Image analysis – Applications – Biomedical applications
Reexamination Certificate
2007-02-27
2007-02-27
Bella, Matthew C. (Department: 2624)
Image analysis
Applications
Biomedical applications
C382S168000, C378S028000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10793799
ABSTRACT:
A method, system and computer readable medium for an intelligent search display into which an automated computerized image analysis has been incorporated. Upon viewing an unknown mammographic case, the display shows both the computer classification output as well as images of lesions with known diagnoses (e.g., malignant vs. benign) and similar computer-extracted features. The similarity index used in the search can be chosen by the radiologist to be based on a single feature, multiple features, or on the computer estimate of the likelihood of malignancy. Specifically the system includes the calculation of features of images in a known database, calculation of features of an unknown case, calculation of a similarity index, display of the known cases along the probability distribution curves at which the unknown case exists. Techniques include novel developments and implementations of computer-extracted features for similarity calculation and novel methods for the display of the unknown case amongst known cases with and without the computer-determined diagnoses.
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Giger Maryellen L.
Huo Zhimin
Lan Li
Vyborny Carl J.
Arch Development Corporation
Azarian Seyed
Bella Matthew C.
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