Patent ID: 7933436
Filing Date: 2011-04-26
Classification: A61B,G06T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for automatically detecting salient features in medical image data of a body area of a patient, comprising: a memory device to store the image data; at least one determination module including a unit to determine two or more anatomical regions, in the image data, via pattern recognition, the two or more anatomical regions being at least a target anatomical region associated with a diagnostic problem and a first anatomical region outside the target region; a number of different examination modules that respectively include at least one application to automatically detect specific salient features in at least one of the anatomical regions; an input unit to start one of the applications as a primary application; a control unit that, on the basis of the at least two anatomical regions determined by the determination module, is to automatically select and execute further applications, suitable for detecting salient features in the at least two anatomical regions; and an output unit to display the result of the primary application together with an item of information relating to additional salient features that have been detected automatically with the aid of the further applications executed.