System and method for preparing spatially related medical digital image data sets for image compression and storage prior to image reconstruction
AssigneeApteryx, Inc.
InventorKevin M. Crucs
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Abstract
System and method for preparing spatially related medical digital image data sets for image compression and storage prior to image reconstruction. The system and method exploit the similarities between spatially adjacent digital image data sets to reduce the amount of data to be compressed and stored. The spatially adjacent digital image data sets correspond to a plurality of spatially contiguous digital image data sets acquired over, for example, a current anatomical portion of a patient using a medical imaging modality or, for example, a current portion of a man-made structure or a current portion of a geological feature using an imaging modality.
Claims51
A method of processing acquired image data, said method comprising:
- (a) performing a comparison operation on a current digital image data set and a next spatially adjacent digital image data set across a plurality of spatially contiguous digital image data sets associated with a designated keystone digital image data set to form a plurality of comparative image data sets;
- (b) performing a first image compression operation on the designated keystone digital image data set of said plurality of spatially contiguous digital image data sets to form a compressed keystone data set;
- (c) performing a second image compression operation on each of said plurality of comparative image data sets to form a plurality of compressed comparative data sets;
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- (d) storing said compressed keystone data set and said plurality of compressed comparative data sets.
A system for processing acquired image data, said system comprising:
- means for performing a comparison operation on a current digital image data set and a next spatially adjacent digital image data set across a plurality of spatially contiguous digital image data sets associated with a designated keystone digital image data set to form a plurality of comparative image data sets;
- means for performing a first image compression operation on the designated keystone digital image data set of said plurality of spatially contiguous digital image data sets to form a compressed keystone data set;
- means for performing a second image compression operation on each of said plurality of comparative image data sets to form a plurality of compressed comparative data sets;
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- means for storing said compressed keystone data set and said plurality of compressed comparative data sets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.