System and method for disease diagnosis from patient structural deviation data

US8010381B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• General Electric Company · US

Inventors

• Saad Ahmed Sirohey · Pewaukee, US
• Gopal B. Avinash · San Ramon, US
• Fausto Espinal · Waukesha, US
• Zhongmin Steve Lin · New Berlin, US
• Ananth Mohan · Waukesha, US
• Tamanna N. Bembenek · Milwaukee, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 20, 2008
• Grant date: Aug 30, 2011
• Expiry date: Aug 17, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G16H50/30
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A data processing technique is provided. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes accessing patient deviation data of a structural difference between a patient anatomical feature and a standardized anatomical feature. The method may also include comparing the patient deviation data to reference deviation data sets representative of multiple disease types. Each reference deviation data set may be representative of an expected deviation from the standardized anatomical feature for a particular disease type. The method may further include automatically identifying one or more potential patient disease types based at least in part on the comparison. Additional methods, systems, and manufactures are also disclosed.