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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2004
Karla Horsch, Lombard, IL (US);
Maryellen L. Giger, Elmhurst, IL (US);
Charles E. Metz, Burr Ridge, IL (US);
Carl J. Vyborny, Riverside, IL (US);
Terrieann Vyborny, Legal Representative, Riverside, IL (US);
LI Lan, Naperville, IL (US);
Karla Horsch, Lombard, IL (US);
Maryellen L. Giger, Elmhurst, IL (US);
Charles E. Metz, Burr Ridge, IL (US);
Carl J. Vyborny, Riverside, IL (US);
Terrieann Vyborny, legal representative, Riverside, IL (US);
Li Lan, Naperville, IL (US);
The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method for computer-assisted interpretation of medical images that factor in characteristics of an individual performing the interpretation. The method automatically determines and/or incorporates prevalence-based computer analysis based on an estimated likelihood of a pathological state, e.g., a malignancy. A system implementing the method includes the calculation of features or other characteristics of images in a known database, calculation of features of an unknown case, calculation of the probability (or likelihood) of disease state, calculation of the modified computer output that includes the internal prevalence (or internal decision-making process) of the user (or group of users), and output of the result.