Graphical user interface for display of anatomical information
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Abstract
A computer-aided diagnostic method and system provide image annotation information that can include an assessment of the probability, likelihood or predictive value of detected or identified suspected abnormalities as an additional aid to the radiologist. More specifically, probability values, in numerical form and/or analog form, are added to the locational markers of the detected and suspected abnormalities. The task of a physician using such a system as disclosed is believed to be made easier by displaying markers representing different regions of interest.
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Citations
95 Claims
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1-78. -78. (canceled)
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79. A graphical user interface for displaying anatomical information of a body part obtained from a computed tomogaphy (CT) scan thereof, and for displaying information from a computer-aided detection (CAD) algorithm operating on a CT data volume derived from the CT scan, comprising:
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a first display displaying a sequence of two-dimensional tomographic sections generated from said CT scans;
a second display displaying a first view of the body part and including an indication of the position on the body part of the section then being displayed on the first display, said first display and said second display each including one or more suspicious region of interest (ROI) markers corresponding to suspicious locations of the body part identified by the CAD algorithm; and
a navigational tool comprising a plurality of graphical identifiers, each graphical identifier associated respectively with one of said sequence of two-dimensional tomogaphic sections, said graphical identifiers being spatially arranged along said navigational tool in a manner associated with a spatial arrangement of said sequence of tomogaphic sections within the CT data volume;
wherein each of said sequence of two-dimensional tomogaphic sections is displayed responsive to a user selection of an associated one of said graphical identifiers on said navigational tool. - View Dependent Claims (80, 81, 82, 83, 84)
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85. A graphical user interface for displaying anatomical information of a body part from tomographic data obtained from a digital imaging apparatus, comprising:
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a first display rendering a sequence of two-dimensional tomographic sections obtained from said tomographic data, a second display rendering a first view of the body part and including an indication of the position on the body part of the section then being displayed on the first display, and a third display;
wherein said first display and said second display each include suspicious region of interest markers corresponding to suspicious locations of the body part identified from said tomographic data; and
responsive to a user selection of one of said suspicious-ROI markers on either of said first or second displays, said third display renders a volumetric view of the body part, said volumetric view being enlarged around the suspicious location corresponding to the selected suspicious-ROI marker. - View Dependent Claims (86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94)
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95. A method for rendering anatomical information obtained by tomographic scanning of a body comprising:
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rendering on a first portion of a display a sequence of axial sections, the particular section being rendered at any time being selectable by means of a scroll bar or scroll buttons;
rendering on a second portion of the display a view of an entire region of the body encompassed by all of the axial sections, said view including an indication of the position on the body of the section then being rendered on the first portion of the display; and
rendering on a third portion of the display a volumetric view of a selected feature shown in the section then being rendered on the first portion, said volumetric view being selectively rotatable about multiple axes.
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