Method and system for rule-based display of sets of images

• US 10,540,803 B2
• Filed: 08/01/2018
• Issued: 01/21/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PME IP Pty., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: PME IP Pty., Ltd.
• Inventors: Westerhoff, Malte, Stalling, Detlev
• Primary Examiner(s): Sajous, Wesner
• Application Number:
  US16/052,571
• Publication Number:
  US 20180350130A1
• Time in Patent Office: 538 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/055 involving electronic [EMR] or nuclear [NMR] magnetic resonance, e.g. magnetic resonance imaging
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/08 Detecting, measuring or recording devices for evaluating the respiratory organs A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7475 User input or interface means, e.g. keyboard, pointing device, joystick
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/032 Transmission computed tomography [CT]
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/037 Emission tomography
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/465 adapted to display user selection data, e.g. graphical user interface, icons or menus
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/466 adapted to display 3D data
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/5205 involving processing of raw data to produce diagnostic data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/147 using display panels
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/001 Texturing; Colouring; Generation of texture or colour inpainting G06T5/77
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 15/08 Volume rendering
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/20 Editing of 3D images, e.g. changing shapes or colours, aligning objects or positioning parts
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2200/04 involving 3D image data
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2200/24 involving graphical user interfaces [GUIs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2210/41 Medical
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2219/2012 Colour editing, changing, or manipulating; Use of colour codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2219/2024 Style variation
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/12 Overlay of images, i.e. displayed pixel being the result of switching between the corresponding input pixels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/08 : Biomedical applications
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/363 : Graphics controllers
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/20 : for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/40 : for processing medical images, e.g. editing
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/70 : for mining of medical data, e.g. analysing previous cases of other patients

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. The rules are based on meta data of the examination as well as image content that is being analyzed by neuronal networks. 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.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

(a) selecting a primary Study of a patient selected from a plurality of studies;

(b) selecting a ParameterA from the primary study, where the ParameterA is selected from the group consisting of an anatomical characteristic, and a disease based characteristic;

(c) selecting ParameterB from the group consisting of one or more anatomical features of the ParameterA, parts of a skeletal system of the ParameterA, organs of the ParameterA, and a Modality of the primary Study;

(d) executing on a server digital data processor a render server program which applies one or more Study Selection Rules to generate a list of a plurality of secondary studies based on the ParameterA and the ParameterB, 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;

(e) 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 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; and

(f) displaying two or more of the plurality of secondary studies selected from the list based on the Display Protocol selected in step (e).

2. The method of claim 1, where the anatomical characteristic is selected from the group consisting of SPINE, CHEST, ABDOMEN, BREAST, SHOULDER, TRAPEZIUS, ARM, ELBOW, WRIST, FINGER, PELVIS, HIP, FIBULAR, KNEE, TIBULAR, ANKLE, FOOT, NECK, HEAD, TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JUNCTION, FACE, BRAIN, DENTITION, SINUS, ADRENALS, RETINA, PITUITARY, and PROSTATE.

3. The method of claim 1, where the ParameterB is a Modality in the primary study and a ParameterY a Modality in a secondary study, where in step (d) the one or more Study Selection Rules restrict to studies where ParameterB is equal to ParameterY.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising where a Study Selection Rule of the one or more Study Selection Rules in step (d) requires

SELECT other secondary studies for loading

WHERE (Primary.Dicom.Modality=“

ParameterB” and

Other.Dicom.Modality=“

ParameterY”

AND INTERSECTION (ParameterB,ParameterY) NOT EMPTY).

5. The method of claim 1, where the ParameterB is a Modality selected from the group consisting of Computed Radiography (CR), Computer Tomography (CT), Digital Radiography (DX), Mammography (MG), Magnetic Resonance (MR), Opthalmic Photography (OP), Positron Emission Tomography (PT), Radio Fluoroscopy (RF), and X-Ray Angiography (XA).

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising where a Study Selection Rule of the one or more Study Selection Rules in step (d) requires

IF (Primary.Dicom.AnatomicalCharacteristic=“

ParameterA” and

Primary.Dicom.Modality=“

ParameterB”

),

THEN SELECT other secondary studies for loading WHERE (Other.Dicom.AnatomicalCharacteristic=“

ParameterA” and

Other.Dicom.Modality=“

ParameterB”

).

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising where a Study Selection Rule of the one or more Study Selection Rules in step (d) requires

IF (Primary.Dicom.AnatomicalCharacteristic=“

ParameterA” and

Primary.Dicom.Modality=“

ParameterB”

),

THEN SELECT other secondary studies for loading WHERE (Other.Dicom.AnatomicalCharacteristic=“

ParameterA” and

Other.Dicom.Modality=“

ParameterY”

AND INTERSECTION (ParameterB, ParameterY) NOT EMPTY).

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising where a Study Selection Rule of the one or more Study Selection Rules in step (d) requires

IF (Primary.Dicom.AnatomicalCharacteristic=“

ParameterA” and

Primary.Dicom.Modality=“

ParameterB”

)

THEN SELECT other secondary studies for loading

WHERE (Other.Dicom.AnatomicalCharacteristic=“

ParameterA” and

Other.Dicom.Modality=“

ParameterB”

AND INTERSECTION (Primary.Dicom.AnatomicalFeature,Other.Dicom.AnatomicalFeature) NOT EMPTY).

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising where a Study Selection Rule of the one or more Study Selection Rules in step (d) requires

IF(Primary.Dicom.AnatomicalCharacteristic=“

ParameterA”

)

THEN SELECT other secondary studies for loading

WHERE (Other.Dicom.AnatomicalCharacteristic=“

ParameterA”

AND INTERSECTION (Primary.Dicom.AnatomicalFeature,Other.Dicom.AnatomicalFeature) NOT EMPTY).