Method and system for processing multiple series of biological images obtained from a patient

摘要

A computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-readable program code stored thereon which, when interpreted by a computing apparatus, causes the computing apparatus to implement an image processing tool for processing a plurality of biological images arranged in a plurality of image series wherein certain biological images across different image series have a predefined correspondence with one another. The computer-readable program code comprises computer-readable program code for causing the computing apparatus to: be attentive to receipt of an indication of a selected biological image from the plurality of biological images and belonging to a first one of the image series; be attentive to receipt of an indication of a segmentation mask created based on the selected biological image; apply the segmentation mask to a second biological image from the plurality of biological images, the second biological image belonging to a second one of the image series that is different from the first one of the image series, the second biological image having a predefined correspondence with the selected biological image; and display the second biological image after application of the segmentation mask.

主权项

1. A method for processing images in a system having a computer and a display device, the method comprising:
obtaining a plurality of series of biological images by the computer, wherein at least one series is in a first biological class and at least one other series is in a second biological class different from the first biological class, and wherein certain images in any series correspond to certain images in the other series; performing a registration process, by the computer, to align pixels of certain images in one series with the corresponding pixels of certain images in the other series; creating, by the computer, a segmentation mask for a selected image in a series in the first biological class whose pixels are aligned in accordance with the registration process, wherein the segmentation mask defines a set of pixels to be eliminated from that selected image; and applying, by the computer, the segmentation mask to a corresponding image in another series in the second biological class whose pixels are aligned in accordance with the registration process, to eliminate corresponding pixels of the image in the other series; and displaying, on the display device, the image from the other series whose pixels were eliminated by the segmentation mask.