US 2021/0233646 A1Published application

System and method for colloborative and interactive image processing

AssigneeHewel

InventorsGilles Le Naour, Fabien Lieval

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Abstract

The invention proposes a system (100) and a method for collaborative and interactive image processing aiming to limit errors in the examination of an image. The system according to the invention comprises a distribution console (110) for distributing images to be processed (200) and for collecting annotated images capable of communicating locally with at least two processing interfaces (120) capable of displaying an image to be processed. The console and the interfaces are programmed to transmit a copy of the image to be processed to each processing interface from the distribution console, to provide tools for modifying the copy of the image on each interface so as to obtain an annotated image, to transmit each annotated image to the distribution console from each processing interface, and to generate a resulting image from the annotated images using a determined combinatorial algorithm representing the common points and the differences between the annotated images.

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Dependent claims

A collaborative and interactive image processing system (100), for a field requiring the sharing of opinions and the graphical analysis of images in order to limit the risks of individual errors of judgement, characterized in that it comprises:

a console (100) for distributing images (200) to be processed and for collecting annotated images (201a, 201b, 201c, 201d, 201e), able to communicate locally with at least two processing interfaces (120) that are able to display an image to be processed,
in that the console and the interfaces (120) are programmed:
to transmit a copy of the image to be processed to each processing interface (120) from the distribution console (110), the image to be processed being associated with a type of examination, the type of examination being associated with a list of objects of interest and/or regions of interest, and each objects of interest and/or regions of interest being associated with an annotation mark,
to provide tools (B3, B3a, B3b) for graphically annotating the copy of the image on each interface in order to obtain an image annotated with graphical modifications, the graphical annotation tools being predefined for the image and allowing to graphically define areas of interest and/or add a graphical mark to predefined objects of interest,
to transmit each annotated image to the distribution console (110) from each processing interface (120),
and to generate a result image from the annotated images using a combinatorial algorithm analyzing the graphical modifications of each annotated image in order to determine similar graphical modifications and different graphical modifications between the annotated images, and synthesizing this analysis by generating a result image consisting of pixels of graphical formats that differ between the similar graphical modifications and the different graphical modifications,
and in that the console (110) and the interfaces (120) are programmed:
to allow a display in an individual mode in which the display of each interface is independent of the other interfaces,
and to allow a display in a commanded mode in which the display of a first interface commands the display on the other interfaces, the change between the individual mode and the commanded mode being reversible.

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A collaborative and participative image processing method, for a field requiring the sharing of opinions and the graphical analysis of images in order to limit the risks of individual errors of judgement, characterized in that it comprises the following steps:

placing an image (200) to be processed in a memory of a console (110) able to communicate locally with at least two processing interfaces (120);
transmitting a copy of the image to be processed to each processing interface from the distribution console;
the image to be processed being associated with a type of examination, the type of examination being associated with a list of objects of interest and/or regions of interest, and each objects of interest and/or regions of interest being associated with an annotation mark;
on each processing interface, displaying tools (B3, B3a, B3b) for graphically modifying the copy of the image to be processed in order to allow a user to graphically modify the copy of the image to be processed and thus generate an annotated image (201a, 201b, 201c, 201d, 201), the graphical annotation tools being predefined for the image and allowing to graphically define areas of interest and/or add a graphical mark to predefined objects of interest;
allowing a display in an individual mode in which the display of each interface I independent of the other interfaces,
allowing a display in a commanded mode in which the display of a first interface commands the display on the other interface, the change between the individual mode and the commanded mode being reversible,
transmitting each annotated image to the distribution console from each processing interface, and
using the distribution console to generate a result image from the annotated images using a determined combinatorial algorithm analyzing the graphical modifications of each annotated image in order to determine similar graphical modifications and different graphical modifications between the annotated images, and synthesizing this analysis by generating a result image consisting of pixels of graphical formats that differ between the similar graphical modifications and the different graphical modifications.

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