US6925200B2
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Graphical user interface for display of anatomical information
Assignee: Mevis Medical Solutions AG
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Filing: 2001-11-21
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Granted: 2005-08-02
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Expires: 2021-11-21
Abstract
Abstract A computer-aided diagnostic method and system provide image annotation information that can include an assessment of the probability, likelihood or predictive value of detected or identified suspected abnormalities as an additional aid to the radiologist. More specifically, probability values, in numerical form and/or analog form, are added to the locational markers of the detected and suspected abnormalities. The task of a physician using such a system as disclosed is believed to be made easier by displaying markers representing different regions of interest.
Inventors
- 👤 Susan A. Wood
- 👤 Heidi Zhang
- 👤 Anat Caspi
- 👤 Takeshi Doi
- 👤 Harlan M. Romsdahl
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 21:34
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/01; G06F3/048; G06F3/0484; G06F3/0485; G06F3/04855; A; A61; A61B; A61B6/00; A61B6/02; A61B6/03; A61B6/032; A61B6/46; A61B6/461; A61B6/463; G06F3/0481; G06T; G06T15/00; G06T15/08; G06T7/00; G06T7/0002; G06T7/0012; G06V; G06V10/00; G06V10/20; G06V10/25; G06F2203/00; G06F2203/048; G06F2203/04805; G06V10/24; G06V10/248; G06V2201/00; G06V2201/03
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 76
Claim 1
Independent Claim
129 words
A method for rendering anatomical information of a body from tomographic data comprising the steps of: receiving said tomographic data obtained from a digital imaging apparatus wherein said tomographic data is displayable in a first portion of a display as one or more two-dimensional tomographic sections of a sequence of two-dimensional tomographic sections; determining a third dimension from the sequence of two-dimensional tomographic sections to create a first volumetric view wherein said first volumetric view is displayable in a second portion of the display; determining a second volumetric view of a selected feature shown in the first or second portion wherein said second volumetric view is displayable in a third portion of the display; and rendering one or more of said first, second or third portions of the display.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
129 words
A method for rendering anatomical information of a body from tomographic data comprising the steps of: receiving said tomographic data obtained from a digital imaging apparatus wherein said tomographic data is displayable in a first portion of a display as one or more two-dimensional tomographic sections of a sequence of two-dimensional tomographic sections; determining a third dimension from the sequence of two-dimensional tomographic sections to create a first volumetric view wherein said first volumetric view is displayable in a second portion of the display; determining a second volumetric view of a selected feature shown in the first or second portion wherein said second volumetric view is displayable in a third portion of the display; and rendering one or more of said first, second or third portions of the display.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
38 words
The method of claim 1 further including the step of providing on-off toggle whereby any of the display portions can be toggled on to display anatomical information or toggled off to remove from display the corresponding display portion.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 2 further including the step of providing a scroll bar whenever the first display is toggled on, for selecting the particular two-dimensional tomographic section to be displayed in the first display portion.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 1 wherein the step of rendering further includes providing display markers indicative of a region of interest in the body.
Claim 6
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The method of claim 1 wherein the step of rendering further includes providing display markers indicative of a potentially cancerous nodule in the body.
Claim 7
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The method of claim 1 wherein anatomical information is rendered in the first and second portion of the display.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 6 further comprising the step of updating the anatomical information in the second display portion in response to a region of interest or an image rendered in the first portion of the display.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 6 further comprising the step of updating the anatomical information in the first display portion in response to an image rendered in the second portion of the display.
Claim 10
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The method of claim 1 wherein anatomical information occurs in the first and third portions of the display.
Claim 11
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The method of claim 9 further comprising the step of updating the anatomical information in the first display portion in response to a region of interest or an image rendered in the third portion of the display.
Claim 12
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The method of claim 9 further comprising the step of updating the anatomical information in the third display portion in response to an image rendered in the first portion of the display.
Claim 13
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The method of claim 1 wherein anatomical information occurs in the second and third portions of the display.
Claim 14
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The method of claim 12 further comprising the step of updating the anatomical information in the second display portion in response to a region of interest or an image rendered in the third portion of the display.
Claim 15
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The method of claim 12 further comprising the step of updating the anatomical information in the third display portion in response to a region of interest or an image rendered in the second portion of the display.
Claim 16
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The method of claim 1 wherein anatomical information occurs in the first, second and third portions of the display.
Claim 17
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The method of claim 15 further comprising the step of updating the anatomical information in a display portion in response to the region of interest or the image rendered in a different portion of the display.
Claim 18
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The method of claim 15 further including the step of providing a scroll bar for selecting the particular two-dimensional tomographic section to be displayed in the first display portion.
Claim 19
Independent Claim
105 words
A system for rendering anatomical information of a body from tomographic data obtained from a digital imaging apparatus comprising: a first portion of a display for rendering a sequence of two-dimensional tomographic sections obtained from said tomographic data; a second portion of the display for rendering a first volumetric view of the body wherein said first volumetric view is includes a third dimension acquired from the sequence of two-dimensional tomographic sections; and a third portion of the display for rendering a second volumetric view of a selected feature shown in the section then being rendered on the first portion or second portion of the display.
Claim 20
Independent Claim
105 words
A system for rendering anatomical information of a body from tomographic data obtained from a digital imaging apparatus comprising: a first portion of a display for rendering a sequence of two-dimensional tomographic sections obtained from said tomographic data; a second portion of the display for rendering a first volumetric view of the body wherein said first volumetric view is includes a third dimension acquired from the sequence of two-dimensional tomographic sections; and a third portion of the display for rendering a second volumetric view of a selected feature shown in the section then being rendered on the first portion or second portion of the display.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
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The graphical user interface of claim 18 further comprising a fourth portion of the display for indicating the relative position of axial sections containing features of interest, said scroll buttons enabling a user to increment all displays (axial and volumetric) from one section to another.
Claim 22
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The system of claim 18 wherein the view of the third portion is rotatable by input from a trackball or cursor.
Claim 23
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The system of claim 18 wherein the particular section being rendered at any time in the first portion is selectable by means of a scroll bar or scroll buttons.
Claim 24
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The system of claim 18 wherein the first portion of the display includes at least one first display marker indicative of a region of interest in the body.
Claim 25
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The system of claim 22 wherein at least one second display marker is displayed in the second portion of the display at a location in the second portion of the display corresponding to the same location in the body as at least one first display marker.
Claim 26
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The system of claim 22 wherein the region of interest includes a potentially cancerous nodule.
Claim 27
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The system of claim 18 wherein said second portion includes an indication on said volumetric view of the position of the section then being rendered on the first portion of the display.
Claim 28
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The system of claim 18 wherein said volumetric view of the third portion of the display is selectively rotatable so as to render information in the least one tomographic section adjacent to the section then being rendered on the first portion of the display.
Claim 29
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The system of claim 18 wherein the first portion of the display includes at least one first display marker and wherein the second portion of the display includes at least one second display marker, said first display marker and said second display marker corresponding to the same location in the body.
Claim 30
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The system of claim 27 wherein a first display marker is highlighted.
Claim 31
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The system of claim 28 wherein a second display marker is highlighted corresponding to the same location in the body as identified by the highlighted first display marker.
Claim 32
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The system of claim 27 wherein the first display marker is responsive to the second display marker.
Claim 33
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The system of claim 27 wherein the second display marker is responsive to the first display marker.
Claim 34
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The system of claim 27 wherein the third portion of the display includes a third display marker corresponding to the same location in the body as highlighted by the first display marker or the second display marker.
Claim 35
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The system of claim 32 wherein the third display marker is responsive to the first display marker or second display marker.
Claim 36
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The system of claim 18 wherein the first portion of the display includes at least one first display marker and wherein the second portion of the display includes one second display marker and wherein the third portion of the display includes one third display marker, said at least one first display marker defining a first region of interest, said at least second display marker defining a second region of interest and said at least third display marker defining a third region of interest wherein said first region of interest, said second region of interest and said third region of interest correspond to the same location of the body.
Claim 37
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The system of claim 34 wherein said first region of interest, said second region of interest and said third region of interest include a first nodule, second nodule and third nodule, respectively.
Claim 38
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The system of claim 35 wherein the first nodule, second nodule and third nodule correspond to a nodule in the body.
Claim 39
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The system of claim 36 wherein the nodule is potentially cancerous.
Claim 40
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The system of claim 18 wherein the interface displays a slice number identifying a CT axial scan.
Claim 41
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The system of claim 18 further including a fourth portion of the display, said fourth portion displaying patient information.
Claim 42
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The system of claim 18 further including a fourth portion of the display, said fourth portion when activated displaying a magnification box for displaying an enlarged view of a selected region.
Claim 43
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The system of claim 40 wherein the magnification box is configurable.
Claim 44
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The system of claim 40 wherein the magnification box has a center corresponding to a location defined by a marker.
Claim 45
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The system of claim 40 wherein the magnification box is displayed within the first portion of the display.
Claim 46
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The system of claim 40 wherein the enlarged view includes a nodule in the tomographic axial section highlighted by an outline defining the shape of the nodule.
Claim 47
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The system of claim 40 wherein a cursor may be positioned at a first location within the enlarged view and dragged to a second location, the distance between the first location and second location being displayed on the interface.
Claim 48
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The system of claim 18 wherein the first portion of a display renders an image formed from a composite of more than one tomographic axial section.
Claim 49
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The system of claim 18 further including a fourth portion of the display, said fourth portion when activated displaying thick slices.
Claim 50
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The system of claim 18 further including a fourth portion of the display, said fourth portion when activated displaying markers in said first portion, said second portion and said third portion of the display.
Claim 51
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The system of claim 18 further including a fourth portion of the display, said fourth portion when activated removing from display any markers in said first portion, said second portion and said third portion of the display.
Claim 52
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The system of claim 18 further including a navigation tool.
Claim 53
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The system of claim 50 wherein the navigation tool includes identifiers graphically corresponding to at least one tomographic axial section displaying a nodule when said tomographic axial section is rendered in the first portion.
Claim 54
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The system of claim 51 wherein the navigation tool includes means for rendering the tomographic axial section adjacent to the section then being rendered in the first portion of the display.
Claim 55
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The system of claim 50 wherein the navigation tool includes an identifier graphically corresponding the relative location of the tomographic axial section then being rendered in the first display within the sequence of tomographic axial section.
Claim 56
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The system of claim 50 wherein the navigation tool includes means for rendering a sequence of tomographic axial sections.
Claim 57
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The system of claim 51 wherein the views rendered in the second portion of the display are responsive to the particular tomographic axial section then rendered in the first portion.
Claim 58
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The system of claim 50 wherein an identifier on the navigator tool when selected displays the tomographic axial section in the first display corresponding to said identifier.
Claim 59
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The system of claim 18 further including a fourth portion of the display, said fourth portion when activated allowing a cursor to be positioned at a first location in the first display and dragged to a second location, the distance between the first location and second location being displayed on the interface.
Claim 60
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The system of claim 18 further including a fourth portion of the display, said fourth portion when activated displaying a report relating to images displayed in the interface.
Claim 61
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The system of claim 58 wherein the report includes reference coordinates corresponding to the relative location of the one or more nodules.
Claim 62
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The system of claim 58 wherein the report includes the radius of at least one nodule.
Claim 63
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The system of claim 58 wherein the report includes the calculated volume of at least one nodule.
Claim 64
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The system of claim 58 wherein the report includes the relative intensity of at least one nodule.
Claim 65
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The system of claim 58 wherein the report includes the percentage change in volume of the size of at least one nodule over a period of time.
Claim 66
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The system of claim 58 wherein the report includes the percentage change in radius of at least one nodule over a period of time.
Claim 67
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The system of claim 18 further including a fourth portion of the display, said fourth portion when activated displaying a histogram of intensity levels within a selected region.
Claim 68
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 18 further including a fourth portion of a display for rendering a sequence of tomographic axial sections taken of the body, a fifth portion of the display for rendering a volumetric view of the body and corresponding to the images displayed in the fourth portion and a sixth portion of the display for rendering a volumetric view of a selected feature shown in the section then being rendered on the fourth portion of the display.
Claim 69
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 66 further including a first navigation tool associable with the first portion, second portion and third portion and a second navigation tool associable with the fourth portion, fifth portion and sixth portion.
Claim 70
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 67 wherein the first navigation tool includes means for rendering a sequence of tomographic axial sections renderable in the first display.
Claim 71
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The system of claim 68 wherein the second navigation tool includes means for rendering a sequence of tomographic axial sections renderable in the fourth display.
Claim 72
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 67 further including a third navigation tool wherein said third navigation tool includes means for rendering a sequence of tomographic axial sections renderable in the first display simultaneously with the rendering of a sequence of tomographic axial sections renderable in the fourth display.
Claim 73
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The system of claim 18 further including a fourth portion of the display, said fourth portion when activated displaying a schedule box for scheduling processing of image data.
Claim 74
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 66 further including a navigation tool wherein said navigation tool includes means for rendering a sequence of tomographic axial sections renderable in the first display simultaneously with rendering of a sequence of tomographic axial sections renderable in the fourth display.
Claim 75
Independent Claim
117 words
A method for rendering anatomical information obtained by tomographic scanning of a body comprising: rendering on a first portion of display a sequence of axial sections, the particular section being rendered at any time being selectable by means of a scroll bar or scroll buttons; rendering on a second portion of the display a volumetric view of the body, said view including an indication of the position on the body of the section then being rendered on the first portion of the display; and rendering on a third portion of the display a view of a selected feature shown in the section then being rendered on the first portion, said view being selectively rotatable about multiple axes.
Claim 76
Independent Claim
117 words
A method for rendering anatomical information obtained by tomographic scanning of a body comprising: rendering on a first portion of display a sequence of axial sections, the particular section being rendered at any time being selectable by means of a scroll bar or scroll buttons; rendering on a second portion of the display a volumetric view of the body, said view including an indication of the position on the body of the section then being rendered on the first portion of the display; and rendering on a third portion of the display a view of a selected feature shown in the section then being rendered on the first portion, said view being selectively rotatable about multiple axes.
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