System and method for the noninvasive identification and display of breast lesions and the like
First Claim
1. A method for the noninvasive determination and display of a body part composed of different tissue types of interest of a mammalian live body where the boundary of said tissue types encloses an area or volume and where the boundary shape is of significance using information obtained from multiple image slices produced by a body scan such as MRI or PET comprising the following steps:
- produce multiple sequences of image slices by noninvasive scanning a mammalian body;
classify at least some of the different tissue types in said body part by comparing by computer said tissue types in said image slices to classifier parameters of said tissue types created by data obtained from other similar mammalian bodies;
determine the boundary shape of one or more of said tissue types of interest which have been classified; and
display said one or more tissue types of interest including the boundary shape thereof.
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Abstract
There is disclosed an image processing, pattern recognition and computer graphics system and method for the noninvasive identification and evaluation of female breast cancer including the characteristic of the boundary thereof using multidimensional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). The system and method classifies the tissue using a Fisher linear classifier followed by a refinement to show the boundary shape and whether the surface of the carcinoma is lobulated or spiculated. The results are a high information content display which aids in the diagnosis and analysis of breast cancer and to assist in any surgical or other remedial planning. The high information content display also assists in the assessment of the effectiveness of therapies showing any reduction or increase in the size of the carcinoma.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for the noninvasive determination and display of a body part composed of different tissue types of interest of a mammalian live body where the boundary of said tissue types encloses an area or volume and where the boundary shape is of significance using information obtained from multiple image slices produced by a body scan such as MRI or PET comprising the following steps:
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produce multiple sequences of image slices by noninvasive scanning a mammalian body; classify at least some of the different tissue types in said body part by comparing by computer said tissue types in said image slices to classifier parameters of said tissue types created by data obtained from other similar mammalian bodies; determine the boundary shape of one or more of said tissue types of interest which have been classified; and display said one or more tissue types of interest including the boundary shape thereof. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A noninvasive imaging analysis system for the display of a body part composed of different tissue types of interest of a mammalian live body where the boundary of said tissue types encloses an area or volume and where the boundary shape is of significance using information obtained from multiple image slices produced by a body scan such as MRI and PET comprising:
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an electronic digital storage means for storing said information as well as other information; a computer for processing said information from said storage means; a graphics display station for displaying an image resulting from said processed information; said computer for processing including means for taking multiple sequenced image slices resulting from the body scan and determining the boundary shape of one or more of said tissue types of interest; means for classifying at least some of said tissue types in said body part by comparing said tissue types to classifier parameters of said tissue types stored in said storage means; means for determining the boundary shape of one or more of said tissue types of interest which have been classified; and means for displaying said one or more tissue types of interest including its location, size and boundary shape thereof. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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