Reporting imaged portions of a patient's body part
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- (a) receiving, in a receiver circuit, at least two reference images of a patient body part, each reference image of the at least two reference images including a respective landmark subsurface feature of the patient body part (hereafter “
imaged landmark subsurface feature”
), each imaged landmark subsurface feature having a respective spatial relationship to a respective region of a surface of the patient body part imaged during a medical examination (hereafter “
imaged region”
);
(b) determining, in a feature matching circuit, a correspondence between(x) each atlas landmark subsurface feature of the patient body part of at least two atlas landmark subsurface features of the patient body part included in a landmark subsurface feature atlas of the patient body part and(y) each respective imaged landmark subsurface feature of the patient body part included in the at least two reference images;
(c) generating, in a reporting circuit, informational data reporting a depiction of an area of the surface of the patient body part by at least two adjacent imaged regions, the informational data at least partially based on the determined correspondence; and
(d) outputting, with a communication circuit, the informational data including, transforming the informational data into a particular visual depiction of a location of an un-imaged region of the surface of the patient body part relative to a larger portion of the surface of the patient body part, and outputting the transformed informational data.
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Abstract
Described embodiments include a system, method, and computer program product. In a described system, a receiver circuit receives at least two reference images of a patient body part. Each reference image includes a respective landmark subsurface feature of the patient body part, and each imaged landmark subsurface feature has a respective spatial relationship to a respective region of a surface of the patient body part imaged during a medical examination. A feature matching circuit determines a correspondence between (x) each atlas landmark subsurface feature of the patient body part included in a landmark subsurface feature atlas and (y) each respective imaged landmark subsurface feature. A reporting circuit generates informational data reporting a depiction of an area of the surface of the patient body part by at least two adjacent imaged regions of the surface of the patient body part. A communication circuit outputs the informational data.
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15 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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(a) receiving, in a receiver circuit, at least two reference images of a patient body part, each reference image of the at least two reference images including a respective landmark subsurface feature of the patient body part (hereafter “
imaged landmark subsurface feature”
), each imaged landmark subsurface feature having a respective spatial relationship to a respective region of a surface of the patient body part imaged during a medical examination (hereafter “
imaged region”
);(b) determining, in a feature matching circuit, a correspondence between (x) each atlas landmark subsurface feature of the patient body part of at least two atlas landmark subsurface features of the patient body part included in a landmark subsurface feature atlas of the patient body part and (y) each respective imaged landmark subsurface feature of the patient body part included in the at least two reference images; (c) generating, in a reporting circuit, informational data reporting a depiction of an area of the surface of the patient body part by at least two adjacent imaged regions, the informational data at least partially based on the determined correspondence; and (d) outputting, with a communication circuit, the informational data including, transforming the informational data into a particular visual depiction of a location of an un-imaged region of the surface of the patient body part relative to a larger portion of the surface of the patient body part, and outputting the transformed informational data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer program product comprising:
program instructions stored on a non-transitory computer readable media, the program instructions which, when executed by a processor of a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a process including; (i) receiving at least two reference images of a patient body part, each reference image of the at least two reference images including a respective landmark subsurface feature of the patient body part (hereafter “
imaged landmark subsurface feature”
), each imaged landmark subsurface feature having a respective spatial relationship to a respective region of a surface of the patient body part imaged during a medical examination (hereafter “
imaged region”
);(ii) determining a correspondence between (x) each atlas landmark subsurface feature of the patient body part of at least two atlas landmark subsurface features of the patient body part included in a landmark subsurface feature atlas of the patient body part and (y) each respective imaged landmark subsurface feature of the patient body part included in the at least two reference images; (iii) generating informational data reporting a depiction of an area of the surface of the patient body part by at least two adjacent imaged regions, the informational data at least partially based on the determined correspondence; and (iv) outputting the informational data including, transforming the informational data into a particular visual depiction of a location of an un-imaged region of the surface of the patient body part relative to a larger portion of the surface of the patient body part, and outputting the transformed informational data. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. A system comprising:
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(a) means for receiving at least two reference images of a patient body part, each reference image of the at least two reference images including a respective landmark subsurface feature of the patient body part (hereafter “
imaged landmark subsurface feature”
), each imaged landmark subsurface feature having a respective spatial relationship to a respective region of a surface of the patient body part imaged during a medical examination (hereafter “
imaged region”
);(b) means for determining a correspondence between (x) each atlas landmark subsurface feature of the patient body part of at least two atlas landmark subsurface features of the patient body part included in a landmark subsurface feature atlas of the patient body part and (y) each respective imaged landmark subsurface feature of the patient body part included in the at least two reference images; (c) means for generating informational data reporting a depiction of an area of the surface of the patient body part by at least two adjacent imaged regions, the informational data at least partially based on the determined correspondence; and (d) means for outputting the informational data including, transforming the informational data into a particular visual depiction of a location of an un-imaged region of the surface of the patient body part relative to a larger portion of the surface of the patient body part, and outputting the transformed informational data.
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