Removal of masking structures in images for the detection of anomalies
OwnerHomayoun Karimabadiinventor
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Abstract
A method includes obtaining a first image of a patient procured during an X-ray, analyzing the first image for one or more unmasked anomalies, shifting the first image to provide a shifted image, obtaining a residual image comprising a combination of the first image and the shifted image, and analyzing the residual image for one or more masked anomalies, where the one or more masked anomalies include anomalies that went undetected in the analysis of the first image for the one or more unmasked anomalies due to a presence of one or more masking features in the first image.
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A method comprising:
- obtaining a first image;
- analyzing the first image to detect one or more unmasked anomalies;
- shifting the first image to provide a second shifted image;
- comparing the first image and second shifted image;
- obtaining a residual image comprising a combination of the first image and the second shifted image;
- and
- analyzing the residual image for one or more masked anomalies, the one or more masked anomalies comprising anomalies that went undetected in the analysis of the first image for the one or more unmasked anomalies due to a presence of one or more masking features in the first image.
A method for detecting breast cancer, the method comprising:
- obtaining a first breast X-ray image;
- analyzing the first image for one or more unmasked anomalies;
- shifting the first image to provide a second shifted image;
- obtaining a residual image comprising a combination of the first image and the second shifted image;
- and
- analyzing the residual image for a cancer indication, the cancer indication being undetected in the analysis of the first image for cancer indication due to a presence of one or more masking features in the first image.
A computer program product comprising computer executable code embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium that, when executing on one or more computing devices, performs the steps of:
- obtaining a first image of a patient procured during an X-ray;
- analyzing the first image for one or more unmasked anomalies;
- shifting the first image to provide a shifted image;
- obtaining a residual image comprising a combination of the first image and the shifted image;
- and
- analyzing the residual image for one or more masked anomalies, the one or more masked anomalies comprising anomalies that went undetected in the analysis of the first image for the one or more unmasked anomalies due to a presence of one or more masking features in the first image.
A system, comprising:
- an imaging device;
- and
- a computing device in communication with the imaging device, the computing device including a processor and a memory, the memory bearing computer executable code configured to perform the steps of:
- obtaining a first image of a patient from the imaging device;
- analyzing the first image for one or more unmasked anomalies;
- shifting the first image to provide a shifted image;
- obtaining a residual image comprising a combination of the first image and the shifted image;
- and
- analyzing the residual image for one or more masked anomalies, the one or more masked anomalies comprising anomalies that went undetected in the analysis of the first image for the one or more unmasked anomalies due to a presence of one or more masking features in the first image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.