Patent ID: 8121360
Filing Date: 2012-02-21
Classification: G06F,G06T,G16H,G16Z

Abstract:
1. A system for computer aided detection and decision support comprising: a memory device storing a plurality of instructions embodying a computer aided detection and decision support system; a processor for receiving an image of a patient including an object of interest and non-image data about the patient that is not encoded with the image data, and executing the plurality of instructions to perform a method comprising: determining a segmentation of the image including the object of interest; detecting the object of interest; automatically selecting a pre-defined disease analysis model from a database based upon the detected object of interest and the non-image data; comparing the image including the object of interest to the selected pre-defined disease analysis model to determine an analysis of the object of interest; performing a similar case search against a picture archiving and communication system database based on the detected object of interest and the analysis; and outputting at least one image retrieved from the picture archiving and communication system database together with corresponding descriptive information.