System for defining volumes of interest with reference to anatomical features
OwnerSimon Harvey, Tina Manoharan +3inventors
InventorsSIMON HARVEY, TINA MANOHARAN, VEIT ULRICH BORIS SCHENK, KIMBERLEY ANE WHITEAR, THOMAS GEORGE WRIGHT
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Abstract
In a system and method for dividing a medical scan into regions to which features of interest may be assigned, region boundaries are defined with reference to anatomical landmarks and are presented to the physician along with the scan so that it is immediately apparent in which region a feature lies.
Claims14
A method of dividing a scan into a series of partitions comprising:
- in a processor placing a first estimate of predefined partition boundaries on the scan, updating the partition boundaries in the processor in accordance with the locations of key landmarks derived from the scan, and
- displaying an image of the subject at a display unit connected to the processor in a display format including data representative of the updated partition boundaries.
An apparatus for dividing a scan into a series of partitions, comprising:
- a processor that automatically electronically places a first estimate of predefined partition boundaries on a scan,
- an updating unit that allows updating of the partition boundaries dependent on locations of anatomical landmarks derived from the scan, and
- a display unit connected to said processor, said processor being configured to display an image of the subject including data representative of the updated partition boundaries.
A computer-readable medium encoded with programming instructions, said programming instructions causing a processor to:
- place a first estimate of predefined partition boundaries on a scan;
- update the partition boundaries in accordance with locations of anatomical landmarks derived from the scan;
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- cause an image of the subject to be displayed that includes data representative of the updated partition boundaries.
A method for assigning boundaries of interest in a scan of a subject to spatial regions of the subject, comprising the steps of:
- generating a first scan of a subject containing spatial regions of interest;
- generating a second scan of the subject, selected from the group consisting of scans that are different from said first scan and scans that are the same as said first scan, and identifying landmark features in said second scan;
- defining at least on region boundary in relation to the landmark features identified in said second scan;
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- automatically electronically assigning features of interest to regions defined by the region boundaries.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.