Medical diagnostic image change highlighter

摘要

Systems and methods are disclosed which enable more accurate examination of medical diagnostic images, for example x-ray, ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) images. The systems and methods highlight anomalies that have changed between the collection times of two or more diagnostic images, and can also provide objective scoring of the degree of change.

主权项

1. A computer implemented method for generating a medical diagnostic comparison image, based on multiple baseline medical diagnostic images, the method comprising:
receiving a first baseline medical diagnostic image into a computer readable medium; receiving a second baseline medical diagnostic image into the computer readable medium; creating, by a processor, a comparison image from the first medical diagnostic image and the second medical diagnostic image, wherein the first baseline medical diagnostic image provides a first color information for the comparison image and the second baseline medical diagnostic image provides a second color information for the comparison image, such that pixels in the comparison image that correspond to pixels in the first baseline medical diagnostic image exceeding an intensity of corresponding pixels in the second baseline medical diagnostic image have a hue of the first color, and pixels in the comparison image that correspond to pixels in the second medical diagnostic image exceeding an intensity of corresponding pixels in the first baseline medical diagnostic image have a hue of the second color, and wherein the first color and the second color are different.