Patent ID: 11894141
Assignee: PROGENICS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A network-based decision support system comprising:
a processor; and
a memory having instructions stored thereon, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
(i) receive and store a plurality of medical images in a database, each medical image associated with a corresponding patient;
(ii) access one or more of the medical images associated with a particular patient from the database;
(iii) automatically analyze the one or more medical images using a machine learning algorithm; and
(iv) generate a radiologist report for the particular patient according to the one or more medical images for the patient,
wherein the one or more medical images comprise a composite image of the particular patient, the composite image comprising a CT scan overlaid with a nuclear medicine image obtained at a substantially same time as the CT scan and following administration to the patient of an imaging agent comprising a Prostate Specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA) binding agent comprising a radionuclide, wherein the instructions cause the processor to automatically analyze the composite image by:
(a) using the composite image to geographically identify a 3D boundary for each of one or more regions of imaged tissue within the nuclear medicine image; and
(b) computing, using the nuclear medicine image with the identified 3D boundary(ies) of the one or more region(s), a value of each of one or more risk indices, each risk index value indicative of cancer state or progression in the patient, and wherein the system is a cloud-based system.