Integrating auxiliary detection and voting algorithms into clinical CAD workflow
    2.
    发明授权
    Integrating auxiliary detection and voting algorithms into clinical CAD workflow 失效
    将辅助检测和投票算法集成到临床CAD工作流程中

    公开(公告)号:US08565506B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-10-22

    申请号:US12916478

    申请日:2010-10-29

    IPC分类号: G06K9/00

    摘要: Methods, systems, and related computer program products for computer-aided detection (CAD) of anatomical abnormalities in medical images are described. A preexisting CAD environment includes a review workstation and a primary CAD processor programmed with a primary CAD algorithm. Installed into the preexisting CAD environment is an auxiliary processing system programmed to receive a first CAD report from the primary CAD processor, apply an auxiliary CAD algorithm that is independent of the primary CAD algorithm to the underlying medical image, apply a voting algorithm to the primary and auxiliary CAD findings, and generate a second CAD report that includes the voting results. The second CAD report is configured to result in a rendering by the review workstation that is highly similar to a rendering that would result from the first CAD report except that the voted CAD findings are substituted in place of the primary CAD findings.

    摘要翻译: 描述了用于医学图像中解剖异常的计算机辅助检测(CAD)的方法,系统和相关的计算机程序产品。 预先存在的CAD环境包括审查工作站和使用主CAD算法编程的主CAD处理器。 安装在预先存在的CAD环境中的辅助处理系统被编程为从主CAD处理器接收第一CAD报告,将独立于主CAD算法的辅助CAD算法应用于基础医学图像,将投票算法应用于主要 和辅助CAD研究结果,并生成包含投票结果的第二个CAD报告。 第二个CAD报告被配置为导致审查工作站的渲染与第一个CAD报告产生的渲染高度相似,除了投票的CAD结果被替换为主要的CAD结果之外。

    Programmable architecture for visualizing sampled and geometry data
    3.
    发明授权
    Programmable architecture for visualizing sampled and geometry data 失效
    可编程架构,用于可视化采样和几何数据

    公开(公告)号:US06466227B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-10-15

    申请号:US09388337

    申请日:1999-09-01

    IPC分类号: G09G500

    CPC分类号: G06T1/20

    摘要: A programmable visualization apparatus processes graphical data. The apparatus includes a central processing unit for executing a visualization application and a scheduler. A third level of memory is connected to the central processing unit. The third level of memory stores the graphical data. The graphical data is partitioned into a plurality of blocks. A second level of memory is connected to the central processing unit by a system bus. The second level of memory stores a sub-set of the plurality of blocks. A first level of memory is connected to the second level of memory by a memory bus. The scheduler stores an ordered list of blocks in the first level memory. A processor element is connected to the first level of memory by a processor bus. A dispatcher is connected to the first, the second, and the third memories and the processor element. The dispatcher transfers blocks from the third, to the second, and from the second to the third level memories according to the order of the list of blocks.

    摘要翻译: 可编程可视化装置处理图形数据。 该装置包括用于执行可视化应用程序和调度器的中央处理单元。 第三级存储器连接到中央处理器。 第三级存储器存储图形数据。 图形数据被分割成多个块。 第二级存储器通过系统总线连接到中央处理单元。 第二级存储器存储多个块的子集。 第一级存储器通过存储器总线连接到第二级存储器。 调度器将有序的块列表存储在第一级存储器中。 处理器元件通过处理器总线连接到第一级存储器。 调度器连接到第一,第二和第三存储器和处理器元件。 调度器根据块列表的顺序将块从第三层传送到第二层,从第二层到第三层的存储器。

    Selective Display Of Computer-Aided Detection Findings With Associated Breast X-Ray Mammogram and/or Tomosynthesis Image Information
    4.
    发明申请
    Selective Display Of Computer-Aided Detection Findings With Associated Breast X-Ray Mammogram and/or Tomosynthesis Image Information 有权
    计算机辅助检测结果的选择性显示与相关的乳房X射线乳腺X线照片和/或Tomosynthesis图像信息

    公开(公告)号:US20110110576A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-05-12

    申请号:US12899527

    申请日:2010-10-06

    IPC分类号: G06K9/00

    摘要: Methods, systems, and related computer program products for processing and displaying computer-aided detection (CAD) information associated with medical breast x-ray images, such as breast x-ray tomosynthesis volumes and conventional x-ray mammograms, are described. For one preferred embodiment, CAD findings for several cases (or several individual data volumes) are selectively designated for marking such that a predetermined number of CAD findings per case (or per data volume) are marked for display across all of the cases (or data volumes). In another preferred embodiment, localized breast fibroglandular tissue density information is used together with certainty-of-finding information as a basis for selecting which candidate CAD findings to designate as marked CAD findings, with increased certainty-of-finding being required to mark CAD findings in regions of higher fibroglandular tissue density. In another preferred embodiment, CAD findings located within regions of excessively dense fibroglandular tissue are withheld altogether, and associated warnings are displayed.

    摘要翻译: 描述了用于处理和显示与医学乳房x射线图像相关联的计算机辅助检测(CAD)信息的方法,系统和相关计算机程序产品,例如乳房x射线断层合成体积和常规x射线乳房X线照片。 对于一个优选实施例,对于几种情况(或几个单独的数据量)的CAD发现被选择性地指定用于标记,使得每个情况(或每个数据量)的预定数量的CAD结果被标记以显示所有情况(或数据 卷)。 在另一个优选实施例中,将局部乳腺纤维组织密度信息与确定性查找信息一起用作选择哪些候选CAD结果指定为标记的CAD结果的基础,增加确定性的确定性以标记CAD结果 在较高的纤维组织密度区域。 在另一个优选实施例中,位于过度密集的纤维组织区域内的CAD发现完全被保留,并且显示相关的警告。

    Integrating Auxiliary Detection And Voting Algorithms Into Clinical CAD Workflow
    5.
    发明申请
    Integrating Auxiliary Detection And Voting Algorithms Into Clinical CAD Workflow 失效
    将辅助检测和投票算法整合到临床CAD工作流程中

    公开(公告)号:US20110103675A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-05-05

    申请号:US12916478

    申请日:2010-10-29

    IPC分类号: G06K9/00

    摘要: Methods, systems, and related computer program products for computer-aided detection (CAD) of anatomical abnormalities in medical images are described. A preexisting CAD environment includes a review workstation and a primary CAD processor programmed with a primary CAD algorithm. Installed into the preexisting CAD environment is an auxiliary processing system programmed to receive a first CAD report from the primary CAD processor, apply an auxiliary CAD algorithm that is independent of the primary CAD algorithm to the underlying medical image, apply a voting algorithm to the primary and auxiliary CAD findings, and generate a second CAD report that includes the voting results. The second CAD report is configured to result in a rendering by the review workstation that is highly similar to a rendering that would result from the first CAD report except that the voted CAD findings are substituted in place of the primary CAD findings.

    摘要翻译: 描述了用于医学图像中解剖异常的计算机辅助检测(CAD)的方法,系统和相关的计算机程序产品。 预先存在的CAD环境包括审查工作站和使用主CAD算法编程的主CAD处理器。 安装在预先存在的CAD环境中的辅助处理系统被编程为从主CAD处理器接收第一CAD报告,将独立于主CAD算法的辅助CAD算法应用于基础医学图像,将投票算法应用于主要 和辅助CAD研究结果,并生成包含投票结果的第二个CAD报告。 第二个CAD报告被配置为导致审查工作站的渲染与第一个CAD报告产生的渲染高度相似,除了投票的CAD结果被替换为主要的CAD结果之外。

    Temporal and spatial coherent ray tracing for rendering scenes with sampled and geometry data
    6.
    发明授权
    Temporal and spatial coherent ray tracing for rendering scenes with sampled and geometry data 失效
    使用采样和几何数据渲染场景的时间和空间相干光线跟踪

    公开(公告)号:US06556200B1

    公开(公告)日:2003-04-29

    申请号:US09388338

    申请日:1999-09-01

    IPC分类号: G06T1550

    CPC分类号: G06T15/55 G06T15/06

    摘要: A method traces rays through graphical data. The method partitions the graphical data into a plurality of blocks according to a scheduling grid. For each block, a ray queue is generated. Each entry in the ray queue representing a ray to be traced through the block. The ray queues are ordered spatially and temporally using a dependency graph. The rays are traced through the blocks according to the ordered list.

    摘要翻译: 一种方法通过图形数据跟踪光线。 该方法根据调度网格将图形数据分割成多个块。 对于每个块,生成射线队列。 射线队列中的每个条目表示要通过块追踪的射线。 射线队列使用依赖图在空间和时间上排序。 根据有序列表,光线通过块进行跟踪。

    Displaying computer-aided detection information with associated breast tomosynthesis image information

    公开(公告)号:US08547402B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-10-01

    申请号:US12899523

    申请日:2010-10-06

    IPC分类号: G09G5/00

    摘要: Methods, systems, and related computer program products for processing and displaying computer-aided detection (CAD) information associated with medical breast x-ray images, such as breast x-ray tomosynthesis volumes, are described. An interactive graphical user interface for displaying a tomosynthesis data volume is described that includes a display of a two-dimensional composited image having slabbed sub-images spatially localized to marked CAD findings. Also described is a graphical navigation tool for optimized CAD-assisted viewing of the data volume, comprising a plurality of CAD indicator icons running near and along a slice ruler, each CAD indicator icon spanning a contiguous segment of the slice ruler and corresponding in depthwise position and extent to a subset of image slices spanned by the associated CAD finding, each CAD indicator icon including at least one single-slice highlighting mark indicating a respective image slice containing viewable image information corresponding to the associated CAD finding.

    Selective display of computer-aided detection findings with associated breast X-ray mammogram and/or tomosynthesis image information
    8.
    发明授权
    Selective display of computer-aided detection findings with associated breast X-ray mammogram and/or tomosynthesis image information 有权
    选择性显示计算机辅助检测结果与相关乳房X线检查和/或断层合成图像信息

    公开(公告)号:US08326012B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-12-04

    申请号:US12899527

    申请日:2010-10-06

    IPC分类号: G06K9/00

    摘要: Methods, systems, and related computer program products for processing and displaying computer-aided detection (CAD) information associated with medical breast x-ray images, such as breast x-ray tomosynthesis volumes and conventional x-ray mammograms, are described. For one preferred embodiment, CAD findings for several cases (or several individual data volumes) are selectively designated for marking such that a predetermined number of CAD findings per case (or per data volume) are marked for display across all of the cases (or data volumes). In another preferred embodiment, localized breast fibroglandular tissue density information is used together with certainty-of-finding information as a basis for selecting which candidate CAD findings to designate as marked CAD findings, with increased certainty-of-finding being required to mark CAD findings in regions of higher fibroglandular tissue density. In another preferred embodiment, CAD findings located within regions of excessively dense fibroglandular tissue are withheld altogether, and associated warnings are displayed.

    摘要翻译: 描述了用于处理和显示与医学乳房x射线图像相关联的计算机辅助检测(CAD)信息的方法,系统和相关计算机程序产品,例如乳房x射线断层合成体积和常规x射线乳房X线照片。 对于一个优选实施例,对于几种情况(或几个单独的数据量)的CAD发现被选择性地指定用于标记,使得每个情况(或每个数据量)的预定数量的CAD结果被标记以显示所有情况(或数据 卷)。 在另一个优选实施例中,将局部乳腺纤维组织密度信息与确定性查找信息一起用作选择哪些候选CAD结果指定为标记的CAD结果的基础,增加确定性的确定性以标记CAD结果 在较高的纤维组织密度区域。 在另一个优选实施例中,位于过度密集的纤维组织区域内的CAD发现完全被保留,并且显示相关的警告。

    Computer-aided detection of anatomical abnormalities in x-ray tomosynthesis images
    9.
    发明授权
    Computer-aided detection of anatomical abnormalities in x-ray tomosynthesis images 有权
    计算机辅助检测x射线断层合成图像中的解剖异常

    公开(公告)号:US08223916B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-07-17

    申请号:US12415972

    申请日:2009-03-31

    IPC分类号: A61B6/04

    摘要: Methods, systems, and related computer program products for computer-aided detection (CAD) of anatomical abnormalities in a breast volume based on a plurality of two-dimensional x-ray tomosynthesis projection images thereof is described. Each projection image is processed according to at least one predetermined feature extraction algorithm to generate at least one projection feature array corresponding thereto. For each of the at least one predetermined features extracted, the plurality of corresponding projection feature arrays is backprojected according to a predetermined tomosynthesis reconstruction algorithm to form a plurality of two-dimensional tomosynthesis reconstructed feature arrays. Each pixel in the three-dimensional breast geometry is then individually classified as being either a pixel of interest, or not a pixel of interest, based upon the at least one tomosynthesis reconstructed feature array value corresponding to that pixel. CAD detections for the breast volume are then generated based on the identified pixels of interest.

    摘要翻译: 描述了基于多个二维X射线断层合成投影图像的乳房体积解剖异常的计算机辅助检测(CAD)的方法,系统和相关的计算机程序产品。 根据至少一个预定特征提取算法对每个投影图像进行处理,以产生与其对应的至少一个投影特征阵列。 对于所提取的至少一个预定特征中的每一个,根据预定的体层合成重建算法来反投影多个相应的投影特征阵列,以形成多个二维的断层合成重构特征阵列。 基于对应于该像素的至少一个断层合成重建特征阵列值,三维乳房几何中的每个像素然后被单独地分类为感兴趣的像素或不是感兴趣的像素。 然后基于所识别的感兴趣的像素生成乳房体积的CAD检测。

    Displaying Computer-Aided Detection Information With Associated Breast Tomosynthesis Image Information
    10.
    发明申请
    Displaying Computer-Aided Detection Information With Associated Breast Tomosynthesis Image Information 有权
    显示计算机辅助检测信息与相关的乳腺重组合成图像信息

    公开(公告)号:US20110109650A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-05-12

    申请号:US12899523

    申请日:2010-10-06

    IPC分类号: G09G5/00

    摘要: Methods, systems, and related computer program products for processing and displaying computer-aided detection (CAD) information associated with medical breast x-ray images, such as breast x-ray tomosynthesis volumes, are described. An interactive graphical user interface for displaying a tomosynthesis data volume is described that includes a display of a two-dimensional composited image having slabbed sub-images spatially localized to marked CAD findings. Also described is a graphical navigation tool for optimized CAD-assisted viewing of the data volume, comprising a plurality of CAD indicator icons running near and along a slice ruler, each CAD indicator icon spanning a contiguous segment of the slice ruler and corresponding in depthwise position and extent to a subset of image slices spanned by the associated CAD finding, each CAD indicator icon including at least one single-slice highlighting mark indicating a respective image slice containing viewable image information corresponding to the associated CAD finding.

    摘要翻译: 描述了用于处理和显示与医学乳房x射线图像相关联的计算机辅助检测(CAD)信息的方法,系统和相关计算机程序产品,例如乳房x射线断层合成体积。 描述了用于显示断层合成数据量的交互式图形用户界面,其包括具有空间定位于标记的CAD结果的平板化子图像的二维合成图像的显示。 还描述了用于优化CAD辅助观看数据量的图形导航工具,其包括沿切片尺接近和沿着标尺运行的多个CAD指示符图标,每个CAD指示符图标横跨切片尺的连续段并且在深度方向上对应 并且范围到由关联的CAD查找跨越的图像片段的子集,每个CAD指示符图标包括指示包含与相关联的CAD查找相对应的可视图像信息的相应图像切片的至少一个单片高亮标记。