Method, system and computer program for producing a medical report

• US 20020190980A1
• Filed: 05/10/2002
• Published: 12/19/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Gerritsen, Frans Andreas, Truyen, Roel, Serlie, Iwo Willem Oscar
• Granted Patent: US 6,947,039 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/419
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/00 Manipulating 3D models or images for computer graphics
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2210/41 Medical
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/40 for processing medical images, e.g. editing

Abstract

The invention refers to a method of producing a medical report comprising a dynamic image information based on a volumetric scan of one or more internal organs of a subject. According to the method two-dimensional images for simulating a three-dimensional view of the one or more internal organs based on the volumetric scan are calculated using a workstation. The resulting two-dimensional images are next projected on a surface of a geometrical object, which is then unfolded to a two-dimensional flat plane (U,L,F,R,B,D), and stored in a generated textual medical report for further analysis on a lowOend computer. Advantageously the stored two-dimensional images are displayed dynamically within the medical report, either as a sequence of images or as a part of a virtual environment.

Claims

1. A method of producing a medical report based on a volumetric scan of one or more internal organs of a subject, said method comprising the steps of:

a) Calculating two-dimensional images for simulating a three-dimensional view of the one or more internal organs based on the volumetric scan;

b) Storing one or more of the two-dimensional images; and

c) Incorporating the stored two-dimensional images in the medical report;

Characterized in that the method further comprises the steps of;

d) Providing a dynamical display of the stored two-dimensional images for simulating at least part of the three-dimensional view; and

e) Incorporating the dynamical display of the two-dimensional images in the medical report.

2. Method according to claim 1, wherein step d) further comprises the step of:

Displaying the stored two-dimensional images in a sequence.

3. Method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein step d) further comprises the steps of:

I. Forming a virtual environment based on the stored two-dimensional images at one or more viewpoints in the three-dimensional view; and

II. Allowing interactive inspection of the virtual environment.

4. Method according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein step b) for one or more viewpoints further comprises the steps of:

I. Projecting a number of two-dimensional images visible in different directions from a view point of the three-dimensional view onto the corresponding sides of an object;

II. unfolding the object in two dimensions; and

III. storing the two-dimensional unfolded object image.

5. Method according to claim 4, wherein the object is a cube.

6. Method according to claim 3, 4 or 5, wherein the method further comprises the step of folding up the object image, thus forming the virtual environment.

7. Method according to claim 4, 5 or 6, wherein slips with additional image information are added to the borders of a number of the sides of the object.

8. Method according to claim 7, wherein the slips comprise duplicate image information.

9. Method according to one or more of the preceding claims, further comprising the step of:

f) editing and/or analyzing a number of the images; and

g) adding the edited images and/or the analysis to the medical report.

10. System to carry out the method according to one or more of the preceding claims, comprising a data acquisition device comprising means for recording the volumetric scan, which data acquisition system is connected to at least one high-end computer, which high-end computer comprises means for producing the medical report and is connected to at least one low-end computer, which low-end computer comprises means for displaying the medical report.

11. Computer program to carry out the method according one or more of the preceding claims.