Patent Document ID: 8369585
Application ID: 12253749
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of identifying anatomical features of a patient image, the method comprising: acquiring a volumetric image data set for a patient using an imaging modality; storing the volumetric image data set in a first data base; retrieving at least a subset of the volumetric image data set using a selected observer point-of-view; segmenting the volumetric image data set to correspond to an anatomical structure of the body of the patient; associating the segmented volumetric image data set with a model of an anatomical structure; and when the segmented volumetric image data set that is associated with the model of the anatomical structure, superimposing nomenclature to include an anatomical descriptor associated with the model of the anatomical structure onto the segmented volumetric image data set, and formulating a search query using the nomenclature as a search term in a data base search of a further data base.