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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2006
Thomas Fuchs, Graz, AT;
Bernd Wachmann, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Claus Neubauer, Monmouth Junction, NJ (US);
Jie Cheng, Princeton, NJ (US);
Thomas Fuchs, Graz, AT;
Bernd Wachmann, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Claus Neubauer, Monmouth Junction, NJ (US);
Jie Cheng, Princeton, NJ (US);
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a technique for classifying tissue based on image data. A plurality of tissue parameters are extracted from image data (e.g., magnetic resonance image data) to be classified. The parameters are preprocessed, and the tissue is classified using a classification algorithm and the preprocessed parameters. In one embodiment, the parameters are preprocessed by discretization of the parameters. The classification algorithm may use a decision model for the classification of the tissue, and the decision model may be generated by performing a machine learning algorithm using preprocessed tissue parameters in a training set of data. In one embodiment, the machine learning algorithm generates a Bayesian network. The image data used may be magnetic resonance image data that was obtained before and after the intravenous administration of lymphotropic superparamagnetic nanoparticles.