University of Chicago

Weijie Chen

Maryellen L Giger

Gillian M Newstead

A method, system, and computer software product for analyzing medical images, including obtaining image data representative of a plurality of medical images of the abnormality, each medical image corresponding to an image of the abnormality acquired at a different time relative to a time of administration of a contrast medium, each medical image including a predetermined number of voxels; partitioning each medical image into at least two groups based on the obtained image data, wherein each group corresponds to a subset of the predetermined number of voxels, and each group is associated with a temporal image pattern in the plurality of medical images; selecting, from among the temporal patterns, an enhancement temporal pattern as representative of the abnormality; and determining, based on the selected temporal pattern, a medical state of the abnormality.

Method, system, and computer software product for automated identification of temporal patterns with high initial enhancement in dynamic magnetic resonance breast imaging

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Chicago, IL, United States of America

Weijie Chen