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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2017
The University of North Carolina AT Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Weili Lin, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Dinggang Shen, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Jeffrey Keith Smith, Sanford, NC (US);
THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Abstract
A method for smart image protocoling includes, using a medical imaging device, obtaining, using a first medical imaging sequence, a first set of medical images of a patient. Anatomical and, if present, disease features are extracted from the first set of medical images. A machine learning trained algorithm is used to determine, in real time, and based on the extracted anatomical and/or disease features, whether a desired medical imaging goal is achieved for the patient. In response to determining that the desired medical imaging goal is achieved, at least one image from the first set of medical images is output as a final image. In response to determining that the desired medical imaging goal has not been achieved, the machine learning trained algorithm is used to select a second medical imaging sequence. A second set of medical images of the patient is obtained using the second medical imaging sequence. The above outlined procedures will be repeated until the final imaging goal is achieved for a patient.