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Image creation, analysis, presentation and localization technology

  • US 20100086185A1
  • Filed: 06/10/2008
  • Published: 04/08/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • (a) a memory configured to receive a medical diagnostic image representing a neuro axis of a current patient;

    (b) a database, said database comprising a plurality of archival medical diagnostic images representing a plurality of previously imaged patients;

    (c) a processor configured to detect and label a plurality of spinal structures in the medical diagnostic image using an iterative process;

    wherein said iterative process comprises utilizing information derived from a subset of said previously imaged patients to determine the positions of the plurality of spinal structures in said medical diagnostic image; and

    wherein said subset of said previously imaged patients is determined based on a similarity between the patients from the subset of previously imaged patients and the current patient.

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