Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Computer aided diagnostic system incorporating shape analysis for diagnosing malignant lung nodules
- Patent Title (中): 计算机辅助诊断系统,结合形状分析诊断恶性肺结节
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Application No.: US13833333Application Date: 2013-03-15
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Publication No.: US09230320B2Publication Date: 2016-01-05
- Inventor: Ayman S. El-Baz , Matthew Nitzken
- Applicant: University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US KY Louisville
- Assignee: University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc.
- Current Assignee: University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US KY Louisville
- Agency: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP
- Main IPC: G06T7/00
- IPC: G06T7/00

Abstract:
A computer aided diagnostic system and automated method diagnose lung cancer through modeling and analyzing the shape of pulmonary nodules. A model used in such analysis describes the shape of pulmonary nodules in terms of spherical harmonics required to delineate a unit sphere corresponding to the pulmonary nodule to a model of the pulmonary nodule.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130259345A1 COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM INCORPORATING SHAPE ANALYSIS FOR DIAGNOSING MALIGNANT LUNG NODULES Public/Granted day:2013-10-03
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