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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2014
Stichting Maastricht Radiation Oncology “maastro-clinic”, Maastricht, NL;
Philippe Lambin, Maastricht, NL;
Hugo Johannes Wilhelmus Louis Aerts, Maastricht, NL;
STICHTING MAASTRICHT RADIATION ONCOLOGY “MAASTRO-CLINIC”, Maastricht, NL;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a decision support system and an image analysis method for providing information for enabling determination of a phenotype of a neoplasm in a human or animal body for enabling prognostication, comprising the steps of: receiving, by a processing unit, image data of the neoplasm; and deriving, by the processing unit, a plurality of image feature parameter values from the image data, said image parameter values relating to image features associated with the neoplasm; and deriving, by said processing unit using a signature model, one or more neoplasm signature model values associated with the neoplasm from said image feature parameter values, wherein said signature model includes a functional relation between or characteristic values of said image feature parameter values for deriving said neoplasm signature model values.