Patent ID: 11927736
Assignee: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE DIAGNOSTICS INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC G

Claim 10:
11. A quality check module, comprising:
a plurality of image capture devices operative to capture one or more images from one or more viewpoints of a specimen container containing a serum or plasma portion of a specimen therein; and
a computer coupled to the plurality of image capture devices, the computer configured and operative to:
train a deep semantic segmentation network with a discriminative network such that the deep semantic segmentation network generates a homogeneously structured output;
process pixel data of the one or more images of the specimen container using the deep semantic segmentation network executing on the computer to determine a classification index of the serum or plasma portion; and
output from the deep semantic segmentation network the classification index of the serum or plasma portion, wherein the classification index comprises hemolytic, icteric, lipemic, and normal classes, and each of the hemolytic, icteric, and lipemic classes comprises five to seven sub-classes.