Medical data processing apparatus and method
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1. A medical image data processing apparatus configured to process a medical image data set and metadata associated with the medical image data set, the apparatus comprising:
- processing circuitry configured toautomatically identify at least one anatomical structure of the medical image data set, wherein the medical image data set includes volumetric or two-dimensional image data obtained from a scanner and the automatic identifying of the at least one anatomical structure includes processing the volumetric or two-dimensional image data to identify the at least one anatomical structure; and
receive the metadata associated with the medical image data set, identify at least one anatomical structure or region from the metadata, and validate the metadata associated with the medical image data set based on the identified at least one anatomical structure by comparing the at least one anatomical structure identified from the metadata with the at least one anatomical structure identified by processing the volumetric or two-dimensional image data,wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to at least one of generate an error code, raise an exception, and provide a warning signal when it is determined from the comparing that the anatomical structure or region identified from the metadata is not consistent with the anatomical structure identified by processing the volumetric or two-dimensional image data.
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Abstract
A medical image processing apparatus comprises a structure identification unit configured to automatically identify at least one anatomical structure of a medical image data set, and a metadata unit configured to validate or populate metadata associated with the medical image data set based on the identified at least one anatomical structure.
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1. A medical image data processing apparatus configured to process a medical image data set and metadata associated with the medical image data set, the apparatus comprising:
processing circuitry configured to automatically identify at least one anatomical structure of the medical image data set, wherein the medical image data set includes volumetric or two-dimensional image data obtained from a scanner and the automatic identifying of the at least one anatomical structure includes processing the volumetric or two-dimensional image data to identify the at least one anatomical structure; and receive the metadata associated with the medical image data set, identify at least one anatomical structure or region from the metadata, and validate the metadata associated with the medical image data set based on the identified at least one anatomical structure by comparing the at least one anatomical structure identified from the metadata with the at least one anatomical structure identified by processing the volumetric or two-dimensional image data, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to at least one of generate an error code, raise an exception, and provide a warning signal when it is determined from the comparing that the anatomical structure or region identified from the metadata is not consistent with the anatomical structure identified by processing the volumetric or two-dimensional image data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A medical image data processing method to process a medical image data set and metadata associated with the medical image data set, comprising:
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automatically identifying at least one anatomical structure of the medical image data set, wherein the medical image data set includes volumetric or two-dimensional image data obtained from a scanner and the automatic identifying of the at least one anatomical structure includes processing the volumetric or two-dimensional image data to identify the at least one anatomical structure; and receiving the metadata associated with the medical image data set; identifying at least one anatomical structure or region from the metadata; and validating the metadata associated with the medical image data set based on the identified at least one anatomical structure by comparing the at least one anatomical structure identified from the metadata with the at least one anatomical structure identified by processing the volumetric or two-dimensional image data, wherein the method further includes at least one of generating an error code, raising an exception, and providing a warning signal when it is determined from the comparing that the anatomical structure or region identified from the metadata is not consistent with the anatomical structure identified by processing the volumetric or two-dimensional image data.
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25. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program comprising computer-readable instructions that are executable to perform a method to process a medical image data set and metadata associated with the medical image data set, comprising:
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automatically identifying at least one anatomical structure of the medical image data set, wherein the medical image data set includes volumetric or two-dimensional image data obtained from a scanner and the automatic identifying of the at least one anatomical structure includes processing the volumetric or two-dimensional image data to identify the at least one anatomical structure; and receiving the metadata associated with the medical image data set; identifying at least one anatomical structure or region from the metadata; and validating the metadata associated with the medical image data set based on the identified at least one anatomical structure by comparing the at least one anatomical structure identified from the metadata with the at least one anatomical structure identified by processing the volumetric or two-dimensional image data, wherein the method further includes at least one of generating an error code, raising an exception, and providing a warning signal when it is determined from the comparing that the anatomical structure or region identified from the metadata is not consistent with the anatomical structure identified by processing the volumetric or two-dimensional image data.
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