Method and system of tracking medical films and associated digital images for computer-aided and diagnostic analysis
First Claim
1. A system for tracking medical images and associated digital images for diagnostic evaluation, the system comprising:
- a scanner for digitizing one or more medical images defining a case to thereby produce one or more digitized medical images and for reading a machine-readable tracking identifier attached to each medical image of the case;
a server for associating the tracking identifier with one or more digitized medical images and one or more computer-aided diagnostic (CAD) images, wherein the one or more CAD images correspond to the one or more digitized medical images that are processed using a CAD algorithm; and
a storage device for storing the associated tracking identifier, the one or more digitized medical images, and the one or more CAD images, wherein the server receives and processes a medical image request including the tracking identifier to retrieve at least one of the one or more digitized medical images or the one or more CAD images from the storage device using the tracking identifier.
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Abstract
A method and system for tracking medical images and associated digital images for diagnostic evaluation. The system includes a scanner for digitizing one or more medical images defining a case to thereby produce one or more digitized medical images and for reading a machine-readable tracking identifier attached to each medical image of the case. A server associates the tracking identifier with one or more digitized medical images and one or more computer-aided diagnostic (CAD) images, wherein the one or more CAD images correspond to the one or more digitized medical images that are processed using a CAD algorithm. The system stores the associated tracking identifier, the one or more digitized medical images, and the one or more CAD images in a storage device. The server receives and processes a medical image request including the tracking identifier to retrieve at least one of the one or more digitized medical images or the one or more CAD images from the storage device using the tracking identifier.
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29 Claims
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1. A system for tracking medical images and associated digital images for diagnostic evaluation, the system comprising:
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a scanner for digitizing one or more medical images defining a case to thereby produce one or more digitized medical images and for reading a machine-readable tracking identifier attached to each medical image of the case;
a server for associating the tracking identifier with one or more digitized medical images and one or more computer-aided diagnostic (CAD) images, wherein the one or more CAD images correspond to the one or more digitized medical images that are processed using a CAD algorithm; and
a storage device for storing the associated tracking identifier, the one or more digitized medical images, and the one or more CAD images, wherein the server receives and processes a medical image request including the tracking identifier to retrieve at least one of the one or more digitized medical images or the one or more CAD images from the storage device using the tracking identifier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for scanning and tracking medical images using a scanning system, the system comprising:
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receiving one or more medical images, wherein each medical image has a machine-readable label containing at least one tracking identifier;
scanning the one or more medical images and the at least one tracking identifier, whereby said medical image is digitized and the at least one tracking identifier on said machine-readable label is read;
associating the at least one tracking identifier with the digitized medical image; and
storing the at least one tracking identifier and the digitized medical image in at least one storage device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A system for tracking medical images and associated digital images for diagnostic evaluation, the system comprising:
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a means for digitizing one or more medical images defining a case to thereby produce one or more digitized medical images and for reading a machine-readable tracking identifier attached to each medical image of the case;
a means for associating the tracking identifier with one or more digitized medical images and one or more computer-aided diagnostic (CAD) images, wherein the one or more CAD images correspond to the one or more digitized medical images that are processed using a CAD algorithm; and
a means for storing the associated tracking identifier, the one or more digitized medical images, and the one or more CAD images, wherein the means for storing receives and processes a medical image request including the tracking identifier to retrieve at least one of the one or more digitized medical images or the one or more CAD images using the tracking identifier. - View Dependent Claims (29)
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