Computer-aided evaluation of an image dataset

US9545238B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Rüdiger Bertsch · Erlangen, DE
• Roland Brill · Erlangen, DE
• Alexander Cavallaro · Fairview Avenue, DE
• Maria Jimena Costa · Nuremberg, DE
• Martin Huber · Uttenreuth, DE
• Michael Kelm · Friedberg, DE
• Helmut Konig · Graz, AT
• Sascha Seifert · Remchingen, DE
• Michael Wels · Bamberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 22, 2011
• Grant date: Jan 17, 2017
• Expiry date: Dec 15, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G16H50/20
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method and system for the diagnosis of 3D images are disclosed, which significantly cuts the time required for the diagnosis. The 3D images are for example an image volume dataset of a magnetic resonance tomography system which is saved in an RIS or PACS system. In at least one embodiment, the diagnostic finding are partially automatically generated, and details of the position, size and change in pathological structures are compared to previous diagnostic findings are generated automatically. As a result of this automation the diagnostic work of radiologists is significantly reduced.