Patent ID: 8724871
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: G06K,G06T,G16H

Abstract:
1. A method for analyzing a medical image, comprising: retrieving, from a database, at least one set of a plurality of specific metrics from a plurality of sets of metrics stored in the database, each of the sets of metrics stored in the database being derived from an anomaly or a non-anomalous region in an associated one of a plurality of historical medical images such that at least one set is derived from an anomaly of an associated historical medical image and at least one set is derived from a non-anomalous region of an associated historical medical image, each of the metrics in each set of metrics being a different measurement of the associated historical medical image; obtaining a medical image under test by means of a medical imaging device; determining, using a processor, the plurality of specific metrics from the obtained medical image under test, each of the metrics being a different measurement of the obtained medical image; comparing, using a processor, the plurality of determined metrics from the medical image under test to the retrieved at least one set of the plurality of metrics from the database to determine a degree of similarity therebetween, the comparison step comprising comparing each of the determined metrics from the medical image under test to a respective one of the metrics of the retrieved at least one set of the plurality of metrics from the database; creating, using a processor, a contour map based on the determined degree of similarity between the plurality of determined metrics from the medical image under test and the retrieved at least one set of the plurality of metrics from the database; and displaying the created contour map on the medical image under test on a display.