Method, a system, and an apparatus for using and processing multidimensional data
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1. A method of medical imaging, comprising:
- providing a reference database of medical pathology images and information about a plurality of first biological activity indications associated with said respective pathology images;
receiving a preliminary nuclear medical image derived from a patient together with information about a plurality of associated second biological activity indications, said preliminary nuclear medical image being a mapping of radiation emitted from a first tracer;
identifying a match between one or more images in the reference pathology database and the preliminary medical image using a computing device to compare said plurality of second biological activity indications and one or more of said first biological activity indications;
wherein said comparing is performed between predefined ranges which are set around values given at a multidimensional patient profile and wherein said comparing of each one of the values and/or ranges is weighted according to importance; and
automatically generating a recommendation acquisition or further patient images of radiation emitted by a second tracer at locations based on said identified match,wherein each said first and second plurality of biological activity indications comprises an uptake level of radiation emitted from a plurality of tracers.
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Abstract
A method for analyzing a functional map of at least one tissue of a patient. The method comprises managing a plurality of functional maps each being associated with a plurality of first biological activity indications, receiving a functional map which is associated with a plurality of second biological activity indications, identifying a matching set of the managed functional maps by matching between the plurality of first and second biological activity indications, and using the matching set for a member of a group consisting of: an image data acquisition, a diagnosis of the received functional map, a classification of the received functional map.
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1. A method of medical imaging, comprising:
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providing a reference database of medical pathology images and information about a plurality of first biological activity indications associated with said respective pathology images; receiving a preliminary nuclear medical image derived from a patient together with information about a plurality of associated second biological activity indications, said preliminary nuclear medical image being a mapping of radiation emitted from a first tracer; identifying a match between one or more images in the reference pathology database and the preliminary medical image using a computing device to compare said plurality of second biological activity indications and one or more of said first biological activity indications; wherein said comparing is performed between predefined ranges which are set around values given at a multidimensional patient profile and wherein said comparing of each one of the values and/or ranges is weighted according to importance; and automatically generating a recommendation acquisition or further patient images of radiation emitted by a second tracer at locations based on said identified match, wherein each said first and second plurality of biological activity indications comprises an uptake level of radiation emitted from a plurality of tracers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An imaging system for capturing a medical image of at least one tissue of a patient, comprising:
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at least one nuclear emission detector for obtaining a source medical image of the patient associated with at least one first biological activity indication; a computer database configured for storing a plurality of reference medical pathology images including images corresponding to a plurality of pathologies, each with an associated second biological activity indication; and a computing device configured to provide image processing of the reference and source images and to identify one or more reference images matching said source medical image by comparing said first and second biological activity indications; wherein said comparing is performed between predefined ranges which are set around values given at a multidimensional patient profile and wherein the comparing of each one of the values and/or ranges is weighted according to importance said computing device being further configured to provide an output for instructing image data acquisition performed by said at least one detector according to said identified matching set, wherein said source medical image is a preliminary image mapping radiation emitted from a first tracer and said output unit provides a recommendation for a protocol of image acquisition of radiation emitted by a second tracer based on said identified matching set, wherein each said first and second plurality of biological activity indications comprises an uptake level of radiation emitted from a plurality of tracers. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method for obtaining a medical image of at least one tissue of a patient, comprising:
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receiving a preliminary nuclear medical image associated with at least one first biological activity indication, said preliminary nuclear image mapping radiation received from a first tracer; matching between said at least one first biological activity and a plurality of respective biological activities associated with a reference pathological medical image using a computing device; wherein said matching is performed between predefined ranges which are set around values given at a multidimensional patient profile, and the matching of each one of the values and/or ranges is weighted according to importance and outputting a recommendation for a protocol of further image acquisition from said patient of radiation emitted by a second tracer based on said matching, wherein each said first and second plurality of biological activity indications comprises an uptake level of radiation emitted from a plurality of tracers. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A method for calculating a treatment recommendation, comprising:
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a) managing a plurality of patient profiles each being associated with a plurality of patient medical records, at least one treatment, and an outcome evaluation of said at least one treatment; b) receiving a current patient profile being associated with a plurality of related medical records from an image mapping nuclear radiation received from a first plurality of tracers; c) identifying a matching set of said managed patient profiles by matching between said plurality of patient and related medical records; wherein said matching is performed between predefined ranges which are set around values given at a multidimensional patient profile, and the matching of each one of the values and/or ranges is weighted according to importance and d) calculating a medical recommendation for a protocol of image acquisition from second plurality of tracers based on to said at least one treatment of members of said matching set, wherein each said first and second plurality of biological activity indications comprises an uptake level of radiation emitted from plurality of tracers. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A method of medical imaging comprising:
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providing a reference database of medical pathological images of a plurality of patients, and information about a plurality of first biological activity indications associated with said respective reference images receiving a preliminary nuclear medical image derived from a current patient with information about at least one of a plurality of associated second biological activity indications; identifying a match between one or more images in the reference database and the preliminary nuclear medical image using a computing device by comparing said plurality of second biological activity indications and one or more of said first biological activity indications; and
using said matched images for further image data acquisition from said current patient,wherein said comparing is performed between predefined ranges which are set around values given at a multidimensional patient profile, and each one of the values and/or ranges is weighted according to importance, and wherein each said first and second plurality of biological activity indications comprises an uptake level of radiation emitted from a plurality of tracers.
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44. An imaging system for capturing a medical image of at least one tissue of a patient, comprising:
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at least one radiation detector for obtaining a source nuclear medical image of a current patient associated with at least one first biological activity indication; a computer database configured for storing a plurality of reference medical pathology images derived from a plurality of patients, each image being stored with at least one associated second biological activity indication; image processing circuitry operative to analyze said source medical image, and to identify one or more reference medical images matching the source medical image according to said at least one first and second biological activity indications, wherein said analyzing is performed between predefined ranges which are set around values given at a multidimensional patient profile, and each one of the values and/or ranges is weighted according to importance; and an output circuit operable to instruct image data acquisition performed by said at least one detector according to said matching set, wherein each said first and second plurality of biological activity indications comprises an uptake level of radiation emitted from a plurality of tracers.
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45. A method for obtaining a medical image of at least one tissue of a current patient, comprising:
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receiving a preliminary nuclear medical image of a current patient associated with at least one first biological activity indication; identifying a match between said at least one first biological activity and one or more biological activities respectively associated with a plurality of reference pathological medical images, said reference images comprising images of a plurality of patients; wherein said identifying is performed by matching predefined ranges which are set around values given at a multidimensional patient profile, each one of the values and/or ranges is weighted according to importance, and each said first and second plurality of biological activity indications comprises an uptake level of radiation emitted from a plurality of tracers and outputting instructions for obtaining an additional medical image of said current patient according to said matching.
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