial image, the intermediate image including pixels or voxels associated with at least a portion of a target object in the initial image; obtaining a trained processing model; and generating, based on the initial image and the intermediate image, a target image associated with the target object using the trained processing model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING INTELLIGENCE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yaozong GAO, Wenhai ZHANG, Yiqiang ZHAN
  • Publication number: 20200210761
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system and method for classification determination of a structure. The method may include obtaining image data representing a structure of a subject. The method may also include determining a plurality of candidate classifications of the structure and their respective probabilities by inputting the image data into a classification model. The classification model may include a backbone network for determining a backbone feature of the structure, a segmentation network for determining a segmentation feature of the structure, and a density classification network for determining a density feature of the structure. The method may further include determining a target classification of the structure based on at least a part of the probabilities of the plurality of candidate classifications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING INTELLIGENCE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yanbo CHEN, Yaozong GAO, Yiqiang ZHAN
  • Publication number: 20200167586
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a region of interest (ROI) detection system. The system may be configured to acquire a target image and an ROI detection model, and perform ROI detection on the target image by applying the ROI detection model to the target image. The ROI detection model may be a trained cascaded neural network including a plurality of sequentially connected trained models. The plurality of trained models may include a trained first model and at least one trained second model downstream to the trained first model in the trained cascaded neural network. The plurality of trained models may be sequentially trained. Each of the trained second model may be trained using a plurality of training samples determined based on one or more trained models of the plurality of trained models generated before the generation of the trained second model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING INTELLIGENCE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yaozong GAO, Yanbo CHEN, Jiyong WANG, Weiyang XIE, Yiqiang ZHAN
  • Publication number: 20200074712
    Abstract: Method and system for displaying a medical image. For example, a computer-implemented method for displaying a medical image includes acquiring an original image of a target; obtaining a lesion region in the original image; selecting a region of interest in the original image based on at least the lesion region, the region of interest including the lesion region; obtaining a plurality of planar images of the region of interest from the original image of the target based on at least a predetermined setting; generating an animated display by grouping the plurality of planar images based on at least a predetermined order; and displaying the animated display related to the region of interest including the lesion region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Dijia Wu, Yaozong Gao, Yiqiang Zhan