Patent ID: 7333845
Filing Date: 2008-02-19
Classification: A61B,G01R,G06T

Abstract:
1. A method of evaluating tissue characteristics in a patient, comprising: obtaining a first image of tissue including a region of interest during a first acquisition; obtaining a second image of the tissue including the region of interest during a second, subsequent acquisition; determining a global intensity characteristic of the region of interest of the first image and of the second image so as to allow a comparison of the global intensity characteristic of the first image and the second image to determine a potential for a global injury of the tissue of the region of interest, wherein the determining the global intensity characteristic comprises evaluating at least one of skew, kurtosis, or standard deviation of at least one property of voxels of the region of interest and/or at least one of a shape or distribution of at least one voxel intensity histogram associated with the region of interest; and providing visual output to a user based on the determined potential for global injury of the tissue of the region of interest.