摘要:
An apparatus and user interface (155) for aiding in navigating and modifying delineations (117a-c) in or associated with 2D sub-volumes (110a-c) of a 3D or higher dimensional image dataset (100). States and position of the sub-volumes visualized. Both, states and position can be changed by using the functionalities of the user interface generated (155) by said apparatus. The apparatus can be used in medical image post-processing system.
摘要:
The invention relates to a labeling apparatus (1) for labeling structures of an object shown in an object image. A probability map providing unit (3) provides a probability map, the probability map indicating for different labels, which are indicative of different structures of the object, and for different positions in the probability map the probability that the respective structure, which is indicated by the respective label, is present at the respective position, wherein the probability depends on the position in the probability map. The probability map is mapped to the object image by a mapping unit (4), wherein a label assigning unit (5) assigns to a provided contour, which represents a structure in the object image, a label based on the mapped probability map. This allows automatically labeling structures of the object, which are indicated by provided contours in the object image, with relatively low computational efforts.
摘要:
A method for obtaining a medical image at a target plane. The method comprises obtaining a three-dimensional, 3D, volume containing an anatomical structure and identifying the anatomical structure in the 3D volume. The geometry of the anatomical structure in the 3D volume is analyzed and the target plane is registered to the 3D volume based on the analysis of the geometry of the anatomical structure. The medical image is extracted from the 3D volume at the registered target plane.
摘要:
A method for acquiring a set of target planar views through an anatomy of interest through processing of 3D ultrasound image data. The method processes received 3D image frames in real time to extract target planes and to process each extracted plane with a quality check algorithm. A record is kept of all target planes which have been acquired with sufficient quality, for example by removing them from a list of planes still to be captured. Optionally, each new frame need only be processed to extract planes which are yet to be acquired with sufficient quality. A user interface display is dynamically controlled so that a user is always presented with a real-time display of a planar view of at least one of the planes still to be captured with sufficient quality. The user is thus continually provided the optimal guidance imagery for controlling the acquisition apparatus to acquire new 3D frames which include image data from which the still required 2D planes can be successfully extracted with high quality.
摘要:
A method and system for automatically detecting within an input 3D ultrasound image one or more suspected disease features and automatically computing an optimum one or more planes through the 3D field of view for acquiring imagery that would best assist in confirming or further analyzing the suspected disease features. The determined optimum one or more planes are used to control acquisition by an ultrasound acquisition system of new 2D images which correspond to said determined optimum planes.
摘要:
A system and method for achieving more accurate results when applying an image processing task to a series of medical images of a patient, without significantly increasing processing resource. The proposed system and method is based on receiving a plurality of image sequences of a particular anatomical region, each capturing cyclical movement of an anatomical object. Each image sequence is supplied to a classifier module which employs use of one or more machine learning algorithms to derive at least one score for each image sequence indicative of predicted success or quality of a result of the image processing task if applied to the given image series. This permits an assessment to be made in advance of which of the plurality of image series is most likely to result in the best (e.g. highest quality, or greatest amount of information) results from the image processing task. This allows maximization of the quality of image processing results, without the need to actually process each of the image series with the image processing task, which would consume a large amount of processing resource and consume time.
摘要:
An ultrasound imaging system comprises a display for displaying a received ultrasound image. A user interface is provided for receiving user commands for controlling the ultrasound imaging process, and it receives a user input which identifies a point or region of the displayed ultrasound image. An image depth is determined which is associated with the identified point or region and the imaging process is controlled to tailor the imaging to the identified point or region.