Cad-based navigation of views of medical image data stacks or volumes
AssigneeSectra AB
InventorsRegina Rosander, Claes Lundstrom, Per Anell, Fredrik Hall, Jonas Rehn
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Abstract
Systems, processors and methods display image views of stacks or volume image data and allow a user to navigate the data and/or views using CAD findings.
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An interactive visualization system for rendering images of respective patients from a multi-dimensional medical image data set, comprising:
- a display circuit with a graphic user interface (GUI) configured to allow a user to navigate between views generated from at least one medical image data set stack or volume based on positions identified by CAD (Computer Aided Detection) findings of suspected abnormalities.
A method of navigating tomosynthesis mammography medical stacks or volumes of image data sets, comprising:
- applying CAD to identify suspected abnormalities in the image data set;
- generating at least one of a list of suspected abnormalities or thumbnail views associated with the CAD identified suspected abnormalities;
- displaying the list and/or thumbnail views adjacent a primary view;
- and
- allowing a user to select one item from the thumbnails or the list to navigate from a current primary view to a different primary view associated with one of the identified suspected abnormalities.
A method of navigating tomosynthesis mammography medical stacks or volumes of image data sets, comprising:
- applying CAD to identify suspected abnormalities in the image data set;
- and
- providing a review wizard that allows a user to select to browse the identified suspected abnormalities with an automated viewing protocol that applies predetermined navigational rules for controlled browsing of views having CAD findings to navigate to and/or between views associated with CAD findings.
A method of navigating tomosynthesis mammography medical stacks or volumes of image data sets, comprising:
- applying CAD to identify suspected abnormalities in the image data set;
- applying vicinity marks to the identified suspected abnormalities;
- and
- displaying at least one vicinity mark in a current view where the suspected abnormality associated with the vicinity mark is not in the current view whereby a user can navigate to the suspected abnormality by selecting the vicinity mark in the current view.
A signal processing circuit for generating views from respective patient multidimensional imaging data sets, wherein the circuit is configured to communicate with a graphical user interface associated with a client workstation to accept user input to interact with an image data set to generate desired views of the image data, and wherein the circuit is configured to navigate to display different views of breast tissue using a tomosynthesis stack of patient image data based on at least one of the following:
- (a) allowing a user to select an item from a list of suspected abnormalities and/or thumbnail views associated with CAD identified suspected abnormalities;
- (b) allowing a user to select at least one vicinity mark associated with a CAD identified suspected abnormality shown in a current view where the suspected abnormality is not in the current view, whereby a user can navigate to the suspected abnormality by selecting the vicinity mark in the current view;
- or (c) providing a review wizard that allows a user to select to browse the identified suspected abnormalities with an automated viewing protocol that applies predetermined navigational rules for controlled browsing of views having CAD findings to navigate to and/or between views associated with CAD findings.
A computer program product for providing physician interactive access to patient medical data for rendering diagnostic medical images, the computer program product comprising:
- a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied in the medium, the computer-readable program code comprising:
- computer readable program code configured to carry out at least one of the following:
- (a) provide a user selectable displayed list of suspected abnormalities and/or thumbnail views associated with CAD identified suspected abnormalities;
- (b) provide a user-selectable at least one vicinity mark associated with a CAD identified suspected abnormality in a current view where the suspected abnormality is not in the current view, whereby a user can navigate to the suspected abnormality by selecting the vicinity mark in the current view;
- or (c) provide a review wizard that allows a user to select to browse the identified suspected abnormalities with an automated viewing protocol that applies predetermined navigational rules for controlled browsing of views having CAD findings to navigate to and/or between views associated with CAD findings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.