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

Claim 14:
15. 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:
process pixel data of the one or more images using a front-end container segmentation network executing on the computer to determine a container type and a container boundary; process the pixel data of the one or more images of the specimen container using a deep semantic segmentation network executing on the computer to determine a classification index of the serum or plasma portion;
input the container type and the container boundary from the front-end container segmentation network via an additional input channel to the deep semantic segmentation network to determine the 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.