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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2003
Applicants:
Kunio Doi, Willowbrook, IL (US);
Yoshikazu Uchiyama, Suzuka, JP;
Shigehiko Katsuragawa, Oita, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An automated computerized scheme for detection and characterization of diffuse lung diseases on high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) images including obtaining image data including pixels of an organ; segmenting the image data into organ image data and non-organ image data; extracting predetermined features from the organ image data to produce a set of image features; comparing the set of image features against a reference set of organ image features containing image data known to correspond to normal and abnormal conditions; and producing a comparison result.