Abstract: A method for automatically identifying a potential pleural effusion in medical image data of a thorax of a patient from a scan by means of a medical scanner is provided. It includes at least the steps of accepting rib cage detection data of the rib cage of the patient from the image data, which rib cage detection data include rib cage extent data of a rib cage extent of the interior of the rib cage, accepting lung detection data of the lung of the patient from the image data, which lung detection data comprise lung extent data of a lung extent of the external boundary of the lung, accepting mediastinum detection data of all organs of the mediastinum in the thorax (Th) of the patient from the image data, which mediastinum detection data comprise mediastinum extent data of a mediastinum extent of the external boundary of the mediastinum, and subtracting the lung extent and the mediastinum extent from the rib cage extent while forming pleural effusion identification data.

Abstract: A method for automatically identifying a potential pleural effusion in medical image data of a thorax of a patient from a scan by means of a medical scanner is provided. It includes at least the steps of accepting rib cage detection data of the rib cage of the patient from the image data, which rib cage detection data include rib cage extent data of a rib cage extent of the interior of the rib cage, accepting lung detection data of the lung of the patient from the image data, which lung detection data comprise lung extent data of a lung extent of the external boundary of the lung, accepting mediastinum detection data of all organs of the mediastinum in the thorax (Th) of the patient from the image data, which mediastinum detection data comprise mediastinum extent data of a mediastinum extent of the external boundary of the mediastinum, and subtracting the lung extent and the mediastinum extent from the rib cage extent while forming pleural effusion identification data.

Abstract: A rendering device, a control method for a graphical user interface and a computer software product are disclosed. The rendering device includes an input interface, a parser interface and a retrieval unit, designed for the automatic generation of a search function for retrieval from accessible databases by reference to a specific semantic identifier, in order to acquire reference data, in combination with control data, for display on the graphical user interface.

Abstract: A method in radiological imaging for determining lesions in image data of an examination object is described. In an embodiment, the method includes determining anatomical structures by hierarchical breakdown of the image data of the examination object. The method furthermore includes image data analysis for localizing lesion candidates in the anatomical structures. Moreover, the method also includes determining the lesions by evaluating and filtering the lesion candidates. Moreover, an image processing workstation in radiological imaging for determining lesions in image data of an examination object and an imaging apparatus are described.