Patent · US Active

Method and system for lesion candidate detection

US9378551B2 · kind B2 · utility

0Cited by

2References

20Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Michael Kelm · Friedberg, DE
Michael Sühling · Erlangen, DE
Alexey Tsymbal · Erlangen, DE
Michael Wels · Bamberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 4, 2013
Grant date	Jun 28, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 11, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06V2201/033
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An embodiment of the method is disclosed for non-invasive lesion candidate detection in a patient's body includes generating a number of first medical images of the patient's body. The method further includes identifying lesion-like geometrical regions inside the first medical images of the patient's body by applying image processing methods, whereby the identification is at least partly controlled by a number of patient-specific context features which are not directly extractable from the first medical images. In addition, the method includes selecting a number of the identified lesion-like geometrical regions as lesion candidates.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.