Patent Document ID: 8160344
Application ID: 12424031
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer-implemented method for automated image analysis in a computer-aided detection method, the method performed by the computer comprising: (a) receiving, by a computer system, image data from an imaging device; (b) performing, by a processor of the computer system, iterations of an iterative segmentation process on the image data, each iterative segmentation process includes (i) ascertaining, by the computer system, whether a segment of the image data is normal, (ii) removing, by the computer system, the segment from the image data if ascertained to be normal, and (iii) transforming a shape of the segment; and (c) stopping, by the processor, the iterative segmentation process if a stop condition is met; (d) outputting, by the computer system, a result of the iterative segmentation process.