Automatic creation of imaging story boards from medical imaging studies

A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having a computer readable program stored therein, wherein the computer readable program, when executed on at least one processor of a data processing system, causes the data processing system implement a medical story board creation engine, wherein the computer readable program causes the data processing system to:

• receive, by the medical imaging story board creation engine executing in the data processing system, a patient data structure comprising a medical imaging study comprising a plurality of electronic medical images;
• analyze, by a modality detection component executing within the medical paging story board creation engine, the patient data structure to determine modality of the medical imaging study;
• perform, by a saliency feature extraction component executing within the medical imaging story board creation engine, a saliency feature extraction operation on the electronic medical images in the medical imaging study of each of the electronic medical images;
• select, by a key frame selection component executing within the medical imaging story board creation engine, a subset of electronic medical images based on results of the saliency feature extraction;
• generate, by the medical imaging story board creation engine, a story board data structure comprising a collection of selected electronic medical images based on the selection of the subset of electronic medical images to form a medical imaging story board;
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• output a graphical user interface, a visualization story board data structure.

An apparatus comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory comprises instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to implement a medical imaging story board creation engine, wherein the instructions cause the processor to:
• receive, by the medical imaging story board creation engine executing in the data processing system, a patient data structure comprising a medical imaging study comprising a plurality of electronic medical images;
• analyze, by a modality detection component executing within the medical imaging story board creation engine, the patient dam structure to determine a modality of the medical imaging study;
• perform, by a saliency feature extraction component executing within the medical imaging story board creation engine, a saliency feature extraction operation on the electronic medical images in the medical imaging study of each of the electronic medical images;
• select, by a key frame selection component executing within the medical imaging story board creation engine, a subset of electronic medical images based on results of the saliency feature extraction;
• generate, by the medical imaging story board creation engine, a story board data structure comprising a collection of selected electronic medical images based on the selection of the subset of electronic medical images to form a medical imaging story board;
• and
• output, via a graphical user interface, a visualization of the story board data structure.