Patent ID: 8391574

Claim:
A method of analyzing a plurality of medical image data of a region in an anatomy and detecting abnormalities in the region, at least a set of the plurality of medical image data containing temporal information responsive to administering of a contrast enhancement agent, the method comprising the steps of: obtaining the plurality of medical image data; identifying from the plurality of medical image data a set of data points representing a possible lesion in said region; extracting from the plurality of medical image data features associated with said set of data points, said features including at least two sets of a set of morphological features, a set of kinetics characteristics of the temporal information, and a set of biochemical characteristics; combining features from said at least two sets of features to arrive at a consolidated classification, a consolidated lesion type and a consolidated lesion extent and computing a staging assessment from a combination of said consolidated classification, said consolidated lesion type and said consolidated lesion extent; computing an initial diagnostic assessment of said possible lesion from said at least two sets of features, said initial diagnostic assessment incorporating information from said staging assessment; and providing said initial assessment to a user for evaluation.