Customizable lung report generator
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1. A method for diagnosing a patient'"'"'s lung information, the method comprising:
- providing a database having population lung information;
accessing the database to compare the patient'"'"'s lung information with the population information stored in the database; and
creating a report based at least on part of a comparison of the patient'"'"'s lung information with the population information stored in the database.
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Abstract
The present invention provides methods, databases, and software code for generating a customizable body report. The software allows an operator to customize a report layout and to customize a decision tree or logic steps that allow the operator to specify what fixed information and patient information can be incorporated into the body report. Exemplary methods are for customizing a lung report.
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1. A method for diagnosing a patient'"'"'s lung information, the method comprising:
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providing a database having population lung information;
accessing the database to compare the patient'"'"'s lung information with the population information stored in the database; and
creating a report based at least on part of a comparison of the patient'"'"'s lung information with the population information stored in the database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a data structure comprising:
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a first field containing data representing at least one characteristic of the patient; and
a second field containing data representing at least one characteristic of the lung nodule of the patient. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A method of creating a customized lung report, the method comprising:
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accessing a lung nodule database;
running a patient'"'"'s lung nodule information through a decision tree that compares information from the lung nodule database with the corresponding patient'"'"'s lung nodule information; and
using the decision tree to produce a customized lung report. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A method of creating a customizable body report, the method comprising:
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providing a database having population information;
accessing the database to compare a specific patient'"'"'s information with the population information stored in the database; and
creating a report based at least on part of a comparison of the patient'"'"'s information with the population information stored in the database. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32)
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