Computer aided diagnostic assistance for medical imaging
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Abstract
Various attributes for medical CAD analysis used alone or in combination are disclosed, including: (1) using medical sensor data and context information associated with the configuration of the medical system to provide recommendations for further acts to be performed for more accurate or different diagnosis, (2) recommending further acts to be performed and providing an indication of the importance of the further act for further diagnosis, (3) distributing the computer-assisted diagnosis software and/or database over multiple systems, and (4) transmitting patient data to a remote system for CAD diagnosis and using the results of the CAD diagnosis at the remote facility.
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51 Claims
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I. I (We) claim:
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1. A method for assisting a medical diagnosis of a patient with a computer assisted diagnosis system, the method comprising:
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(a) configuring a medical system for a particular examination;
(b) obtaining medical sensor data in response to the configuration of (a);
(c) obtaining context data based on the configuration;
(d) analyzing the medical sensor data and the context data with a processor;
(e) automatically recommending a further act for diagnosis based on the analysis. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for assisting a medical diagnosis of a patient with a computer assisted diagnosis system, the method comprising:
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(a) obtaining medical sensor data;
(b) analyzing the medical sensor data with the computer assisted diagnosis system;
(c) recommending a further act for a diagnosis based on the analysis; and
(d) indicating a sensitivity of the diagnosis for the further act of (c). - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 51)
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29. A method for assisting a medical diagnosis of a patient with a computer assisted diagnosis system, the method comprising:
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(a) obtaining medical sensor data with a medical system;
(b) analyzing the medical sensor data with the computer assisted diagnosis system;
(c) identifying a further act to assist diagnosis based on the analysis;
(d) automatically performing the further act with the medical system; and
(e) outputting a diagnosis based on the further act and the medical sensor data. - View Dependent Claims (30)
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31. A system for computer assisted diagnosis in medical diagnostic ultrasound, the system comprising:
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a medical diagnostic ultrasound imaging system having a first memory operable to store a first portion of a computer assisted diagnosis system; and
a processor associated with a second memory remote from the medical diagnostic ultrasound imaging system, the second memory operable to store a second portion of the computer assisted diagnosis system;
wherein the second portion is operable on data from the first portion. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A method for computer assisted diagnosis in medical diagnostic ultrasound, the method comprising:
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(a) obtaining ultrasound data with a portable ultrasound system;
(b) transmitting the ultrasound data to a computer assisted diagnosis system at a facility remote from the portable ultrasound system;
(c) analyzing the ultrasound data with the computer assisted diagnosis system; and
(d) outputting results of the analysis of (c) for use at the facility. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A method for computer assisted diagnosis in medical diagnostic ultrasound, the method comprising:
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(a) obtaining ultrasound data with a portable ultrasound system;
(b) obtaining anatomical position information;
(c) transmitting the ultrasound data and anatomical position information to a computer assisted diagnosis system at a facility remote from the portable ultrasound system;
(c) analyzing the ultrasound data and anatomical position information with the computer assisted diagnosis system; and
(d) outputting to a user of the portable ultrasound system a scan position reconuiendation based, at least in part, on the analysis of (c). - View Dependent Claims (47)
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48. A method for computer assisted diagnosis in medical diagnostic ultrasound, the method comprising:
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(a) obtaining ultrasound data with a portable ultrasound system;
(b) determining a transmission bandwidth between the portable ultrasound system and a facility remote from the portable ultrasound system;
(c) altering a data bandwidth of the ultrasound data as a function of the transmission bandwidth; and
(d) transmitting the ultrasound data at the data bandwidth to the facility remote from the portable ultrasound system. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50)
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