Patent Document ID: 20030053673
Application ID: 10237311
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method of radiographic scoring of a radiographic image comprising the steps of acquiring (1) a digital image representation of an image to be subjected to radiographic scoring, applying (2) the acquired image representation to a display device and generating a displayed image, determining (3) at least one region of interest on the displayed image, retrieving (4) for each of the determined regions of interest a number of reference stage images from a database (5), each reference stage image having an associated score number displaying (6) the reference stage images on said display device, selecting (7) a displayed reference stage image which most optimally matches with a displayed region of interest, associating (8) with the displayed region of interest a score number corresponding with the selected reference stage image, combining (9) score numbers associated with said regions of interest into an overall score number pertaining to said radiographic image.