Systems and graphical user interface for analyzing body images
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1. A system for displaying a graphical user interface for analyzing quantitative changes in physical parameters of lung nodules over time, the system comprising:
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a memory configured to store at least one first body image taken at a first known time point (t1) and at least one second body image taken at a second known time point (t2), at least one of the first body images and at least one of the second body images being taken from at least one three-dimensional image set along substantially a common plane; and
a display configured to output the graphical user interface, the graphical user interface comprising;
the first body image corresponding to the common plane taken at t1;
the second body image corresponding to the common plane taken at t2;
a region for displaying quantitative information for one or more lung nodules imaged at t1 along the common plane and determined using the at least one first body image and quantitative information for one or more corresponding lung nodules imaged at t2 along the common plane and determined using the at least one second body image, the quantitative information comprising information related to at least one three-dimensional parameter associated with the one or more corresponding lung nodular; and
a region for displaying quantitative changes in at least one of the corresponding lung modules between the first and second time points, the quantitative changes including a rate of change in at least one three-dimensional parameter in at least one of the corresponding lung nodules between the first and second known time points computed automatically based on the first and second body images.
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Abstract
Systems and graphical user interfaces for analyzing body images. In an exemplary embodiment, the present invention provides a graphical user interface having a display coupled to a microprocessing device and a memory device. The graphical user interface has an electronic representation of a first body image and a second body image and an electronic map representing the position of nodules on the first body image and second body image.
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1. A system for displaying a graphical user interface for analyzing quantitative changes in physical parameters of lung nodules over time, the system comprising:
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a processor; a memory configured to store at least one first body image taken at a first known time point (t1) and at least one second body image taken at a second known time point (t2), at least one of the first body images and at least one of the second body images being taken from at least one three-dimensional image set along substantially a common plane; and a display configured to output the graphical user interface, the graphical user interface comprising; the first body image corresponding to the common plane taken at t1; the second body image corresponding to the common plane taken at t2; a region for displaying quantitative information for one or more lung nodules imaged at t1 along the common plane and determined using the at least one first body image and quantitative information for one or more corresponding lung nodules imaged at t2 along the common plane and determined using the at least one second body image, the quantitative information comprising information related to at least one three-dimensional parameter associated with the one or more corresponding lung nodular; and a region for displaying quantitative changes in at least one of the corresponding lung modules between the first and second time points, the quantitative changes including a rate of change in at least one three-dimensional parameter in at least one of the corresponding lung nodules between the first and second known time points computed automatically based on the first and second body images. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for analyzing quantitative changes in physical parameters of lesions over time, the system comprising:
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a storage device for storing a first three-dimensional dataset of images captured at a first known time point and a second three-dimensional dataset of images captured at a second known time point, at least one of the images in each of the first and second datasets being taken along a substantially common plane; an output device; and a processor coupled to the storage device and the output device, the processor programmed to; cause the output device to output an image from the first dataset and an image from the second dataset; compare a lesion in the image from the first dataset and a lesion in the image from the second dataset that is determined by software code executed by a processor to match the lesion in the image from the first dataset; cause the output device to display, based upon the comparison, one or more quantitative changes in the lesion between the first and second known time points, the quantitative changes including a rate of change in at least one three-dimensional parameter of the lesion between the first and second known time points; and cause the output device to output an option that enables a user to indicate that the lesion in the image from the first dataset matches another lesion in the image from the second dataset instead of the lesion in the image from the second dataset determined by the software code to march the lesion in the image from the first dataset; and compare the lesion in the image based upon the first dataset and the another lesion in the image from the second dataset. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 32)
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29. A system for displaying body images on an output device, the system comprising:
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means for displaying a first image of a first three-dimensional image set captured at a first known time point in a first image window; means for displaying a second image of a second three-dimensional image set captured at a second known time point in a second image window; means for displaying a third image in a third window, wherein the third image is one of a sum or a subtraction of the first and second image; and means for displaying quantitative information for at least one lesion related to at least one three-dimensional parameter associated with the at least one lesion in the first and second images; means for displaying a rate of change in the at least one three-dimensional parameter between the first and second time points; and means for enabling a user to specify that a lesion in the first image corresponds to another lesion in the second image instead of the lesion in the second image previously determined to correspond to the lesion in the first image. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31)
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33. A method in a computer system for analyzing quantitative changes in physical parameters of lesions over time, the method comprising:
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receiving a first body image of a first three-dimensional image set obtained at a first known time point, the first body image comprising one or more lesions; receiving a second body image of a second three-dimensional image set obtained at a second known time point, the second body image comprising one or more lesions; displaying quantitative information for at least one corresponding lesion in the first and second body images, displaying rate of change information between the first and second known time points for at least ore three-dimensional parameter of at least one corresponding lesion determined based upon a comparison of the quantitative information; enabling a user to change the correspondence between the at least one lesion in the first and second body images; receiving a signal indicating that the correspondence has been changed; and updating the change information responsive to receiving the signal. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A system for analyzing quantitative changes in three-dimensional parameters of nodules over time, the system comprising:
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a storage device for storing a first three-dimensional dataset of images captured a a first known time point t1 and a second three-dimensional dataset of images captured at a second known time point t2, at least one of the images in each of the first and second datasets being taken along a substantially common plane; an output device; and a processor coupled to the storage device and the output device, the processor programmed to; (a) automatically make a match for a first nodule in the first three-dimensional dataset captured at first known time point t1 and a second nodule in the second three-dimensional dataset captured at second known time point t2; (b) automatically consider the first nodule captured at first known time point t1 to be resolved; (c) automatically consider the second nodule captured at second known time point t2 to be new; (d) automatically determine a rate of change of an operator-selectable three dimensional parameter for the matched first and second nodules between the first and second known time points; (e) provide an operator with the opportunity to inspect the match and the ability to dissociate the matched first and second nodules; (f) provide an operator with the ability to associate nodules in the first and second three-dimensional datasets to generate new matches; and (g) automatically repeat steps (b)–
(d) each time an operator dissociates a match or associates a new match.
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