Automatic CAD algorithm selection
AssigneeSiemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
InventorsArun Krishnan, Jonathan Stoeckel
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Abstract
A computer system for automatic selection of a computer-aided detection (CAD) algorithm including a database storing image data, a browser for navigating the data and selecting image data, an application receiving image data selected by the browser, and a selector selecting a CAD algorithm for processing the image data according to at least one of fixed attributes of the image data and an indication of a subject of the image data.
Claims14
A computer system for automatic selection of a computer-aided detection (CAD) algorithm comprising:
- a database storing image data;
- a browser for navigating the data and selecting image data;
- an application receiving image data selected by the browser;
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- a selector selecting a CAD algorithm for processing the image data according to at least one of fixed attributes of the image data and an indication of a subject of the image data wherein the fixed attributes are coded in a header of an image file corresponding to the image data and the image header is analyzed by determining an area of the image data, an imaging modality used to capture the image data, and acquisition parameters used to capture the image data.
A computer-implemented method for automatically selecting a computer-aided detection (CAD) processing algorithm comprising:
- analyzing an image header associated with image data wherein analyzing the image header comprises determining an area of the image data, an imaging modality used to capture the image data, and acquisition parameters used to capture the image data;
- detecting image parameters of the image data;
- selecting, automatically, a CAD processing method for processing the image data based on the image header and image parameters;
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- processing the image data using the CAD processing method, wherein processed image data is one of output to a display device and stored as computer-readable code in a computer-readable media.
A program storage device readable by machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for automatically selecting a computer-aided detection (CAD) processing algorithm, the method steps comprising:
- analyzing an image header associated with image data wherein analyzing the image header comprises determining an area of the image data, an imaging modality used to capture the image data, and acquisition parameters used to capture the image data;
- detecting image parameters of the image data;
- selecting, automatically, a CAD processing method for processing the image data based on the image header and image parameters;
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- processing the image data using the CAD processing method, wherein processed image data is one of output to a display device and stored as computer-readable code in a computer-readable media.
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