Research picture archiving communications system
First Claim
1. A research picture archiving and communication system comprising:
- (a) a first clinical subsystem comprising a hardware processor, wherein the first clinical subsystem is in secure electronic communication via a network with a first clinical picture archiving and communication system (PACS), the first PACS having image data stored therein, wherein the image data comprising images and metadata associated with each image, and personal information is included in image content and the metadata of each image, the first clinical subsystem being configured to receive the image data from the first PACS, and the first clinical subsystem comprising an image data editor for de-identifying the personal information by applying a de-identification script to the image data, thereby deleting or altering the personal information to produce de-identified image data, wherein the de-identification script is configured to replace patient names with pseudonyms or numbers.(b) a de-identified image database subsystem comprising a storage device in electronic communication via the network with the first clinical subsystem for storing the de-identified image data, and(c) a de-identification subsystem being remote from the first clinical subsystem, the de-identification subsystem comprising a hardware processor, wherein the de-identification subsystem is in electronic communication via the network with the first clinical subsystem, the de-identification subsystem comprising an edit script generator usable by a user to generate the de-identification script based at least on the metadata provided by the first clinical subsystem,the de-identification script being developed by the user by repeatedly (i) specifying or modifying the de-identification script, (ii) running the de-identification script on the metadata, and (iii) previewing output de-identified image data, until the user is satisfied that the de-identification script is correct,wherein the image data editor of the first clinical subsystem is configured to receive via the network the de-identification script from the de-identification subsystem, apply the de-identification script to the stored image data to produce the de-identified image data, and store the de-identified image data in the storage device of the de-identified image database subsystem, andwherein the image content is never stored in the de-identification subsystem or the de-identified image database subsystem.
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Abstract
A system for de-identifying images and metadata containing personal information. A clinical subsystem connects to a clinical picture archiving and communication system (PACS) containing image data including metadata with personal information. The clinical subsystem includes an image data editor for de-identifying image data by deleting or altering the personal information in the image data according to instructions specified in a de-identification script. The de-identification subsystem includes an image metadata database and runs an edit script generator that can be used by a user to generate a de-identification script based on metadata stored in the image metadata database, without access to the associated image data.
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1. A research picture archiving and communication system comprising:
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(a) a first clinical subsystem comprising a hardware processor, wherein the first clinical subsystem is in secure electronic communication via a network with a first clinical picture archiving and communication system (PACS), the first PACS having image data stored therein, wherein the image data comprising images and metadata associated with each image, and personal information is included in image content and the metadata of each image, the first clinical subsystem being configured to receive the image data from the first PACS, and the first clinical subsystem comprising an image data editor for de-identifying the personal information by applying a de-identification script to the image data, thereby deleting or altering the personal information to produce de-identified image data, wherein the de-identification script is configured to replace patient names with pseudonyms or numbers. (b) a de-identified image database subsystem comprising a storage device in electronic communication via the network with the first clinical subsystem for storing the de-identified image data, and (c) a de-identification subsystem being remote from the first clinical subsystem, the de-identification subsystem comprising a hardware processor, wherein the de-identification subsystem is in electronic communication via the network with the first clinical subsystem, the de-identification subsystem comprising an edit script generator usable by a user to generate the de-identification script based at least on the metadata provided by the first clinical subsystem, the de-identification script being developed by the user by repeatedly (i) specifying or modifying the de-identification script, (ii) running the de-identification script on the metadata, and (iii) previewing output de-identified image data, until the user is satisfied that the de-identification script is correct, wherein the image data editor of the first clinical subsystem is configured to receive via the network the de-identification script from the de-identification subsystem, apply the de-identification script to the stored image data to produce the de-identified image data, and store the de-identified image data in the storage device of the de-identified image database subsystem, and wherein the image content is never stored in the de-identification subsystem or the de-identified image database subsystem. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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