Abstract: Image processing apparatus 110 for applying a mask to an object, comprising an input 120 for obtaining an image 122, a processor 130 for (i) detecting the object in the image, and (ii) applying the mask to the object in the image for obtaining an output image 60, and the processor being arranged for said applying the mask to the object by (j) establishing an object contour of the object, (jj) generating, based on the object contour, a mask being smaller than the object, and (jjj) positioning the mask over the object for masking a body of the object while keeping clear a border area of the object.

Abstract: A document requesting unit (150) and a document suggestion unit is provided. The document requesting unit is configured for retrieving documents to assist a first user in a first clinical task on patient data of a first patient, the document requesting unit (150) comprising a context builder (157) configured to determine a first context (142) based on a description of the first clinical task and/or the patient data of the first patient, a database unit (152) configured to retrieve a document (122) selected by the user from an electronic document database (120), and a tagging unit (156) configured to tag the selected document (122) with the first context to enable a document suggestion unit (250) to suggest the selected document (122) during a second clinical task on patient data of a second patient.

Abstract: A system 100 is provided for enabling review of a medical image. The system 100 comprises a user interface subsystem 140 for enabling a user to apply one or more graphical elements to the medical image during the review of the medical image. The system 100 further comprises a reporting subsystem 180 for accessing a medical database 060 comprising medical information items which each represent medical reference information, retrieving a medical information item 062 from the medical database based on association data which links the application of the one or more graphical elements, as represented by the application data to the medical information item, and generating a report 182 based on the medical information item. The medical information item 062 may be associated with a codified version of the medical reference information, and the reporting subsystem 180 may be arranged for using the codified version of the medical reference information in generating the report.

Abstract: Presented are concepts for provisioning an instance of a data repository. A domain model specification is obtained, the domain model specification comprising: an entity definition defining an entity of a data repository to be provisioned; and an operation definition defining one or more operations to be supported by the data repository to be provisioned. An instance of a data repository is generated based on the entity definition and operation definition of the domain model specification.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system for zooming an image displayed in a viewport, wherein the image comprises a plurality of regions, each region of the plurality of regions having a zoom function associated with the region, the system comprising an input unit for receiving a region input for selecting a region of the plurality of regions and for receiving a zoom input for zooming the image, and a zoom unit for zooming the image based on the zoom input, using the zoom function associated with the selected region. The zoom function associated with each region of the plurality of regions may be defined in any way deemed useful. For example, it may be defined in such a way that the selected region or an interesting portion of it is displayed in the viewport or, vice versa, the selected region or an interesting portion thereof is removed from the displayed view of the image.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system (100) for zooming an image displayed in a viewport, wherein the image comprises a plurality of regions, each region of the plurality of regions having a zoom function associated with the region, the system comprising an input unit (110) for receiving a region input for selecting a region of the plurality of regions and for receiving a zoom input for zooming the image, and a zoom unit (120) for zooming the image based on the zoom input, using the zoom function associated with the selected region. The zoom function associated with each region of the plurality of regions may be defined in any way deemed useful. For example, it may be defined in such a way that the selected region or an interesting portion of it is displayed in the viewport or, vice versa, the selected region or an interesting portion thereof is removed from the displayed view of the image.

Abstract: A system (100) is provided for analyzing image data representing image intensities of an image volume, the image intensities having a signal dynamic range. The system (100) comprises an analysis subsystem (140) for accessing display data defining a set of display settings for display of the image volume, each one of the set of display settings causing a different sub-range of the signal dynamic range to be mapped to a display dynamic range during the display. During operation, the analysis subsystem (140) analyzes the image data to identify, for each one of the set of display settings, a region of the image volume which comprises image intensities within the respective sub-range, thereby identifying a set of regions of interest, and generating analysis data (142) identifying the set of regions of interest. As such, the user is enabled to quickly navigate to regions in the image volume which contain meaningful visual information when displayed using the respective display settings.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system for zooming an image displayed in a viewport, wherein the image comprises a plurality of regions, each region of the plurality of regions having a zoom function associated with the region, the system comprising an input unit for receiving a region input for selecting a region of the plurality of regions and for receiving a zoom input for zooming the image, and a zoom unit for zooming the image based on the zoom input, using the zoom function associated with the selected region. The zoom function associated with each region of the plurality of regions may be defined in any way deemed useful. For example, it may be defined in such a way that the selected region or an interesting portion of it is displayed in the viewport or, vice versa, the selected region or an interesting portion thereof is removed from the displayed view of the image.

Abstract: A volume visualization, i.e volume rendering, system comprising a feature detector for detecting a feature like a border between body and air (e.g. skin) in an image volume dataset. A distance computing subsystem is arranged for computing a distance from the feature, e.g. a border, a boundary or skin to an image element of the image volume dataset. A weighting subsystem is arranged for weighting an image element value of the image element, based on the distance, to obtain a weighted image element value. A view generator is arranged for generating a view of the image volume dataset, based on the weighted image element value, wherein a view element value of the view is based on the weighted image element value. The view comprises a two-dimensional image view, and the view element value comprises a pixel value.

Abstract: A system (100) for generating a key-image from a medical image, the key-image comprising an image area selected from the medical image, the system comprising: —an image analyzer (140) for: i) detecting a lesion (300) in the medical image; ii) based on anatomical information, identifying an anatomical landmark (310) which has an anatomical relation with the lesion; and iii) detecting the anatomical landmark in the medical image; and —a key-image generator (160) for j) selecting an image area (400) in the medical image which comprises the lesion (300) and the anatomical landmark (310), and jj) generating the key-image (162) so as to comprise said image area.

Abstract: A system for maintaining corresponding information in a structured document and in a report is disclosed. The structured document comprises structured data elements and the report comprises text in a natural language. An associating unit (1) is arranged for associating a structured data element of the structured document with an associated part of the report, wherein information represented by the structured data element corresponds to information represented by the associated part of the report. A determining unit (2) is arranged for determining a change to one of the structured data element and the associated part of the report, to obtain a determined change. A corresponding change unit (3) is arranged for making a corresponding change to the other one of the structured data element and the associated part of the report, based on the determined change.

Abstract: A document requesting unit (150) and a document suggestion unit is provided. The document requesting unit is configured for retrieving documents to assist a first user in a first clinical task on patient data of a first patient, the document requesting unit (150) comprising a context builder (157) configured to determine a first context (142) based on a description of the first clinical task and/or the patient data of the first patient, a database unit (152) configured to retrieve a document (122) selected by the user from an electronic document database (120), and a tagging unit (156) configured to tag the selected document (122) with the first context to enable a document suggestion unit (250) to suggest the selected document (122) during a second clinical task on patient data of a second patient.

Abstract: A system 100 is provided for enabling review of a medical image. The system 100 comprises a user interface subsystem 140 for enabling a user to apply one or more graphical elements to the medical image during the review of the medical image. The system 100 further comprises a reporting subsystem 180 for accessing a medical database 060 comprising medical information items which each represent medical reference information, retrieving a medical information item 062 from the medical database based on association data which links the application of the one or more graphical elements, as represented by the application data to the medical information item, and generating a report 182 based on the medical information item. The medical information item 062 may be associated with a codified version of the medical reference information, and the reporting subsystem 180 may be arranged for using the codified version of the medical reference information in generating the report.

Abstract: A system (100) is provided for processing a search result of a medical query (122) which is submitted to a search engine (040), e.g., by a user. The system (100) comprises an interface (120) for receiving search data (042) constituting a response of the search engine to the query (122), the search data identifying a first document in a medical document repository (080). The system (100) further comprises an analysis subsystem (140) for analyzing the first document to determine a time period (410) based on the first document comprising information which is indicative of the time period and by matching the information from the first document to medical information items from a medical database, and identifying a second document in the medical document repository based on a time or date associated with the second document falling within the time period. The system (100) enables the second document to be identified, e.g., to the user, together with the first document as identified by the search result.

Abstract: A system for processing a breast image is described. A glandular tissue contour detector (1) is arranged for detecting a contour (407) of a glandular tissue (303) represented in the breast image (310), the glandular tissue detector (1) detecting the contour of a region within the image that comprises the mammary glands of a breast (301) represented in the breast image (310).The glandular tissue contour detector (1) comprises a concave hull determiner (2) for determining a concave hull of the region to obtain the contour (407).A display unit (3) is arranged for displaying the breast image (310) with the contour (407) superimposed.

Abstract: A system for selecting a set of documents from a health record of a patient (1) is disclosed. A specialty unit (21) is arranged for determining a specialty (3) for selecting the set of documents, to obtain a determined specialty. A first selecting unit (4) is arranged for selecting a first set of documents (5) from the health record, wherein a specialty of a physician associated with the documents of the first set of documents (5) matches the determined specialty. A body part determining unit (6) is arranged for determining a body part (7) associated with at least one document of the first set of documents (5), to obtain a body part. A second selecting unit (8) is arranged for selecting a second set of documents (9) from the health record, wherein a body part associated with the documents of the second set of documents matches the determined body part.

Abstract: A system (100) for generating a key-image from a medical image, the key-image comprising an image area selected from the medical image, the system comprising: —an image analyzer (140) for: i) detecting a lesion (300) in the medical image; ii) based on anatomical information, identifying an anatomical landmark (310) which has an anatomical relation with the lesion; and iii) detecting the anatomical landmark in the medical image; and —a key-image generator (160) for j) selecting an image area (400) in the medical image which comprises the lesion (300) and the anatomical landmark (310), and jj) generating the key-image (162) so as to comprise said image area.

Abstract: A tumor of interest is classified based on 3-dimensional image data for visualizing the tumor. The system includes an overlay data structure (OL) for computing a TNM (Tumor-Node-Metastasis) overlay for displaying in a tumor image computed from the image data. The TNM overlay includes TNM information for determining the stage of the tumor. An overlay unit (U10) computes the TNM overlay based on the overlay data structure, and positions the TNM overlay on the tumor image. The size of the TNM overlay is based on the scale of the computed tumor image. By making the size of the TNM overlay dependent on the scale of the tumor image, the ratio of the distance between two locations on the positioned TNM overlay to the distance between two locations in the computed tumor image is substantially constant, i.e., substantially independent of the visualization of the image data.

Abstract: A system (100) for generating a report (142) based on input from a radiologist in response to a clinical query from a clinician, comprising: a reporting input (120) for enabling the radiologist to provide medical information (122); a reporting output (140) for generating a report (142) comprising the medical information (122); the system (100) further comprising: an interface (160) for receiving data (162) indicative of the clinical query; a reasoning engine (180) for, based on the clinical query, establishing at least one building block (182) for use by the reporting output (140) in generating the report (142), the building block specifying a form and content of at least part of the report (142); and wherein the reporting input (120) is arranged for, based on the building block (182), establishing a reporting interface (124) for use in providing the medical information.

Abstract: A system for maintaining corresponding information in a structured document and in a report is disclosed. The structured document comprises structured data elements and the report comprises text in a natural language. An associating unit (1) is arranged for associating a structured data element of the structured document with an associated part of the report, wherein information represented by the structured data element corresponds to information represented by the associated part of the report. A determining unit (2) is arranged for determining a change to one of the structured data element and the associated part of the report, to obtain a determined change. A corresponding change unit (3) is arranged for making a corresponding change to the other one of the structured data element and the associated part of the report, based on the determined change.