CAD (computer-aided decision) support systems and methods
AssigneeSiemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
InventorArun Krishnan
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Abstract
CAD (computer-aided decision) support systems, methods and tools are provided for automated decision support for screening, evaluating, and/or diagnosing medial conditions. For example, CAD support systems and tools implement methods for automatically processing patient data for a subject patient using various interpretation methods, and integrally rending and presenting the interpretation results to a user (e.g., physician, radiologist, etc.) in a manner that enables fast and efficient screening, evaluation, and/or diagnosis of potential medical conditions of the subject patient.
Claims15
A method for providing computer-aided decision (CAD) support within an image processing apparatus, comprising:
- marking image data with a plurality of marks indicating a plurality of automatically identified regions of interest;
- marking the image data with a plurality of marks indicating a plurality of manually identified regions of interest;
- combining the marks indicating the plurality of automatically identified regions of interest with the marks indicating the plurality of manually identified regions of interest;
- automatically invoking a plurality of interpretation tools to process the combined marked regions of interest of the image data;
- and
- outputting interpretation results generated by each invoked interpretation tool.
A computer-readable medium, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by a computer to perform method steps for providing computer-aided decision (CAD) support, the method steps comprising:
- marking image data with a plurality of marks indicating a plurality of automatically identified regions of interest;
- marking the image data with a plurality of marks indicating a plurality of manually identified regions of interest;
- combining the marks indicating the plurality of automatically identified regions of interest with the marks indicating the plurality of manually identified regions of interest;
- automatically invoking a plurality of interpretation tools to process the combined marked regions of interest of the image data;
- and outputting interpretation results generated by each invoked interpretation tool.
A method for providing computer-aided decision (CAD) support within an image processing apparatus, comprising the steps of:
- extracting information from patient data including image data and non-image data;
- marking the image data with a plurality of marks indicating a combination of automatically and manually identified regions of interest;
- removing duplicate markings from the plurality of marks;
- automatically invoking a plurality of interpretation tools and processing the extracted information using each of the invoked interpretation tools;
- and
- outputting interpretation results generated by each invoked interpretation tool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.