PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15863514
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["382", "131000"]

Abstract:
Embodiments describe an accurate and rapid method for assessing spinal bone density on chest or abdominal CT images using post-processed colored images. Post-processing of CT images for the purposes of displaying the spine is followed by color enhancement of routine unenhanced or contrast enhanced CT images to improve diagnostic accuracy, inter-observer agreement, reader confidence and/or time of interpretation as it relates to assessing bone density of the spine. CT images are post-processed (without changes to the standard-of-care CT imaging protocol and without additional cost or radiation for the patient) to straighten the spine for improved visualization of multiple segments. The color-enhanced images can be displayable simultaneously with the grayscale images. Methods and systems are provided for performing opportunistic bone density screening.

Claim (Index 15):
The computer system of  claim 14 , wherein at least one abnormal bone density condition is defined as greater than 30 Hounsfield Units (HU) and less than 145 HU, and wherein normal bone density is defined as greater than or equal to 145 HU and less than 700 HU.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 19.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.56627
- Patent Class: 382.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14897610', '13566918', '15127426', '14726813', '14311242']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.3485967998636803
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5118887962034653
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.3649259994976588
- Mean Citation Score: 207.21675800000003
- Max Citation Score: 240.84128
- Similarity Product: 140.4495422884178

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test