摘要:
A method for segmenting an anatomical structure of interest within an image is disclosed. The anatomical structure of interest is compared to a database of images of like anatomical structures. Those database images of like anatomical structures that are similar to the anatomical structure of interest are identified. The identified database images are used to detect the anatomical structure of interest in the image. The identified database images are also used to determine the shape of the anatomical structure of interest. The anatomical structure of interest is segmented from the image.
摘要:
A system and method for tracking an object is disclosed. A video sequence including a plurality of image frames are received. A sample based representation of object appearance distribution is maintained. An object is divided into one or more components. For each component, its location and uncertainty with respect to the sample based representation are estimated. Variable-Bandwidth Density Based Fusion (VBDF) is applied to each component to determine a most dominant motion. The motion estimate is used to determine the track of the object.
摘要:
Three-dimensional cardiac border is delineated in medical imaging. A view is labeled, such as identifying a two-dimensional view as an apical four-chamber view. A three-dimensional border is detected as a function of the view label. For example, the view is associated from a plane through a volume and a known orientation relative to the heart. Labeling the view indicates the orientation of the heart in the scanned volume. By determining the orientation of the heart, border detection processes may be simplified or assisted.
摘要:
CAD (computer-aided diagnosis) systems and applications for cardiac imaging are provided, which implement methods to automatically extract and analyze features from a collection of patient information (including image data and/or non-image data) of a subject patient, to provide decision support for various aspects of physician workflow including, for example, automated assessment of regional myocardial function through wall motion analysis, automated diagnosis of heart diseases and conditions such as cardiomyopathy, coronary artery disease and other heart-related medical conditions, and other automated decision support functions. The CAD systems implement machine-learning techniques that use a set of training data obtained (learned) from a database of labeled patient cases in one or more relevant clinical domains and/or expert interpretations of such data to enable the CAD systems to “learn” to analyze patient data and make proper diagnostic assessments and decisions for assisting physician workflow.
摘要:
A medical concept is learned about or inferred from a medical transcript. A probabilistic model is trained from medical transcripts. For example, the problem is treated as a graphical model. Discrimitive or generative learning is used to train the probabilistic model. A mutual information criterion can be employed to identify a discrete set of words or phrases to be used in the probabilistic model The model is based on the types of medical transcripts, focusing on this source of data to output the most probable state of a patient in the medical field or domain. The learned model may be used to infer a state of a medical concept for a patient
摘要:
A method for finding a ranking function ƒ that classifies feature points in an n-dimensional space includes providing a plurality of feature points xk derived from tissue sample regions in a digital medical image, providing training data A comprising training samples Aj where A = ⋃ j = 1 S ( A j = { x i j } i = 1 m j ) , providing an ordering E={(P,Q)|APAQ} of at least some training data sets where all training samples xiεAP are ranked higher than any sample xjεAQ, solving a mathematical optimization program to determine the ranking function ƒ that classifies said feature points x into sets A. For any two sets Ai, Aj, AiAj, and the ranking function ƒ satisfies inequality constraints ƒ(xi)≦ƒ(xj) for all xiεconv(Ai) and xjεconv(Aj), where conv(A) represents the convex hull of the elements of set A.
摘要:
Systems and methods are provided for automated assessment of regional myocardial function using wall motion analysis methods that analyze various features/parameters of patient information (image data and non-image data) obtained from medical records of a patient. For example, a method for providing automatic diagnostic support for cardiac imaging generally comprises obtaining image data of a heart of a patient, obtaining features from the image data of the heart, which are related to motion of the myocardium of the heart, and automatically assessing regional myocardial function of one or more regions of a myocardial wall using the obtained features.
摘要:
Medical ontology information is used for mining and/or probabilistic modeling. A domain knowledge base may be automatically or semi-automatically created by a processor from a medical ontology. The domain knowledge base, such as a list of disease associated terms, is used to mine for corresponding information from a medical record. The relationship of different terms with respect to a disease may be used to train a probabilistic model. Probabilities of a disease or chance of indicating the disease are determined based on the terms from a medical ontology. This probabilistic reasoning is learned with a machine from ontology information and a training data set.
摘要:
A system and method for optimizing database access for record linkage by tiling the space of record pairs are provided, the system including a processor, a segmentation and pairing unit in signal communication with the processor for segmenting database data into data segments and pairing the data segments into data quadrants, and a duplicate detection unit in signal communication with the processor for detecting duplicates for each quadrant; and the method including receiving database data, segmenting the database data into data segments, pairing the data segments into data quadrants, and detecting duplicates for each quadrant.
摘要:
Business methods and systems that are provided use knowledge-based expert systems for mining (extracting) highly structured clinical information from various structured and unstructured sources of healthcare provider data. In one business method for on-line healthcare management and decision support, a service provider maintaining a collection of structured clinical data, the structured clinical data comprising information automatically mined from various structured and unstructured sources of healthcare provider data from one or more different healthcare providers. The service provider provides a customer on-line access to structured clinical data in the collection, or providing an on-line service to the customer using structured clinical data in the collection, based on a service agreement between the customer and the service provider.