Method and system for rule-based display of sets of images
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1. A method comprising:
- (a) receiving a primary Study of a patient selected from a plurality of studies;
(b) identifying a plurality of secondary studies based on the primary Study;
(c) executing on a server digital data processor a render server program which applies one or more Protocol Selection Rules to select a Display Protocol, where the one or more Protocol Selection Rules are based on two or more parameters selected from the group consisting of one or more Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine (DICOM) parameters from the primary Study, one or more Abstract Tags from the primary Study, one or more DICOM parameters from the plurality of secondary studies and one or more Abstract Tags from the plurality of secondary studies, where at least one of the one or more Protocol Selection Rules include a matching clause and a select clause, where the selected Display Protocol is identified by the select clause, where the matching clause is fulfilled by the selected Display Protocol; and
(d) displaying one or more of the plurality of secondary studies identified based on the Display Protocol selected in step (c).
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Abstract
The invention provides, in some aspects, a system for implementing a rule derived basis to display image sets. In various embodiments of the invention, the selection of the images to be displayed, the layout of the images, as well as the rendering parameters and styles can be determined using a rule derived basis. In an embodiment of the present invention, the user is presented with images displayed based on their preferences without having to first manually adjust parameters.
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1. A method comprising:
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(a) receiving a primary Study of a patient selected from a plurality of studies; (b) identifying a plurality of secondary studies based on the primary Study; (c) executing on a server digital data processor a render server program which applies one or more Protocol Selection Rules to select a Display Protocol, where the one or more Protocol Selection Rules are based on two or more parameters selected from the group consisting of one or more Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine (DICOM) parameters from the primary Study, one or more Abstract Tags from the primary Study, one or more DICOM parameters from the plurality of secondary studies and one or more Abstract Tags from the plurality of secondary studies, where at least one of the one or more Protocol Selection Rules include a matching clause and a select clause, where the selected Display Protocol is identified by the select clause, where the matching clause is fulfilled by the selected Display Protocol; and (d) displaying one or more of the plurality of secondary studies identified based on the Display Protocol selected in step (c). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method comprising:
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(a) receiving a primary Study of a patient selected from a plurality of studies; (b) executing on a server digital data processor a render server program which applies one or more Study Selection Rules to identify a plurality of secondary studies based on two or more parameters selected from the group consisting of one or more Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine (DICOM) parameters from the primary Study, one or more Abstract Tags from the primary Study, one or more DICOM parameters from the plurality of secondary studies and one or more Abstract Tags from the plurality of secondary studies, where the one or more Study Selection Rules restrict the plurality of secondary studies to studies of the patient selected from the plurality of studies, where at least one of the one or more Study Selection Rules include a primary condition and a secondary condition, where the primary condition and the secondary condition are fulfilled by the plurality of secondary studies identified; and (c) displaying one or more of the plurality of secondary studies identified. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method comprising:
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(a) receiving a primary Study of a patient selected from a plurality of studies; (b) executing on a server digital data processor a render server program which applies one or more Study Selection Rules to identify a plurality of secondary studies based on prior examinations of the patient; (c) executing on the server digital data processor the render server program which applies one or more Protocol Selection Rules to select a Display Protocol, where the one or more Protocol Selection Rules are based on two or more parameters selected from the group consisting of one or more Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine (DICOM) parameters from the primary Study, one or more Abstract Tags from the primary Study, one or more DICOM parameters from the plurality of secondary studies and one or more Abstract Tags from the plurality of secondary studies, where at least one of the one or more Protocol Selection Rules includes a matching clause, where the matching clause is fulfilled by the Display Protocol; and (d) displaying one or more of the plurality of secondary studies identified based on the Display Protocol selected in step (c). - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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