diff --git a/utils/llm/prompts.py b/utils/llm/prompts.py
index ce686ce7..5eb36b0b 100644
--- a/utils/llm/prompts.py
+++ b/utils/llm/prompts.py
@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@
 Output a only JSON list of bounding boxes where each entry contains
 the 2D bounding box in the key "box_2d",
 and the stage name in the key "label".
+Include in the bounding boxes only the illustrations of the objects themselves,
+not any surrounding text or arrows.
 
 """
 
diff --git a/utils/segmentation/sam_processor.py b/utils/segmentation/sam_processor.py
index a4fa05a5..4d2eca2d 100644
--- a/utils/segmentation/sam_processor.py
+++ b/utils/segmentation/sam_processor.py
@@ -136,8 +136,25 @@ def segment_with_boxes(
                     )
                 continue
 
-            logging.pii(f"Processing bounding box for label: '{label}'")
-            bboxes.append(bbox)
+            logging.pii(
+                f"Processing bounding box for label: '{label}' "
+                f"(normalized coords: {bbox})"
+            )
+
+            # Convert normalized coordinates (0-1000) received from Qwen 3
+            # to pixel coordinates
+            bbox_pixels = [
+                (bbox[0] / 1000.0) * width,
+                (bbox[1] / 1000.0) * height,
+                (bbox[2] / 1000.0) * width,
+                (bbox[3] / 1000.0) * height
+            ]
+
+            logging.pii(
+                f"Converted to pixel coords: {bbox_pixels}"
+            )
+
+            bboxes.append(bbox_pixels)
             labels.append(label)
 
         if not bboxes: