The Medipattern Corporation (Medipattern), a pioneer in the development of medical software solutions that help improve imaging workflow and productivity, announced that its core technology, "system and method of computer-aided detection (CAD)," received United States Patent # 7,783,094. The invention comprises the core technology for Medipattern embodied in its Cadenza Platform which is the basis for all Medipattern products.
Cadenza is the only cross-modality CAD platform proving that the technology is applicable to breast ultrasound and breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) used in aiding physicians to diagnose breast cancer. Cadenza is currently being tuned for use with vascular imaging and has been used in research applications for thyroid and prostate cancer, further establishing Cadenza as the only cross-disease CAD technology platform.
The inventors are Jeffrey Collins, president and CEO of Medipattern, Frederic Lachmann, PhD, Chief Technology Officer of Medipattern, and Karen Saghatelyan, senior consulting engineer. The technology is approved or pending in many other countries globally in which the company believes it can capture significant market advantage through the application of this core platform.
The invention relates to computer-aided automatic detection of abnormalities in and analysis of medical images. Medical images are analyzed, to extract and identify a set of features in the image relevant to a diagnosis. The system computes an initial diagnosis based on the set of identified features and a diagnosis model, which are provided to a user for review and modification. A computed diagnosis is dynamically re-computed upon user modification of the set of identified features. Upon a user selecting a diagnosis based on system recommendation, a diagnosis report is generated reflecting features present in the medical image as validated by the user and the user selected diagnosis.
"Patents are granted in recognition of unique, leading-edge technology innovation. We congratulate the entire team at Medipattern for their accomplishment and their contribution to the furtherance of medical science," commented Janet Sterritt, VP of Business Strategy for Medipattern. "Application of Cadenza to Breast Ultrasound Imaging and Breast MRI in the B-CAD and B-CADmri products as well as our research in vascular, prostate and thyroid imaging indicate that the algorithms are quite robust. This technology positions Medipattern as a key innovator in developing products to assist physicians in making better medical diagnoses thereby contributing to increased quality of care for all patients."