{"schema_version":"1.0","canonical_url":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-9717414","patent":{"patent_number":"US-9717414","title":"Method and apparatus for isolating a potential anomaly in imaging data and its application to medical imagery","assignee":null,"inventors":[],"filing_date":"2012-02-24T00:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2017-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","cpc_codes":["A61B","A61B","G06T","G16H","A61B","A61B","G06T","G06T","G06T","G06T"],"num_claims":18,"abstract":"A method for isolating a potential anomaly in imaging data comprising: providing a set of at least one given anomaly property representative of a given anomaly; providing a anomaly property identifier for identifying each of the at least one given anomaly property; in the imaging data, isolating a first zone having a first property and a group of at least one other zone, each of the at least one other zone having a corresponding property different than the first property; in the imaging data, and resulting from the isolation of a first zone and a group of at least one other zone, providing a transition zone selected from a group consisting of: a closed zone separating the first zone and the group of at least one other zone; and a closed zone extending in one of the first zone and the group of at least one other zone; applying the anomaly property identifier for identifying each of the at least one given anomaly property on at least the transition zone for providing a computed indication for a selected zone, the selected zone being at least the transition zone; determining if the computed indication for the selected zone is concording with each of the at least one given anomaly property; and if the computed indication for the selected zone is concording, assigning an indication of potential anomaly candidate zone to the selected zone to thereby isolate the potential anomaly."},"analysis":{"summary":null,"layman_explanation":null,"technical_analysis":null,"business_analysis":null,"faqs":null,"topics":[],"tech_cluster":null},"seo":{"title":"Method and apparatus for isolating a potential anomaly in imaging data and its application to medical imagery","description":"A method for isolating a potential anomaly in imaging data comprising: providing a set of at least one given anomaly property representative of a given anomaly; providing a anomaly property identifier","keywords":[]},"attribution":{"source":"Patentable","source_url":"https://patentable.app","canonical_url":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-9717414","license":"CC-BY-4.0-like","license_terms":"AI-generated analysis on this page (summary, layman_explanation, technical_analysis, business_analysis, faqs) may be reused with attribution and a visible link back to the canonical URL above. Patent abstracts, claims, and bibliographic data are USPTO public domain.","required_link":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-9717414","citation_suggestion":"Patentable. \"Method and apparatus for isolating a potential anomaly in imaging data and its application to medical imagery\" (US-9717414). https://patentable.app/patents/US-9717414","copyright_holder":"Nomic Interactive Technology LLC"},"links":{"html":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-9717414","json":"https://patentable.app/api/llm-context/US-9717414","site":"https://patentable.app","llms_txt":"https://patentable.app/llms.txt"},"generated_at":"2026-06-06T06:25:23.336Z"}