Method and system for processing multiple series of biological images obtained from a patient
First Claim
1. A method for processing images in a system having a computer and a display device, the method comprising:
- obtaining a plurality of series of biological images by the computer, wherein at least one series is in a first biological class and at least one other series is in a second biological class different from the first biological class, and wherein certain images in any series correspond to certain images in the other series;
performing a registration process, by the computer, to align pixels of certain images in one series with the corresponding pixels of certain images in the other series;
creating, by the computer, a segmentation mask for a selected image in a series in the first biological class whose pixels are aligned in accordance with the registration process, wherein the segmentation mask defines a set of pixels to be eliminated from that selected image; and
applying, by the computer, the segmentation mask to a corresponding image in another series in the second biological class whose pixels are aligned in accordance with the registration process, to eliminate corresponding pixels of the image in the other series; and
displaying, on the display device, the image from the other series whose pixels were eliminated by the segmentation mask.
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Abstract
A computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-readable program code stored thereon which, when interpreted by a computing apparatus, causes the computing apparatus to implement an image processing tool for processing a plurality of biological images arranged in a plurality of image series wherein certain biological images across different image series have a predefined correspondence with one another. The computer-readable program code comprises computer-readable program code for causing the computing apparatus to: be attentive to receipt of an indication of a selected biological image from the plurality of biological images and belonging to a first one of the image series; be attentive to receipt of an indication of a segmentation mask created based on the selected biological image; apply the segmentation mask to a second biological image from the plurality of biological images, the second biological image belonging to a second one of the image series that is different from the first one of the image series, the second biological image having a predefined correspondence with the selected biological image; and display the second biological image after application of the segmentation mask.
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40 Claims
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1. A method for processing images in a system having a computer and a display device, the method comprising:
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obtaining a plurality of series of biological images by the computer, wherein at least one series is in a first biological class and at least one other series is in a second biological class different from the first biological class, and wherein certain images in any series correspond to certain images in the other series; performing a registration process, by the computer, to align pixels of certain images in one series with the corresponding pixels of certain images in the other series; creating, by the computer, a segmentation mask for a selected image in a series in the first biological class whose pixels are aligned in accordance with the registration process, wherein the segmentation mask defines a set of pixels to be eliminated from that selected image; and applying, by the computer, the segmentation mask to a corresponding image in another series in the second biological class whose pixels are aligned in accordance with the registration process, to eliminate corresponding pixels of the image in the other series; and displaying, on the display device, the image from the other series whose pixels were eliminated by the segmentation mask. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon for processing images, the instructions comprising:
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instructions for obtaining a plurality of series of biological images including a first series in a first biological class and a second series in a second biological class different from the first biological class, wherein certain images in any series correspond to certain images in other series; instructions for registering images to align pixels of certain images in one series with the corresponding pixels of certain images in the other series; instructions for receiving selections of one or more images from the first series whose pixels have been aligned; instructions for creating a respective segmentation mask for each of the selected one or more images in the first series, wherein the segmentation mask defines a set of pixels to be eliminated from that selected image; instructions for applying the respective segmentation mask to a corresponding image in the second series whose pixels have been aligned, to eliminate corresponding pixels of the image in the other series, and instructions for displaying the image from the other series whose pixels were eliminated by the segmentation mask. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method for processing images in a system having a computer and a display device, the method comprising:
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obtaining a plurality of series of biological images by the computer, wherein the images in at least one series contain a first type of biological information, and the images in at least one other series contain a second type of biological information different from the first type of biological information, and wherein certain images in any series correspond to certain images in other series; performing a registration process, by the computer, to align pixels of certain images in one series with the corresponding pixels of certain images in the other series; creating, in the computer, a segmentation mask for a selected image in a series containing the first type of biological information whose pixels are aligned in accordance with the registration process, wherein the segmentation mask defines a set of pixels to be eliminated from the selected image; applying, via the computer, the segmentation mask to a corresponding image in another series containing the second type of biological information whose pixels are aligned in accordance with the registration process, to eliminate corresponding pixels of the image in the other series; and displaying, on the display device, the image from the other series whose pixels were eliminated by the segmentation mask. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29)
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30. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon for processing images, the instructions comprising:
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instructions for obtaining a plurality of series of biological images including a first series whose images contain a first type of biological information, and a second series whose images contain a second type of biological information different from the first type of biological information, wherein certain images in any series correspond to certain images in other series; instructions for registering images to align pixels of certain images in one series with the corresponding pixels of certain images in the other series; instructions for receiving selections of one or more images from the first series whose pixels have been aligned; instructions for creating a respective segmentation mask for each of the selected one or more images in the first series, wherein a segmentation mask defines a set of pixels to be eliminated from the selected image; instructions for applying the respective segmentation mask to a corresponding image in the second series whose pixels have been aligned, to eliminate corresponding pixels of the image in the other series, and instructions for displaying the image from the other series whose pixels were eliminated by the segmentation mask. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32)
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33. A system comprising:
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means for obtaining a plurality of series of biological images including a first series whose images contain a first type of biological information, and a second series whose images contain a second type of biological information different from the first type of biological information, wherein certain images in the first series and certain images in the second series are corresponding; means for registering images to align pixels of certain images in one series with the corresponding pixels of certain images in the other series; means for creating a respective segmentation mask for each selected image in said first series whose pixels have been aligned, wherein the segmentation defines a set of pixels to be eliminated from the selected image; means for applying said respective segmentation mask to the corresponding image in the second series whose pixels have been aligned, to eliminate corresponding pixels of the image in the other series; and
,means for displaying the image from the other series whose pixels were eliminated by the segmentation mask. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35)
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36. A method for processing a plurality of series of biological images obtained from a patient in a system having a computer and a display device, comprising:
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obtaining a plurality of series of biological images by the computer, including a first series whose images contain a first type of biological information, and a second series whose images contain a second type of biological information different from the first type of biological information, wherein certain images in any series correspond to certain images in other series; performing a registration process by the computer, to align pixels of certain images in said first series with corresponding pixels of certain images in said second series; creating, by the computer, a segmentation mask for a selected image in said first series; applying, by the computer, said segmentation mask to a corresponding image in said second series, and obtaining a set of images that exhibit a region corresponding to a cross-section of a volume of interest spanning the corresponding images; effecting a volumetric computation in the computer, based on said set of images, and displaying, on the display device, an image from the set of images. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40)
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