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Searching a medical reference image

US11101032B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Healthcare Limited · DE

Inventors

Sven KOHLE · Erlangen, DE
Christian Tietjen · Ergolding, DE
Gerardo Hermosillo Valadez · West Chester, US
Shu Liao · Taichung, TW
Felix RITTER · Bremen, DE
Jan Kretschmer · Nürnberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 7, 2019
Grant date	Aug 24, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 25, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06V2201/03
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and system are for identification of at least one medical reference image. An embodiment of the method includes providing a medical representation image based on a current examination image depicting a body part of a first patient; defining a region of interest in the medical representation image; generating a feature signature, at least for the region of interest; comparing the medical representation image with a plurality of medical images of at least one second patient stored in a medical image database, based on the feature signature generated; and identifying at least one medical image in the medical image database as the at least one medical reference image, the at least one medical reference image providing a similarity degree to the medical representation image above a threshold. In an embodiment, the generating is performed using a trained machine-learning algorithm.

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