Patent SG-11201807019R-A (SG)
Title: Automatic segmentation of breast tissue in a thermographic image
Inventor: PARTHASARATHY ARUN KOUSHIK
IPC: G06T7/60
Filed: 2017-02-25
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property -, Organization 111111110111101110101011111010111110111010111111011011101111101111101111011111 International Bureau .. .... ..Yejd (10) International Publication Number (43) .... ...,,, International Publication Date WO 2017/145126 Al 31 August 2017 (31.08.2017) WIPO I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: (72) Inventors: PARTHASARATHY, Arun Koushik; No 5 A61B 5/01 (2006.01) GO6T 7/12 (2017.01) LIG-II 4th Main, I Stage Hebbal, Mysore, Karnataka — GO6T 7/60 (2017.01) 570016 (IN). VENKATARAMANI, Krithika; Flat 203, Butterfly Apartments, Mariyappa Layout Panathur Main (21) International Application Number: Road, Bangalore, Karnataka — 560103 (IN). KAKILETI, PCT/IB2017/051110 Siva Teja; D.No 1-45, Sundar Nagar Street, Drakshara- (22) International Filing Date: mam, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh — 533262 (IN). 25 February 2017 (25.02.2017) (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every (25) Filing Language: English kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, (26) Publication Language: English BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, (30) Priority Data: DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, 15/055,140 26 February 2016 (26.02.2016) US HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, (71) Applicant: NIRAMAI HEALTH ANALYTIX PVT MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, LTD [IN/IN]; Flat A7-506, Elita Promenade, JP Nagar 7th NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, Phase, Bangalore - 560078 (IN). RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every — kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, === GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, [Continued on next page] (54) Title: AUTOMATIC SEGMENTATION OF BREAST TISSUE IN A THERMOGRAPHIC IMAGE === — (57) : What is disclosed is a system and method for 100 automatically segmenting a breast from surrounding tissue in a thermal image. A thermal image of at least one breast of the === = — patient is received. The thermal image is then analyzed to identify a set of N points around the breast, a contour of an outline of the body, and isotherms of the axilla and in- fra-mammary fold. Thereafter, the points are connected to- gether to form a N-sided irregular polygon which segments the breast from surrounding tissue. Each of the points is a = — - === _ === vertex of the polygon and comprises a draggable object which enables a user to selectively manipulate a shape of the polygon. A user can add/delete vertices from the polygon as = === === desired. The area of the image encompassed by the polygon 1 7, ---104 , \" is communicated to a breast cancer screeningalgorithm er- forming automated or semi- automated screening. 1 a === ----- , — = 5 105 = ,-1 ei N 103 ,-1 ir) 7r ,-, IN ,-, ,:::, FIG, ei O WO 2017/145126 All#1101M01101010IIMME301011111011011HE1110V0IS TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, — as to the applicant's entitlement to claim the priority of DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, the earlier application (Rule 4.17(iii)) SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, Published: GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). — with international search report (Art. 21(3)) Declarations under Rule 4.17: — before the expiration of the time limit for amending the — as to the identity of the inventor (Rule 4.17(1)) — as to applicant's entitlement to apply for and be granted a patent (Rule 4.17(11)) claims and to be republished in the event amendments (Rule 48.2(h)) of receipt of