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Method and system for the automated analysis of lesions in ultrasound images

  • US 5,984,870 A
  • Filed: 07/25/1997
  • Issued: 11/16/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/25/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for the analysis of a lesion existing in anatomical tissue, comprising:

  • obtaining first digital image data derived from an ultrasound image of the anatomical tissue in which the lesion exists;

    determining a location of the lesion in relation to the first digital data;

    selecting for feature extraction analysis at least one of

         1) a region of interest on the margin of the lesion, and

         2) a region of interest which includes the lesion and a region of interest which is in the surrounding vicinity of the lesion, and

         3) a region of interest which includes the lesion and a region of interest which is on the margin of the lesion;

    extracting from each selected region of interest selected in said selecting step at least one first feature that characterize a lesion within said first image data; and

    characterizing said lesion based on the extracted at least one first feature.

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