Patent ID: 6317617
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: A61B,G06T,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for the analysis of a lesion in an anatomy, comprising:obtaining plural image data, representative of plural images of a same portion of the anatomy, derived from at least two imaging modalities selected from the group consisting of magnetic resonance imaging, x-ray imaging, and ultrasound imaging;identifying from the plural image data a possible lesion in said plural images;extracting, for each of said plural images derived from said at least two imaging modalities, at least one feature related to characterization of a lesion from image data corresponding to the identified possible lesion; andmerging in a common image classifier a plurality of extracted features, including at least one feature related to characterization of a lesion from each of said plural images derived from said at least two imaging modalities to characterize said possible lesion based on the merged plurality of extracted features and yield a corresponding classification.