Patent ID: 8737699
Filing Date: 2014-05-27
Classification: G16H

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for combinational computer aided diagnosis (C-CAD) comprising: receiving volume data of tissue; receiving a database of disease and pathologies; receiving action items for processing the volume data; receiving a selection of at least two diseases of interest for the volume data; segmenting images of an object of interest corresponding to each of the diseases of interest from the volume data; receiving a selection of at least one action item to be performed on the volume data for each selected disease, wherein the at least one selected action item performs a registration of segmented images of the objects of interest to the volume data; determining, by a processor, a set of decision rules corresponding to respective ones of the selected diseases based on the registration, wherein the sets of decision rules are rules for detecting changes in the tissue over time when the registration is determined for the tissue over time; evaluating the volume data of the tissue using the sets of decision rules; and producing, by the processor, a combinational report including predictions of a presence of each of the at least two diseases of interest in the tissue of the volume data.