Liver cancer detection
AssigneeHepatiq, Inc.
InventorsDipankar Ghosh, John Carl Hoefs
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Abstract
Methods and systems for determining a tumor volume from image data obtained from a functional scanner. The methods and systems can include identifying a portion within a region of interest corresponding to a liver that varies in intensity with its corresponding neighboring portion by a threshold. The method and systems can further include determining a volume of the portion without identifying a boundary of the portion. The portion can also be tracked over time. The image data can include a scan from a SPECT scanner.
Claims20
A system for simultaneously determining for an organ, a tumor parameter and an organ function parameter, from image data obtained from a functional scanner, the system comprising one or more hardware processors configured to:
- determine a region of interest corresponding to an organ from image data taken;
- determine a shape within the region of interest that includes an entire volume of a suspected tumor mass;
- determine a first volume of functional tissue within the shape based on a concentration of isotopes intensities;
- determine a second volume of the suspected tumor mass based on the determined first volume;
- determine an organ function parameter based on the determined region of interest;
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- display a tumor parameter and the organ function parameter, wherein the tumor parameter includes the second volume of the suspected tumor mass.
A method for simultaneously determining for an organ, a tumor parameter and an organ function parameter, from image data obtained from a functional scanner, the method comprising:
- determining a region of interest corresponding to an organ from image data taken;
- determining a shape within the region of interest that includes an entire volume of a suspected tumor mass;
- determining a first volume of functional tissue within the shape based on a concentration of isotopes intensities;
- determining a second volume of the suspected tumor mass based on the determined first volume;
- determining an organ function parameter based on the determined region of interest;
- and
- displaying a tumor parameter and the organ function parameter, wherein the tumor parameter includes the second volume of the suspected tumor mass.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.