Method for processing medically relevant data
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1. A method for processing medically relevant information for examining a patient, comprising the steps of:
- (a) storing a program, including a data bank containing stored data selected from the group consisting of symptom-based data and diagnosis-based data, in a data processor;
(b) entering patient-specific information, selected from the group consisting of symptom-specific information and diagnosis-specific information, into said data processor;
(c) executing said program in said data processor to select at least one examination modality for examining said patient dependent on said stored data and said patient-specific information; and
(d) making output information relating to the selected modality available from said data processor.
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Abstract
In a method and system for processing medically relevant data in the framework of an examination of a patient that is to be implemented, a program is installed in a data processing device that selects one or more examination modalities to be implemented for the examination of the patient on the basis of symptom-specific and/or diagnosis-specific information that have been entered and using symptom-based and/or diagnosis-based data bank. The examination modalities are available as an output at a playback device.
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1. A method for processing medically relevant information for examining a patient, comprising the steps of:
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(a) storing a program, including a data bank containing stored data selected from the group consisting of symptom-based data and diagnosis-based data, in a data processor;
(b) entering patient-specific information, selected from the group consisting of symptom-specific information and diagnosis-specific information, into said data processor;
(c) executing said program in said data processor to select at least one examination modality for examining said patient dependent on said stored data and said patient-specific information; and
(d) making output information relating to the selected modality available from said data processor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for processing medically relevant information for examining a patient, comprising:
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a data processor in which storing a program, including a data bank containing stored data selected from the group consisting of symptom-based data and diagnosis-based data, is stored;
said data processor allowing entry therein of patient-specific information, selected from the group consisting of symptom-specific information and diagnosis-specific information;
said data processor executing said program to select at least one examination modality for examining said patient dependent on said stored data and said patient-specific information; and
an output unit in communication with said data processor making output information relating to the selected modality available from said data processor. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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