Advanced pulmonary nodule analysis system with malignancy-weighted detection and customized visualization

An apparatus comprising:

• means for receiving one or more medical images of a patient;
• means for detecting one or more candidate nodules in the one or more medical images, each of the one or more candidate nodules associated with a nodule detection score;
• means for determining a malignancy score for each of the one or more candidate nodules;
• means for weighting the nodule detection score for each of the one or more candidate nodules based on its malignancy score;
• and
• means for outputting the weighted nodule detection scores.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to carry out operations comprising:

• receiving one or more medical images of a patient;
• detecting one or more candidate nodules in the one or more medical images, each of the one or more candidate nodules associated with a nodule detection score;
• determining a malignancy score for each of the one or more candidate nodules;
• weighting the nodule detection score for each of the one or more candidate nodules based on its malignancy score;
• and
• outputting the weighted nodule detection scores.