Computer aided disease detection system for multiple organ systems
First Claim
1. A method of performing computer aided examination of digital medical images, comprising:
- determining a patient exam type of a digital medical image;
based on the patient exam type, invoking one or more of a plurality of knowledge based anatomical segmentation blocks, each block performing image segmentation for a single organ or organ system present in the image; and
based on the patient exam type, for each successfully segmented organ or organ system, invoking one or more of a plurality of knowledge based computer aided detection blocks, each block of which is designed to search for and locate potential disease loci in a particular organ or organ systems,wherein the results from the previous blocks are reported to results reporting blocks suitable for each of the specific organ or organ system in view, for interpretation of the results.
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Abstract
A computer aided disease detection system and method for multiple organ systems. The method performs computer aided examination of digital medical images. A patient exam type of a digital medical image is determined. Based on the patient exam type, one or more of a plurality of knowledge based anatomical segmentation blocks are invoked, each block performing image segmentation for a single organ or organ system present in the image. Based on the patient exam type, for each successfully segmented organ or organ system, one or more of a plurality of knowledge based computer aided detection blocks are invoked, each block of which is designed to search for and locate potential disease foci in a particular organ or organ system.
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18 Claims
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1. A method of performing computer aided examination of digital medical images, comprising:
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determining a patient exam type of a digital medical image; based on the patient exam type, invoking one or more of a plurality of knowledge based anatomical segmentation blocks, each block performing image segmentation for a single organ or organ system present in the image; and
based on the patient exam type, for each successfully segmented organ or organ system, invoking one or more of a plurality of knowledge based computer aided detection blocks, each block of which is designed to search for and locate potential disease loci in a particular organ or organ systems,wherein the results from the previous blocks are reported to results reporting blocks suitable for each of the specific organ or organ system in view, for interpretation of the results. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for performing computer aided examination of digital medical images, comprising:
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means for the determination of a patient exam type of a digital medical image; an exam control module; a plurality of knowledge based anatomical segmentation blocks, each performing image segmentation of a single organ or organ system known to be present in the digital image; a plurality of knowledge based computer aided detection blocks, each with specific anatomical knowledge tailored to a target organ/organ system; and a plurality of reporting and display blocks providing display of the results from the previous blocks to allow interpretation of the results, each tailored to visualization techniques best representing information concerning each specific anatomical target. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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