Automatic assessment of confidence in imaging data
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorsMark Olszewski, Joerg Bredno
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Abstract
A system and method are provided to automatically assess a confidence in imaging data based on a proposed diagnostic task or treatment decision, by determining one or more imaging quality indicators relating to the imaging data corresponding to a confidence of the proposed diagnostic task or treatment decision, comparing those imaging quality indicators with confidence benchmark values, and determining a confidence value indicative of the confidence in the imaging data for purposes of performing the proposed diagnostic task or making the proposed treatment decision.
Claims32
A system to automatically assess a confidence in an dynamic functional imaging acquisition data based on a proposed diagnostic task or treatment decision, the system comprising a computer readable non-transitory medium configured to receive dynamic functional imaging data, the computer readable non-transitory medium comprising logic to:
- determine one or more imaging quality indicators relating to the acquisition of the acquired imaging data based on one or more quantitative imaging quality factors corresponding to a confidence of the proposed diagnostic task or treatment decision, wherein the one or more quantitative imaging quality factors each comprise a quantitative assessment of at least one of the accuracy, location, and timing of the acquisition, and wherein the one or more imaging quality indicators are generated by applying the one or more quantitative imaging quality factors to the acquired imaging data;
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- compare the one or more imaging quality indicators to one or more confidence benchmark values associated with the one or more quantitative imaging quality factors and determine a confidence value indicative of the confidence that the acquisition of the imaging data is of sufficient quality for purposes of performing the proposed diagnostic task or making the proposed treatment decision.
A method automatically implemented by a computer to assess a confidence in an dynamic functional imaging data based on a proposed diagnostic task or treatment decision, the method comprising:
- determining one or more imaging quality indicators relating to the acquisition of acquired dynamic functional imaging data based on one or more quantitative imaging quality factors corresponding to the proposed diagnostic task or treatment decision, wherein the one or more quantitative imaging quality factors each comprise a quantitative assessment of at least one of the accuracy, location, and timing of the acquisition, and wherein the one or more imaging quality indicators are generated by applying the one or more quantitative imaging quality factors to the acquired imaging data;
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- comparing the one or more imaging quality indicators to one or more confidence benchmark values associated with the one or more quantitative imaging quality factors, and determining a confidence value indicative of the confidence that he acquisition of the imaging data is of sufficient quality for purposes of performing the proposed diagnostic task or making the proposed treatment decision.
A training system to improve confidence in an dynamic functional imaging acquisition based on a proposed diagnostic task or treatment decision, the system comprising a computer readable non-transitory medium configured to receive dynamic functional imaging data, the computer readable non-transitory medium comprising logic to:
- determine one or more imaging quality indicators relating to the acquisition of the acquired imaging data base on one or more quantitative imaging quality factors corresponding to the proposed diagnostic task or treatment decision, wherein the one or more quantitative imaging quality factors each comprise a quantitative assessment of at least one of the accuracy, location, and timing of the acquisition, and wherein the one or more imaging quality indicators are generated by applying the one or more quantitative imaging quality factors to the acquired imaging data;
- compare the one or more imaging quality indicators to one or more confidence benchmark values associated with the one or more quantitative imaging quality factors and determine a confidence value indicative of the confidence that he acquisition of the imaging data is of sufficient quality for purposes of performing the proposed diagnostic task or making the proposed treatment decision;
- identify a reason for a poor confidence value;
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- propose a modification to an image acquisition technique to increase the poor confidence value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.