Methods and apparatus for the classification of nodules
AssigneeGE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC
InventorsMatthieu Ferrant, Kelly Lynn Karau, Saad Ahmed Sirohey
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Abstract
A method for detection and classification of nodules (N) in a tomographic image of an anatomical zone of a patient includes segmenting the image to identify therein a region of interest including at least one nodule, and classifying regions of the nodule as one of solid, part-solid, and non-solid.
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A method for detection and classification of nodules (N) in a tomographic image of an anatomical zone of a patient, said method comprising:
- segmenting the image to identify therein a region of interest including at least one nodule;
- and
- classifying regions of the nodule as one of solid, part-solid, and non-solid.
A computer configured to:
- segment an image to identify therein a region of interest including at least one nodule;
- and
- classify regions of the nodule as one of solid, part-solid, and non-solid.
An imaging system comprising:
- at least one radiation source;
- at least one radiation detector;
- and
- a computer operationally coupled to said at least one radiation source and said at least one radiation detector, said computer configured to:
- segment an image to identify therein a region of interest including at least one nodule;
- and
- classify regions of the nodule as one of solid, part-solid, and non-solid.
A computer readable medium encoded with a program configured to instruct a computer to:
- segment an image to identify therein a region of interest including at least one nodule;
- and
- classify regions of the nodule as one of solid, part-solid, and non-solid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.