Computer aided diagnostic assistance for medical imaging
First Claim
1. A method for assisting a medical diagnosis of a patient with a computer assisted diagnosis system, the method comprising:
- (a) configuring a medical system for a particular examination;
(b) obtaining medical sensor data in response to the configuration of (a);
(c) obtaining context data based on the configuration;
(d) analyzing the medical sensor data and the context data as feature vectors with a processor;
(e) automatically recommending a further act for diagnosis based on the analysis.
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Abstract
Various attributes for medical CAD analysis used alone or in combination are disclosed, including: (1) using medical sensor data and context information associated with the configuration of the medical system to provide recommendations for further acts to be performed for more accurate or different diagnosis, (2) recommending further acts to be performed and providing an indication of the importance of the further act for further diagnosis, (3) distributing the computer-assisted diagnosis software and/or database over multiple systems, and (4) transmitting patient data to a remote system for CAD diagnosis and using the results of the CAD diagnosis at the remote facility.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for assisting a medical diagnosis of a patient with a computer assisted diagnosis system, the method comprising:
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(a) configuring a medical system for a particular examination; (b) obtaining medical sensor data in response to the configuration of (a); (c) obtaining context data based on the configuration; (d) analyzing the medical sensor data and the context data as feature vectors with a processor; (e) automatically recommending a further act for diagnosis based on the analysis. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for assisting a medical imaging diagnosis of a patient with a computer assisted diagnosis system, the method comprising:
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(a) obtaining medical sensor data with a medical system; (b) analyzing the medical sensor data with the computer assisted diagnosis system; (c) identifying a further act to assist diagnosis based on the analysis; (d) automatically performing the further act with the medical imaging system; (e) outputting a diagnosis based on the further act and the medical sensor data; (f) indicating a sensitivity of the further act of(c) for a first diagnosis; and (g) indicating a probability of the first diagnosis wherein (e) comprises outputting a probability of a second diagnosis updated from the first diagnosis with the information of the further act.
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