METHOD FOR EVALUATION AND COMPARISON OF A CHRONOLOGICAL SEQUENCE OF COMBINED MEDICAL IMAGING EXAMINATIONS AND ALSO A MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEM WHICH IS DESIGNED FOR EXECUTING THE INVENTIVE METHOD

摘要

A method is disclosed for evaluating and comparing a chronological sequence of at least two combined medical imaging examinations, wherein a combined medical imaging examination is carried out in each case by way of a first imaging apparatus and by way of a second imaging apparatus which is formed by a Positron Emission Tomography apparatus. On the basis of the image data captured by the first imaging apparatus, a transformation specification is created and this is applied to the image data captured by the Positron Emission Tomography apparatus, so that a direct comparison of the first and second image data captured by way of the Positron Emission Technology apparatus is made possible.

主权项

1. A method for evaluating and comparing a chronological sequence of at least two combined medical imaging examinations, wherein in each case a combined medical imaging examination is carried out by way of a first imaging apparatus and by way of a second imaging apparatus which is formed by a Positron Emission Tomography apparatus, the method comprising:
provisioning first image data captured by the first imaging apparatus and first image data captured by the Positron Emission Tomography apparatus of the first imaging examination; provisioning second image data captured by the first imaging apparatus and second image data captured by the Positron Emission Tomography apparatus of the second imaging examination, wherein a period of at least one day has elapsed between the first imaging examination and the second imaging examination; creating a transformation specification based upon the first and second image data captured by the first imaging apparatus; applying the transformation specification to the second image data captured by the Positron Emission Tomography apparatus; segmenting at least one of the first and second image data captured by the Positron Emission Tomography apparatus; and determining a signal change between at least one of the segmented and transformed first and second image data captured by the Positron Emission Tomography apparatus.