US 12,243,224 B2
Medical image analysis method, medical image analysis apparatus, and medical image analysis system for quantifying joint condition
Jae Joon Lee, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to CRESCOM CO., LTD., Seongnam-si (KR)
Appl. No. 17/634,761
Filed by CRESCOM CO., LTD., Seongnam-si (KR)
PCT Filed Dec. 3, 2021, PCT No. PCT/KR2021/018218
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 11, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/017919, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 16, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0105754 (KR), filed on Aug. 11, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0360198 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. G06T 7/00 (2017.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/155 (2017.01); G06T 7/60 (2017.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G16H 30/40 (2018.01); G16H 50/30 (2018.01)
CPC G06T 7/0012 (2013.01) [A61B 5/4528 (2013.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/155 (2017.01); G06T 7/60 (2013.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G16H 30/40 (2018.01); G16H 50/30 (2018.01); G06T 2207/20021 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20036 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20084 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30008 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical image analysis method which is performed by an apparatus for acquiring a medical image and performing a morphological analysis of a joint based on the medical image, the medical image analysis method comprising:
acquiring a target medical image;
detecting a target joint spacing region from the target medical image;
acquiring a first value of a width of a joint part from the target medical image;
acquiring a second value related to joint spacing from the target joint spacing region; and
calculating a target joint condition indicator indicating a joint condition based on the first value and the second value,
wherein the target joint condition indicator is defined as a ratio of the second value to the first value.