Intelligent management of computerized advanced processing
First Claim
1. A computing system comprising:
- one or more hardware computer processors configured to execute software instructions; and
one or more electronic storage devices in communication with the one or more hardware computer processors and storing software modules, the software modules comprising software instructions configured for execution by the one or more hardware computer processors in order to cause the computing system to;
access, from one or more image storage devices, an image series comprising one or more medical images;
determine a characteristic associated with a first computerized advanced processing technique applied to the image series, the first computerized advanced processing technique including one selected from a group consisting of volumetric rendering, multiplanar reconstruction, maximum intensity projection, quantitative analysis, and computer-aided diagnosis;
access a computerized advanced processing data structure including rules for executing computerized advanced processing techniques based on characteristics of previously applied computerized advanced processing techniques;
identify a rule that corresponds to the determined characteristic associated with the first computerized advanced processing technique, the rule indicating execution of a second computerized advanced processing technique; and
initiate application of the second computerized advanced processing technique to the image series.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for automatically managing how and when computerized advanced processing techniques (for example, CAD and/or other image processing) are used. In some embodiments, the systems and methods discussed herein allow users, such as radiologists, to efficiently interact with a wide variety of computerized advanced processing (“CAP”) techniques using computing devices ranging from picture archiving and communication system (“PACS”) workstations to handheld devices such as smartphone and tablets. Furthermore, the systems and methods may, in various embodiments, automatically manage how data associated with these CAP techniques (for example, results of application of one or more computerized advanced processing techniques) are used, such as how data associated with the computerized analyses is reported, whether comparisons to prior abnormalities should be automatically initiated, whether the radiologist should be alerted of important findings, and the like.
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4 Claims
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1. A computing system comprising:
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one or more hardware computer processors configured to execute software instructions; and one or more electronic storage devices in communication with the one or more hardware computer processors and storing software modules, the software modules comprising software instructions configured for execution by the one or more hardware computer processors in order to cause the computing system to; access, from one or more image storage devices, an image series comprising one or more medical images; determine a characteristic associated with a first computerized advanced processing technique applied to the image series, the first computerized advanced processing technique including one selected from a group consisting of volumetric rendering, multiplanar reconstruction, maximum intensity projection, quantitative analysis, and computer-aided diagnosis; access a computerized advanced processing data structure including rules for executing computerized advanced processing techniques based on characteristics of previously applied computerized advanced processing techniques; identify a rule that corresponds to the determined characteristic associated with the first computerized advanced processing technique, the rule indicating execution of a second computerized advanced processing technique; and initiate application of the second computerized advanced processing technique to the image series. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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