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AssigneeUniversity of Virginia
InventorsMichael B. Merickel, Ann H. Adams, James R. Brookeman
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There is disclosed an image processing, pattern recognition and computer graphics system and method for the noninvasive identification and evaluation of female breast cancer including the characteristic of the boundary thereof using multidimensional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). The system and method classifies the tissue using a Fisher linear classifier followed by a refinement to show the boundary shape and whether the surface of the carcinoma is lobulated or spiculated. The results are a high information content display which aids in the diagnosis and analysis of breast cancer and to assist in any surgical or other remedial planning. The high information content display also assists in the assessment of the effectiveness of therapies showing any reduction or increase in the size of the carcinoma.
A method for the noninvasive determination and display of a body part composed of different tissue types of interest of a mammalian live body where the boundary of said tissue types encloses an area or volume and where the boundary shape is of significance using information obtained from multiple image slices produced by a body scan such as MRI or PET comprising the following steps:
A noninvasive imaging analysis system for the display of a body part composed of different tissue types of interest of a mammalian live body where the boundary of said tissue types encloses an area or volume and where the boundary shape is of significance using information obtained from multiple image slices produced by a body scan such as MRI and PET comprising:
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