Reference image guided object detection in medical image processing

A system, comprising:

• a user interface configured to receive a test image and provide a result to a user or client, the test image depicting an anatomical region or structure of a human body;
• a reference image pairer, coupled to the user interface, configured to access a reference image database, pair the test image with a reference image from the database and register the two images;
• a difference analyzer, coupled to the reference image pairer, configured to obtain a set of differences between the two images;
• and
• an object detector, coupled to the difference analyzer and to the user interface, configured to detect, based at least in part on the set of differences, a possible abnormality in the test image.

A computer program product for model selection at an edge device, the computer program product comprising:

• a computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code embodied therewith, the computer-readable program code executable by one or more computer processors to:
• receive a test image from a user or client, the test image depicting an anatomical region or structure of a human body;
• obtain a reference image corresponding to the anatomical region or structure depicted in the test image;
• analyze the test image and the reference image to obtain a set of differences between the two images;
• and
• based at least in part on the set of differences, detect a possible abnormality in the test image and output a result to the user or client.