US 12,387,321 B2
Medical image analysis system and method for managing medical images
Johan Doré Hansen, Naerum (DK); and Michael Grunkin, Skodsborg (DK)
Assigned to VISIOPHARM A/S, Hørsholm (DK)
Appl. No. 17/908,763
Filed by VISIOPHARM A/S, Hørsholm (DK)
PCT Filed Mar. 5, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/055577
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 1, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/176050, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 10, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 20161111 (EP), filed on Mar. 5, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0122073 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06V 20/69 (2022.01)
CPC G06T 7/0012 (2013.01) [G06V 20/695 (2022.01); G06T 2207/10 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical image analysis system comprising:
an image receiving and storing unit configured to receive and store digital images from a slide scanner;
an image analysis unit configured to perform automatic analysis of the digital images related to tumor cell detection, biomarker quantification and/or pattern recognition, and return analyzed digital images and/or an analysis result;
an image evaluation unit comprising an operation platform and user interface for review of the stored digital images and/or analyzed digital images;
an assembly and unification unit comprising:
a first interface to the image analysis unit, wherein the assembly and unification unit is configured to transfer the digital images to the image analysis unit and receive the analyzed digital images and/or the analysis result;
a second interface to the image evaluation unit, wherein the assembly and unification unit is configured to transfer the digital images and/or the analyzed digital images and receive evaluations of the digital images and/or analyzed digital images;
a picture archiving and communication system (PACS) or vendor neutral archive (VNA) interface, wherein the assembly and unification unit is configured to assemble and export the digital images and/or the analyzed digital images and/or the evaluations of the analyzed images to a picture archiving and communication system or a vendor neutral archive (VNA),
wherein the image analysis unit is configured to access the stored digital images and the image evaluation unit is configured to access the stored digital images and/or analyzed digital images without access of the picture archiving and communication system or vendor neutral archive.