US Patent Issued to Washington University on May 6 for "Methods and systems for segmenting organs in images using a CNN-based correction network" (Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,292,494, issued on May 6, was assigned to Washington University (St. Louis).

"Methods and systems for segmenting organs in images using a CNN-based correction network" was invented by Deshan Yang (St. Louis) and Yabo Fu (St. Louis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Among the various aspects of the present disclosure is the provision of methods and systems for segmenting images and expediting a contouring process for MRI-guided adaptive radiotherapy (MR-IGART) comprising applying a convolutional neural network (CNN), wherein the CNN accurately segments organs (e.g., the liver, kidneys, stomach, bowel, or duodenum) in 3D MR images."

The paten...