US 7,590,440 B2
System and method for anatomy labeling on a PACS
Denny Wingchung Lau, Sunnyvale, Calif. (US); Yaseen Samara, Berkeley, Calif. (US); Vijaykalyan Yeluri, Sunnyvale, Calif. (US); Frank Owen, Elmhurst, Ill. (US); Perry Scott Frederick, Palo Alto, Calif. (US); Christopher Frederick Beaulieu, Los Altos, Calif. (US); Richard Allen Barth, Los Altos, Calif. (US); Garry Evan Gold, Stanford, Calif. (US); David Seungwon Paik, Half Moon Bay, Calif. (US); Raghav Raman, Cupertino, Calif. (US); Steven P. Roehm, Waukesha, Wis. (US); and Robert John Herfkens, Stanford, Calif. (US)
Assigned to General Electric Company, Schenectady, N.Y. (US)
Filed on Nov. 14, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/273,285.
Prior Publication US 2007/0127790 A1, Jun. 07, 2007
Int. Cl. A61B 5/05 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 600—413  [382/128; 378/62] 18 Claims
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1. An image registration system for correlating clinical information with at least one image, said system comprising:
a reference image set comprising one or reference images, wherein at least one reference anatomy is identified in each of said one or more reference images, and relevant anatomy information is correlated with said at least one reference anatomy in each of said one or more reference images;
an image registration module registering one or more acquired images with said reference image set, wherein said image registration module registers at least one acquired anatomy in said one or more acquired images with said reference image set, and wherein said image registration module associates said relevant anatomy information with said one or more acquired images based on said reference image set; and
a display module displaying said one or more acquired images and said associated relevant anatomy information, wherein said display module automatically adjusts display settings for said one or more acquired images based at least in part on said anatomy information,
wherein said relevant anatomy information includes a plurality of display settings with associated priorities, and wherein said acquired images are displayed according to an anatomy having a highest associated priority in said acquired images, and wherein said relevant anatomy information is capable of narrowing selection of a finding for entry into a structured report.