Automated interpretation of nuclear medicine scans for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism

Michele Ruggiero Banish; Rodney L. Clark; Frederick L. Datz; Paul E. Christian

doi:10.1117/12.217375

23 August 1995 Automated interpretation of nuclear medicine scans for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism

Michele Ruggiero Banish, Rodney L. Clark, Frederick L. Datz, Paul E. Christian

Proceedings Volume 2566, Advanced Imaging Technologies and Commercial Applications; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.217375
Event: SPIE's 1995 International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1995, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Pattern recognition algorithms make consistent measureable comparisons among image sets. In this application, normal patient patterns are recongnized and the degree of difference from normal indicates a medical diagnosis of either low- or high-probability of pulmonary embolism. The figure of merit for this study is the vector inner product between the Fourier transforms of each patient image and a filter. The medical application lends itself to implemenation in an optical correlator.

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Michele Ruggiero Banish, Rodney L. Clark, Frederick L. Datz, and Paul E. Christian "Automated interpretation of nuclear medicine scans for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism", Proc. SPIE 2566, Advanced Imaging Technologies and Commercial Applications, (23 August 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.217375

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