Pediatric hydronephrosis severity from ultrasound images

An apparatus for predicting a severity and appearance of renal obstruction, comprising:

• processing circuitry configured to:
• receive a plurality of medical images corresponding to a kidney of a patient;
• identify the kidney in the plurality of medical images;
• select at least one relevant image from the plurality of medical images, the at least one relevant image being selected based on a relationship to renal function;
• standardize the at least one relevant image;
• determine, via a deep learning model, at least one risk score based on the at least one relevant image;
• and
• determine a final ultrasound-based risk score based on the at least one risk score, wherein the final ultrasound-based risk score is an indication of a presence of renal obstruction and/or a probability of renal obstruction.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method for predicting a severity and appearance of renal obstruction, the method comprising:

• receiving, via processing circuitry, a plurality of medical images corresponding to a kidney of a patient;
• identifying, via the processing circuitry, the kidney in the plurality of medical images;
• selecting, via the processing circuitry, at least one relevant image from the plurality of medical images, the at least one relevant image being selected based on a relationship to renal function;
• standardizing, via the processing circuitry, the at least one relevant image;
• determining, via a deep learning model executed by the processing circuitry, at least one risk score based on the at least one relevant image;
• and
• determining, via the processing circuitry, a final ultrasound-based risk score based on the at least one risk score, wherein the final ultrasound-based risk score is an indication of a presence of renal obstruction and/or a probability of renal obstruction.