MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING TOOL TO DETECT CLINICAL DIFFERENCE IN BRAIN ANATOMY

摘要

The present invention provides a system providing a suite of functions for automatically analyzing MRI images of brains to quantitatively assess brain development in children and adolescents. The system compares MRI images of a subject's brain to a database of normal brains, identifies regions showing abnormal growth, structure, and/or morphology, and notifies the health care provider of such abnormalities. The health care provider is notified by way of a graphical image depicted on a display highlighting the abnormal area(s) of the brain.

主权项

1. A method for analyzing a brain of a subject, said method comprising:
acquiring MRI image data of the brain or portion of the brain of the subject; determining one or more morphological characteristics of one or more structures of the brain; comparing the one or more morphological characteristics to the same one or more morphological characteristics of the structure of a normal brain; calculating a quantitative value of the difference between the determined one or more morphological characteristics and the same one or more morphological characteristics of the normal brain; and outputting the quantitative value in a format for a health care provider.