Image reporting method and system
First Claim
1. A computer implemented method for analysis of an image comprising:
- presenting an image of at least a selected portion of anatomy to a user for review;
associating a position descriptor with a selected feature of the anatomy, the position descriptor representing image coordinates;
presenting to the user a list of user-selectable items related to the image type;
selecting at least one item from the list, the item describing a characteristic of the feature; and
creating an image finding of the feature comprising the position descriptor and the at least one selected item.
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Abstract
A method and system are provided to report the findings of an expert'"'"'s analysis of image data. The method and system are based on a reporting system that forms the basis of an image management system that can efficiently and systematically generate image reports, facilitate data entry into searchable databases for data mining, and expedite billing and collections for the expert'"'"'s services. The expert identifies a significant finding on an image and attaches a location:description code to the location of that finding in order to create a significant finding and an entry into a database. Further descriptions of that finding, such as dimensional measurements, audio descriptions, 3D rendered snapshots, etc., may be automatically appended to the finding as secondary attributes of the finding within the database. At the end of the expert'"'"'s evaluation of the image(s), the system sorts the findings in the database and presents the findings by prioritized categories. The expert edits and approves a multimedia report, which may be delivered to an Internet server for immediate access, archived in the database, sent by automated voice, fax or e-mail to an end-user, or any combination thereof.
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128 Claims
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1. A computer implemented method for analysis of an image comprising:
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presenting an image of at least a selected portion of anatomy to a user for review;
associating a position descriptor with a selected feature of the anatomy, the position descriptor representing image coordinates;
presenting to the user a list of user-selectable items related to the image type;
selecting at least one item from the list, the item describing a characteristic of the feature; and
creating an image finding of the feature comprising the position descriptor and the at least one selected item. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A computer implemented method for analysis of an image comprising:
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presenting an image of at least a selected portion of anatomy in an image viewer to a user for review;
associating a position descriptor with the location of a selected feature of the anatomy, the position descriptor comprising image coordinates of the selected feature;
associating a status of the viewer with the feature, the status comprising viewer information regarding how the image is displayed;
associating a location-code with the feature, the location-code selected from a list presented to the user and describing the location of the feature relative to structure depicted in the image;
associating a description-code with the feature to describe a characteristic of the feature, the description-code selected from a list presented to the user; and
creating an image finding of the feature comprising the position descriptor, the location-code, the viewer status, and the description-code. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68)
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69. A system for analyzing an image of at least a selected portion of anatomy, comprising:
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a position annotator for associating image coordinates with a selected feature of the image;
a list compiler for compiling a list of user-selectable items related to image content information describing the image type and for presenting the list to the user; and
an image finding generator for creating an image finding of the feature comprising the image coordinates of the image feature and at least one item selected by the user from the list. - View Dependent Claims (70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100)
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101. A system for analyzing an image, comprising:
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a viewer for displaying of at least a selected portion of anatomy to a user for review;
a viewer status recorder for associating a status of the viewer with the feature, the status comprising viewer information regarding how the image is displayed;
a location-code list compiler for compiling a list of user-selectable location-codes describing the location of the feature relative to the object;
a description-code list compiler for compiling a list of user-selectable description-codes describing a characteristic of the feature; and
an image finding generator for creating an image finding of the feature comprising the image coordinates of the image feature, the viewer status, at least one location-code selected by the user from the location-code list, and at least one description-code selected by the user from the description-code list. - View Dependent Claims (102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128)
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