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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2014
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Michael I. Miller, Pikesville, MD (US);
Susumu Mori, Ellicott City, MD (US);
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Abstract
A method, computer system and computer readable storage medium for searching for one or more images having a region of interest similar to the region of a subject, including: receiving imaging data comprising a plurality of image elements of the region of interest of the subject; segmenting the imaging data of the region of interest of the subject into a plurality of sub-regions corresponding to various structures at a plurality of levels of granularity, the plurality of levels of granularity having a relationship such that a level of granularity has fewer structures at a lower level of granularity; and calculating at each of the plurality of levels of granularity an abnormality factor or risk factor for the segmented various structures of said region of interest, to provide a segmented said region of interest of said subject with at least one of said abnormality factor or risk factor associated therewith.