IP Library Granted Patent US 8,965,062
Granted Patent B2
US 8,965,062 · App. 13/200,109 · Granted Feb 24, 2015

Reporting imaged portions of a patient's body part

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Patent No.
US 8,965,062
App. No.
13/200,109
Granted
Feb 24, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Described embodiments include a system, method, and computer program product. In a described system, a receiver circuit receives at least two reference images of a patient body part. Each reference image includes a respective landmark subsurface feature of the patient body part, and each imaged landmark subsurface feature has a respective spatial relationship to a respective region of a surface of the patient body part imaged during a medical examination. A feature matching circuit determines a correspondence between (x) each atlas landmark subsurface feature of the patient body part included in a landmark subsurface feature atlas and (y) each respective imaged landmark subsurface feature. A reporting circuit generates informational data reporting a depiction of an area of the surface of the patient body part by at least two adjacent imaged regions of the surface of the patient body part. A communication circuit outputs the informational data.

Claims (45)

1. A method comprising:

(a) receiving, in a receiver circuit, at least two reference images of a patient body part, each reference image of the at least two reference images including a respective landmark subsurface feature of the patient body part (hereafter “imaged landmark subsurface feature”), each imaged landmark subsurface feature having a respective spatial relationship to a respective region of a surface of the patient body part imaged during a medical examination (hereafter “imaged region”);

(b) determining, in a feature matching circuit, a correspondence between

(x) each atlas landmark subsurface feature of the patient body part of at least two atlas landmark subsurface features of the patient body part included in a landmark subsurface feature atlas of the patient body part and

(y) each respective imaged landmark subsurface feature of the patient body part included in the at least two reference images;

(c) generating, in a reporting circuit, informational data reporting a depiction of an area of the surface of the patient body part by at least two adjacent imaged regions, the informational data at least partially based on the determined correspondence; and

(d) outputting, with a communication circuit, the informational data including, transforming the informational data into a particular visual depiction of a location of an un-imaged region of the surface of the patient body part relative to a larger portion of the surface of the patient body part, and outputting the transformed informational data.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the generating informational data includes:

generating informational data reporting a surface area of the patient body part collectively depicted by at least two adjacent imaged regions, the informational data at least partially based on the determined correspondence.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the generating informational data includes:

generating informational data reporting a surface area of the patient body part not collectively depicted by any imaged region, the informational data at least partially based on the determined correspondence.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the generating informational data includes:

generating informational data reporting a determined positive correspondence for at least one atlas landmark subsurface feature of the at least two atlas landmark subsurface features, the informational data at least partially based on the determined correspondence.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the generating informational data includes:

generating informational data reporting a determined negative or absence of a correspondence for at least one atlas landmark subsurface feature of the at least two atlas landmark subsurface features, the informational data at least partially based on the determined correspondence.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the generating informational data includes:

generating informational data reporting at least two spatially adjacent atlas landmark subsurface features respectively having a determined negative correspondence with each imaged landmark subsurface feature of the patient body part.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the generating informational data includes:

generating informational data reporting a predicted likelihood that an area of surface of the patient body part is at least substantially absent from the imaged regions of the surface of the patient body part.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the outputting the informational data includes:

outputting informational data usable in displaying a human-perceivable indication of the determined correspondence for at least one atlas landmark subsurface feature of the at least two atlas landmark subsurface features included in the subsurface feature atlas.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the outputting the informational data includes:

transforming the informational data into a particular visual depiction of a location of at least two un-imaged regions of the surface of the patient body part relative to a larger portion of the surface of the patient body part, and outputting the transformed informational data.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the outputting the informational data includes:

transforming the informational data into a particular visual depiction of relative spatial positions of the respective image regions of the surface of the patient body part and outputting the transformed informational data.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

saving the informational data in a computer-readable media.

12. A computer program product comprising:

program instructions stored on a non-transitory computer readable media, the program instructions which, when executed by a processor of a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a process including:

(i) receiving at least two reference images of a patient body part, each reference image of the at least two reference images including a respective landmark subsurface feature of the patient body part (hereafter “imaged landmark subsurface feature”), each imaged landmark subsurface feature having a respective spatial relationship to a respective region of a surface of the patient body part imaged during a medical examination (hereafter “imaged region”);

(ii) determining a correspondence between

(x) each atlas landmark subsurface feature of the patient body part of at least two atlas landmark subsurface features of the patient body part included in a landmark subsurface feature atlas of the patient body part and

(y) each respective imaged landmark subsurface feature of the patient body part included in the at least two reference images;

(iii) generating informational data reporting a depiction of an area of the surface of the patient body part by at least two adjacent imaged regions, the informational data at least partially based on the determined correspondence; and

(iv) outputting the informational data including, transforming the informational data into a particular visual depiction of a location of an un-imaged region of the surface of the patient body part relative to a larger portion of the surface of the patient body part, and outputting the transformed informational data.

13. The computer program product of claim 12 , wherein the process of the program instructions includes:

storing the informational data in another non-transitory computer-readable media operably coupled with the processor.

14. The computer program product of claim 12 , wherein the computer-readable media includes a tangible computer-readable media.

15. A system comprising:

(a) means for receiving at least two reference images of a patient body part, each reference image of the at least two reference images including a respective landmark subsurface feature of the patient body part (hereafter “imaged landmark subsurface feature”), each imaged landmark subsurface feature having a respective spatial relationship to a respective region of a surface of the patient body part imaged during a medical examination (hereafter “imaged region”);

(b) means for determining a correspondence between

(x) each atlas landmark subsurface feature of the patient body part of at least two atlas landmark subsurface features of the patient body part included in a landmark subsurface feature atlas of the patient body part and

(y) each respective imaged landmark subsurface feature of the patient body part included in the at least two reference images;

(c) means for generating informational data reporting a depiction of an area of the surface of the patient body part by at least two adjacent imaged regions, the informational data at least partially based on the determined correspondence; and

(d) means for outputting the informational data including, transforming the informational data into a particular visual depiction of a location of an un-imaged region of the surface of the patient body part relative to a larger portion of the surface of the patient body part, and outputting the transformed informational data.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 27, 2020
From: GEARBOX, LLC
To: MODULATED IMAGING, INC.
Reel/Frame 053622/0320 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 30, 2020
From: GEARBOX, LLC
To: MODULATED IMAGING, INC.
Reel/Frame 053361/0148 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 15, 2016
From: THE INVENTION SCIENCE FUND I LLC
To: GEARBOX, LLC
Reel/Frame 037540/0396 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2014
From: SEARETE LLC
To: THE INVENTION SCIENCE FUND I, LLC
Reel/Frame 033986/0186 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 8, 2011
From: HYDE, RODERICK A.; KARE, JORDIN T.; LEUTHARDT, ERIC C.; LIEBERMAN, EREZ; RIVET, DENNIS J.; SWEENEY, ELIZABETH A.; WOOD, LOWELL L., JR.
To: SEARETE LLC
Reel/Frame 027194/0416 →