Systems and methods for interleaving series of medical images
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving, at a computing system, at least a first plurality of images comprising a first image series and a second plurality of images comprising a second image series, wherein the first plurality of images and the second plurality of images together comprise a set of images;
analyzing, by the computing system, the set of images to identify values of a first characteristic associated with respective images of the set of images, wherein the first characteristic comprises a time at which the respective images of the set of images were obtained;
determining, by the computing system, at least a second characteristic associated with each of the images of the set of images;
determining, by the computing system, an ordering of the images of the set of images based on;
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values of the first characteristic associated with respective images of the set of images, andsecond;
values of the second characteristic associated with respective images of the set of images;
displaying at a location of a display, a first image of the set of images, that is first in the determined ordering of the images; and
in response to input from a user of the computing system indicating a direction of movement within the set of images, replacing, at the location, the first image with a second image, wherein the second image is adjacent to the first image in the ordering of the images.
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Abstract
After selecting two or more image series for comparison, images of the image series are interleaved so that they are alternatively displayed in a comparison pane on a display device. In one embodiment, after one or more image series are selected for comparison, an interleaved image series is created containing each of the images of the one or more selected image series, or, alternatively, the interleaved image series comprises links to the images arranged in the interleaved pattern. If differences exist in the images of the multiple image series, these differences may be more easily detectable as the display device cycles between the images. Comparison of images in an interleaved image series may be more advantageous if the images of each selected image series are of a common anatomical area, common image size, and the images are in the same order.
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16 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, at a computing system, at least a first plurality of images comprising a first image series and a second plurality of images comprising a second image series, wherein the first plurality of images and the second plurality of images together comprise a set of images; analyzing, by the computing system, the set of images to identify values of a first characteristic associated with respective images of the set of images, wherein the first characteristic comprises a time at which the respective images of the set of images were obtained; determining, by the computing system, at least a second characteristic associated with each of the images of the set of images; determining, by the computing system, an ordering of the images of the set of images based on; first;
values of the first characteristic associated with respective images of the set of images, andsecond;
values of the second characteristic associated with respective images of the set of images;displaying at a location of a display, a first image of the set of images, that is first in the determined ordering of the images; and in response to input from a user of the computing system indicating a direction of movement within the set of images, replacing, at the location, the first image with a second image, wherein the second image is adjacent to the first image in the ordering of the images. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computing system comprising:
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an electronic display; an input device; a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium configured to store software instructions; and one or more computer processors in communication with the electronic display, the input device, and the non-transitory computer-readable medium, the one or more computer processors configured to execute the software instructions in order to cause the computing system to; receive at least a first plurality of images comprising a first image series and a second plurality of images comprising a second image series, wherein the first plurality of images and the second plurality of images together comprise a set of images; analyze the set of images to identify values of a first characteristic associated with respective images of the set of images, wherein the first characteristic comprises a time at which the respective images of the set of images were obtained; determine at least a second characteristic associated with each of the images of the set of images; determine an ordering of the images of the set of images based on; first;
values of the first characteristic associated with respective images of the set of images, andsecond;
values of the second characteristic associated with respective images of the set of images;display a location of a display, a first image of the set of images, that is first in the determined ordering of the images; and in response to input from a user of the computing system indicating a direction of movement within the set of images, replace, at the location, the first image with a second image, wherein the second image is adjacent to the first image in the ordering of the images.
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16. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to:
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receive at least a first plurality of images comprising a first image series and a second plurality of images comprising a second image series, wherein the first plurality of images and the second plurality of images together comprise a set of images; analyze the set of images to identify values of a first characteristic associated with respective images of the set of images, wherein the first characteristic comprises a time at which the respective images of the set of images were obtained; determine at least a second characteristic associated with each of the images of the set of images; determine an ordering of the images of the set of images based on; first;
values of the first characteristic associated with respective images of the set of images, andsecond;
values of the second characteristic associated with respective images of the set of images;display a location of a display, a first image of the set of images, that is first in the determined ordering of the images; and in response to input from a user of the computing system indicating a direction of movement within the set of images, replace, at the location, the first image with a second image, wherein the second image is adjacent to the first image in the ordering of the images.
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