Patent ID: 8155406
Filing Date: 2012-04-10
Classification: G06T,G16H

Abstract:
1. A system for processing diagnostic images comprising: a central computer service unit configured to, a local user interface unit comprising hardware configured to enable the user to, wherein the central computer service unit is configured to receive, process and store the diagnostic images provided by a plurality of local users, such to provide a centralized processing capability to the plurality of local users, wherein the central computer service unit is configured to process the diagnostic images by activating a computer aided diagnostic (CAD) subunit to prepare the diagnostic images for the processing and an image processing subunit to apply one or more image processing programs to the diagnostic images, wherein the central computer service unit further comprises: a coordinating subunit performing remote user identification, checking user login codes, and debiting service costs to the user; a database management subunit managing and updating an image database that is used to train the one or more image processing programs; and a reporting subunit generating graphic and alphanumeric evaluation reports of the diagnostic images after the processing, such that the evaluation reports are provided to the user on a video display, on a digital file storage medium, or in paper form, and wherein the one or more image processing programs comprise a plurality of image processing algorithms, each designed to process at least one of the diagnostic images related to a specific organ or a portion thereof, or a specific anatomic region or a portion thereof, and wherein the image processing subunit comprises an automatic image recognition subunit configured to identify the imaged organ or the portion thereof, or the imaged anatomic region or the portion thereof, and to address the at least one of the diagnostic images to be processed to one or more of the plurality of processing algorithms that are specifically designed to process images of the imaged organ or the portion thereof, or the imaged anatomic region or the portion thereof as recognized by the image recognition subunit.