Systems, methods and devices for analyzing quantitative information obtained from radiological images

US10339653B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• H. LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC. · US
• The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · US
• STICHTING MAASTRICHT RADIATION ONCOLOGY MAASTRO CLINIC · NL

Inventors

• Robert J. Gillies · Tampa, US
• Steven Eschrich · Lakeland, US
• Robert A. Gatenby · Tampa, US
• Philippe Lambin · Eijsden, NL
• Andreas L. A. J. Dekker · Eijsden, NL
• Sandy A. Napel · Menlo Park, US
• Sylvia K. Plevritis · Palo Alto, US
• Daniel L. Rubin · Stanford, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 31, 2017
• Grant date: Jul 2, 2019
• Expiry date: Jul 31, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06T2207/30096
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An example method for analyzing quantitative information obtained from radiological images includes identifying a ROI or a VOI in a radiological image, segmenting the ROI or the VOI from the radiological image and extracting quantitative features that describe the ROI or the VOI. The method also includes creating a radiological image record including the quantitative features, imaging parameters of the radiological image and clinical parameters and storing the radiological image record in a data structure containing a plurality of radiological image records. In addition, the method includes receiving a request with the patient's radiological image or information related thereto, analyzing the data structure to determine a statistical relationship between the request and the radiological image records and generating a patient report with a diagnosis, a prognosis or a recommended treatment regimen for the patient's disease based on a result of analyzing the data structure.