Patent Document ID: 9730655
Application ID: 14159144
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for detection of nodules in a medical image, the method comprising: (a) receiving, by a computer processing device, image data representing the medical image; (b) receiving, by the computer processing device, a selection of a region of interest in the medical image; (c) copying, by the computer processing device, the image data contained within boundaries of the region of interest; (d) outputting for display, by the computer processing device, an output image containing a first copy of the image data contained within the boundaries of the region of interest and a second copy of the image data contained within the boundaries of the region of interest, the first copy of the image data and the second copy of the image data simultaneously displayed in the output image and separated by either an axis of symmetry or an axis of replication; (e) moving, by the computer processing device, the boundaries of the region of interest with respect to the medical image and repeating steps (c)-(d) so that as the output image changes with each movement of the boundaries of the region of the interest, a position of a nodule appearing in the displayed first copy of the image data changes in a synchronized manner with respect to a position of the same nodule simultaneously appearing in the displayed second copy of the image data.