Bone fracture detection and classification
Assigneemetamorphosis GmbH
InventorArno BLAU
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Abstract
Method and apparatus are provided for assisting with bone fracture detection. In particular, image data of a medical image is received in a processing unit from a device, which may be an imaging device, a data detection device or an image storage device. A bone structure is identified in the medical image. A fracture line in the identified bone structure is determined. A bone feature, which may include a portion of an outline of the identified bone structure, a point of the fracture line on an outline of the identified bone structure, a relative displacement of bone parts of the identified bone structure, or a combination thereof is detected. The bone feature may be classified and a corresponding output generated.
Claims16
A device for assisting with bone fracture detection, the device comprising
- a processing unit configured to:
- receive image data of a medical image from a device selected from the group consisting of an imaging device, a data detection device or an image storage device;
- identify a bone structure in the medical image;
- determine a fracture line in the identified bone structure;
- and
- detect a bone feature selected from the group consisting of at least a portion of an outline of the identified bone structure, a point of the fracture line on an outline of the identified bone structure, a relative displacement of bone parts of the identified bone structure, or a combination thereof.
A method of assisting with bone fracture detection, the method comprising the steps of
- receiving image data of a medical image from a device selected from the group consisting of an imaging device, a data detection device or an image storage device;
- identifying a bone structure in the medical image;
- determining a fracture line at the identified bone structure;
- and
- detecting a bone feature selected from the group consisting of at least a portion of an outline of the identified bone structure, a point of the fracture line on an outline of the identified bone structure, a relative displacement of bone parts of the identified bone structure, or a combination thereof.
A non-transitory, computer-readable memory storing a set of instruction that, when executed on a processing unit, performs a method of assisting with bone fracture detection comprising:
- receiving image data of a medical image from a device selected from the group consisting of an imaging device, a data detection device or an image storage device;
- identifying a bone structure in the medical image;
- determining a fracture line at the identified bone structure;
- and
- detecting a bone feature selected from the group consisting of at least a portion of an outline of the identified bone structure, a point of the fracture line on an outline of the identified bone structure, a relative displacement of bone parts of the identified bone structure, or a combination thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.