Characterizing disease and treatment response with quantitative vessel tortuosity radiomics
US10064594B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 2, 2016 |
| Grant date | Sep 4, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 2, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2211/404
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, and other embodiments associated with classifying a region of tissue using quantified vessel tortuosity are described. One example apparatus includes an image acquisition logic that acquires an image of a region of tissue demonstrating cancerous pathology, a delineation logic that distinguishes nodule tissue within the image from the background of the image, a perinodular zone logic that defines a perinodular zone based on the nodule, a feature extraction logic that extracts a set of features from the image including a set of tortuosity features, a probability logic that computes a probability that the nodule is benign, and a classification logic that classifies the nodule tissue based, at least in part, on the set of features or the probability. A prognosis or treatment plan may be provided based on the classification of the image.
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