CLINICAL REVIEW AND ANALYSIS WORK FLOW FOR LUNG NODULE ASSESSMENT

• US 20070064982A1
• Filed: 09/19/2005
• Published: 03/22/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Sirohey, Saad, Licato, Paul, Ferrant, Matthieu, Heckel, Beth, Beckett, Bob
• Granted Patent: US 8,732,601 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/128
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/00 Manipulating 3D models or images for computer graphics
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2219/028 Multiple view windows (top-side-front-sagittal-orthogonal)
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/20 for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS

Abstract

An image display system includes user configurable viewports for the review and analysis of image data. The user configurable viewports include a review viewport and an analysis viewport. The review viewport displays in a review mode, a plurality of image views of the image data. The analysis viewport displays in an analysis mode, a plurality of image views of the image data. The review viewport and the analysis viewport may be configured for simultaneous display of related image data.

Claims

1. Image data display system comprising:

user configurable viewports for the review and analysis of image data, the viewports comprising;

a review viewport for displaying in a review mode a first plurality of image views of the image data; and

an analysis viewport for displaying in an analysis mode a second plurality of image views of the image data,

wherein the review viewport and the analysis viewport are configured for simultaneous display of related image data.

2. The image data display system of claim 1, wherein the review viewport is configured for synchronized display of a first set of image views, the first set of image views including at least two image views of the first plurality of image views.

3. The image data display system of claim 2, wherein the review viewport is configured to display an indicator for identifying a nodule at corresponding positions in each of the image views of the first set.

4. The image data display system of claim 1, wherein the review viewport is configured to allow marking of a nodule in the first plurality of image views.

5. The image data display system of claim 4, further comprising a digital contrast agent (DCA), the marking of a nodule comprising the digital contrast agent (DCA) providing an indication of the nodule in the image data, a user providing the indication of the nodule or both.

6. The image data display system of claim 1, further comprising a digital contrast agent (DCA) including a DCA response, the digital contrast agent configured to allow selection of a first size threshold of the DCA response, wherein the review viewport is further configured to allow the selection of the first size threshold of the DCA.

7. The image data display system of claim 6, wherein the first size threshold allows for selective display of the DCA response relative to the first size threshold.

8. The image display system of claim 7, wherein the displayed DCA response is larger relative to the first size threshold and smaller relative to a second size threshold.

9. The image data display system of claim 1, wherein the analysis viewport is configured for synchronized display of a second set of image views, the second set of image views including at least two image views of the second plurality of image views.

10. The image data display system of claim 9, wherein the analysis viewport is configured to display an indicator for identifying a nodule at corresponding positions in each of the image views of the second set.

11. The image data display system of claim 1, wherein the review viewport and the analysis viewport are configured for synchronized display of a third set of image views, the third set of image views including at least one image view from the first plurality of image views and at least one image view from the second plurality of image views.

12. The image data display system of claim 11, wherein the review viewport and the analysis viewport are configured to display an indicator for identifying a nodule at corresponding positions in each of the image views of the third set.

13. The image data display system of claim 1, wherein the image data comprises first acquired image data and second acquired image data, wherein the first acquired image data is obtained prior to the second acquired image data.

14. The image data display system of claim 13, wherein the review viewport, the analysis viewport or both are further configured to display registered image views, the registered image views comprising a region synchronized between the first acquired image data and the second acquired image data.

15. A method of displaying image data for review and analysis, the method comprising:

selecting the image data to be reviewed and analyzed;

displaying the image data in a review viewport configured for displaying a first plurality of image views in a review mode;

marking a nodule in the review viewport;

analyzing the image data for the marked nodule;

displaying analysis results in an analysis viewport configured for displaying a second plurality of image views in an analysis mode; and

simultaneously displaying the review viewport and the analysis viewport for related image data.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the selecting the image data comprises configuring a size threshold of digital contrast agent (DCA), the size threshold allowing selective displaying of nodules larger than the size threshold and smaller than a maximum threshold.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the displaying the image data in the review viewport comprises displaying indicators of the nodule, the indicators generated by a digital contrast agent (DCA), a user, or both.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the marking the nodule to be analyzed comprises a digital contrast agent (DCA) indicating a nodule, a user indicating the nodule or both.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the simultaneous displaying the review viewport and the analysis viewport comprises synchronizing the first plurality of image views and the second plurality of image views.

20. A computer data storage device, said computer data storage device including computer readable program code, the computer readable program code configured for executing the method of claim 15.

21. A user interface comprising:

a review portion configured to display image data in a first configuration; and

an analysis portion configured to display image data in a second configuration, wherein based on a user input corresponding to the image data in the review portion, the image data in the analysis portion is automatically updated.

22. The user interface of claim 21, wherein the image data in the second configuration is a subset of the image data in the first configuration.

23. The user interface of claim 21, wherein the automatic updating comprises at least one of automatically segmenting and registering the image data.

24. The user interface of claim 21, wherein the image data in at least one of the review portion and the analysis portion comprises a plurality of synchronized image views of the image data.

25. The user interface of claim 21, further comprising a utility portion configured to display user options including at least one of navigation functions, reporting commands and file commands.

26. The user interface of claim 21, wherein the automatic updating is performed based on a selected region of the displayed image data in the review portion.

27. The user interface of claim 21, wherein the image data comprises medical image data with the medical image data displayed simultaneously in the review portion and the analysis portion.

28. The user interface of claim 21, wherein the review portion and the analysis portion are provided on a single display unit.

29. The user interface of claim 21, wherein the first configuration comprises a broader image view and the second configuration comprises a localized image view.

30. The user interface of claim 21, wherein the image data comprises data acquired at different time periods and wherein selected regions of displayed image data from the different time periods are synchronized.

31. A method of displaying image data, the method comprising:

displaying a first set of image data in a review viewport;

processing the first set of image data based on a selected region of the displayed first set of image data; and

displaying a second set of image data in an analysis viewport based on the processing, wherein the first set of image data and the second set of image data are displayed simultaneously.

32. The method of claim 31, wherein the processing comprises at least one of bookmarking, segmenting, volume rendering, volume computations, growth analysis, dimensional analysis, total volume computations, percent volume computations and classification analysis.

33. The method of claim 31, further comprising displaying user selectable options in a utility viewport.