Method and system for retrieving text associated with a reference image correspondence to a selected patient image
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1. A method for analyzing the data corresponding to a working image displayed on an electronic visual display device comprising:
- a) first acquiring a working image from a working image file;
b) second acquiring a reference image from a reference image file;
c) third comparing the working image with the reference image;
d) fourth identifying areas of interest; and
e) fifth acquiring text from a reference text file after the working image and the reference image have been acquired, displayed, and compared and displaying the text regarding areas of interest.
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Abstract
A method of comparing a newly acquired working image with a previously acquired reference image and a system for comparing a newly acquired working image with a previously acquired reference image. A reference text regarding areas of interest is displayed. This invention is particularly useful for displaying and comparing slices obtained by computer tomography and magnetic resonance imaging technology.
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1. A method for analyzing the data corresponding to a working image displayed on an electronic visual display device comprising:
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a) first acquiring a working image from a working image file; b) second acquiring a reference image from a reference image file; c) third comparing the working image with the reference image; d) fourth identifying areas of interest; and e) fifth acquiring text from a reference text file after the working image and the reference image have been acquired, displayed, and compared and displaying the text regarding areas of interest. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for analyzing the data corresponding to a working image to be displayed on an electronic visual display device providing textbook information regarding particular areas of interest within the working image, comprising:
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a working image file, having at least one working image; a reference image file, having at least one reference image that corresponds to at least one working image in the working image file; means for identifying a particular area within said reference image of said reference image file which corresponds to a particular area of interest identified within said working image of said working image file; a means for accessing reference text after identification of the particular area of interest in said reference image, having reference text corresponding to said particular area of interest in said working image; and means for displaying the reference text corresponding to the area of interest. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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