Computer-aided identification of a tissue of interest
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- determining a change in a volume of a tissue of interest located in at least two data sets, wherein the change is determined between the at least two data sets,wherein the at least two image data sets include a first image data set acquired at a first time and a follow up second image data set acquired at a second time, and the first and second times are different, wherein the change corresponds to an increase in a physical size of the tissue of interest due to a growth of the tissue of interest between the first and second times;
generating a rendering which includes a region in which the tissue of interest is located and indicia that indicates a magnitude of the change across the region,wherein the region is superimposed over only a sub-portion of the rendering, which is generated based on at least one of the at least two image data sets, and linked to a corresponding image respectively in the at least two image data sets including voxels representing tissue of interest; and
visually presenting the rendering in a graphical user interface.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A method includes determining a change in a volume of a tissue of interest located in at least two data sets between the at least two data sets. The at least two image data sets include a first image data set acquired at a first time and a second image data set acquired at a second time, and the first and second times are different. The method includes generating a rendering which includes a region in which the tissue of interest is located and indicia that indicates a magnitude of the change across the region. The region is superimposed over the rendering, which is generated based on at least one of the at least two image data sets, and linked to a corresponding image respectively in the at least two image data sets including voxels representing tissue of interest. The method includes visually presenting the rendering in a graphical user interface.
-
Citations
20 Claims
-
1. A method, comprising:
-
determining a change in a volume of a tissue of interest located in at least two data sets, wherein the change is determined between the at least two data sets, wherein the at least two image data sets include a first image data set acquired at a first time and a follow up second image data set acquired at a second time, and the first and second times are different, wherein the change corresponds to an increase in a physical size of the tissue of interest due to a growth of the tissue of interest between the first and second times; generating a rendering which includes a region in which the tissue of interest is located and indicia that indicates a magnitude of the change across the region, wherein the region is superimposed over only a sub-portion of the rendering, which is generated based on at least one of the at least two image data sets, and linked to a corresponding image respectively in the at least two image data sets including voxels representing tissue of interest; and visually presenting the rendering in a graphical user interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
-
-
11. An image data processing system, comprising:
-
a change in tissue volume determiner that is configured to determine a change a volume of a tissue of interest, located in at least two data sets, wherein the change is determined between the at least two data sets, wherein the at least two image data sets include a first image data set acquired at a first time and a second image data set acquired at a follow up second time, and the first and second times are different, wherein the change corresponds to an increase in a physical size of the tissue of interest due to a growth of the tissue of interest between the first and second times; a rendering engine that is configured to render a rendering and combine a volume image generated based on the at least two data sets with a likelihood region that indicates a region in which the tissue of interest is located, wherein the region is superimposed over only a sub-portion of the rendering and indicia indicating a change in the volume of the tissue of interest across the region, wherein the region is linked to a corresponding image respectively in the at least two image data sets including voxels representing tissue of interest; and a display which is configured to visually present the rendering in a graphical user interface. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
-
-
20. A computer readable storage medium encoded with computer readable instructions, which, when executed by a processor of a computing system, causes the processor to:
- determine a change in a volume of a tissue of interest located in at least in at least two data sets, where the change is determined between the at least two data sets, wherein the first data set is acquired at a first time and the second data set is acquired at a follow up second time, wherein the change corresponds to an increase in a physical size of the tissue of interest due to a growth of the tissue of interest between the first and second times, and generate and visually present a rendering which includes a region in which a tissue of interest is located, wherein the region is super imposed over only a sub-portion of the rendering, first indicia that indicates a change in a magnitude of the volume across the region and second indicia that indicates a confidence that the tissue of interest is located in the region and that the change in magnitude across the region represents the change in magnitude, wherein the first indicia is a color or gray scale value and the second indicia is a transparency level.
Specification