Computer aided acquisition of medical images

US6687329B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC · US

Inventors

• Jiang Hsieh · Brookfield, US
• Gopal B. Avinash · San Ramon, US
• Cherik Bulkes · Sussex, US
• John Michael Sabol · Sussex, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 15, 2003
• Grant date: Feb 3, 2004
• Expiry date: May 15, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S378/901
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention provides a technique for acquiring subsequent image data in a medical diagnostic context based upon analysis of initial image data. The initial image data is processed via a computer aided diagnosis algorithm to determine whether additional image data acquisition is appropriate. Subsequent acquisition processes may be performed on the same imaging system from which the initial image data originated, or a different imaging system. The imaging systems may also be of different modalities. The subsequent acquisition of image data may be performed automatically without operator intervention, or the prescribed subsequent acquisition sequence may be outputted by the system for execution upon command of an operator.