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Methods and techniques for collecting, reporting and managing ionizing radiation dose

  • US 10,078,725 B2
  • Filed: 11/19/2012
  • Issued: 09/18/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of collecting and utilizing information relating to medical imaging procedures, the method comprising:

  • collecting information about a plurality of medical imaging procedures from a plurality of information sources, wherein the information collected for each of the medical imaging procedures comprises objective information about the medical imaging procedure, including at least information about parameters of the medical imaging procedure and information about a patient that underwent the medical imaging procedure, and a subjective assessment of a result of the medical imaging procedure, wherein the subjective assessment of the result of the medical imaging procedure comprises an individual'"'"'s opinion of quality of the result of the medical imaging procedure;

    forming a plurality of procedure records, wherein each of the procedure records corresponds to one of the medical imaging procedures, and wherein each of the procedure records comprises at least the objective information about the medical imaging procedure and the subjective assessment of the result of the medical imaging procedure,storing the procedure records in a database, wherein the database is in electronic communication with at least a portion of the information sources;

    receiving demographic information about a subject patient;

    accessing the database;

    determining a suggested protocol comprising at least operating parameters of a medical imaging device, wherein the suggested protocol is determined based on a consideration of the demographic information about the subject patient and the objective information and subjective assessments contained in the database, and wherein the medical imaging device comprises a user interface;

    presenting the suggested protocol on the user interface of the medical imaging device in a visually perceptible form;

    performing a medical imaging procedure on the subject patient by operating the medical imaging device in accordance with the operating parameters of the suggested protocol or a modification thereof;

    entering into the user interface of the medical imaging device a subjective assessment of a result of the medical imaging procedure performed on the subject patient, wherein the medical imaging device generates an electronic report of the medical imaging procedure, and wherein the subjective assessment of the result of the medical imaging procedure performed on the subject patient is entered into and stored as part of the electronic report; and

    receiving the electronic report generated by the medical imaging device.

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