Systems, methods and apparatus for image quality analysis
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1. A system to support image quality consultation, the system comprising:
- an imaging device operable to generate an electronic image of a subject;
a first image-review system operable to receive the electronic image from the imaging device;
an anonymizer of the electronic image, operable to receive the electronic image from the first image-review system, and operable to provide access to the anonymized electronic image; and
a second image-review system operable to receive the anonymized electronic image from the imaging device and present the anonymized electronic image.
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Abstract
Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which in some embodiments an image acquisition station transmits images that have been identified as having inadequate diagnostic quality to a computer system of an image quality consultant. The image quality consultant may develop recommendations on how to improve the quality, and the recommendations are communicated to appropriate personnel.
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1. A system to support image quality consultation, the system comprising:
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an imaging device operable to generate an electronic image of a subject;
a first image-review system operable to receive the electronic image from the imaging device;
an anonymizer of the electronic image, operable to receive the electronic image from the first image-review system, and operable to provide access to the anonymized electronic image; and
a second image-review system operable to receive the anonymized electronic image from the imaging device and present the anonymized electronic image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system to support image quality consultation, the system comprising:
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an X-ray imaging device operable to generate an electronic image of a subject; and
a first image-review system comprising;
a processor operable to receive the electronic image from the X-ray imaging device, operable to anonymize the electronic image, operable to transmit to the anonymized electronic image and operable to receive a recommendation on how to improve the quality of the electronic image. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. An image acquisition workstation comprising:
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a receiver of a plurality of electronic images from an imaging device;
an identifier of an electronic image of the plurality of electronic images;
an anonymizer of the electronic image, operable to remove confidential subject information from the identified electronic image; and
a transmitter of the anonymized electronic image. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. An image acquisition workstation comprising:
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a receiver of an a electronic image from an imaging device;
a storage device to store the electronic image;
a processor coupled to the storage device, comprising;
an identifier of the electronic image, operable to identify the electronic image for image quality consultation;
an anonymizer of the identified electronic image, operable to remove confidential subject information from the identified electronic image; and
a transmitter of the anonymized electronic image. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. An online customer support system comprising:
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a receiver of an anonymized electronic image; and
a transmitter of at least one recommendation on how to improve the quality of the anonymized electronic image. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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22. An online customer support system comprising:
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a receiver of an anonymized electronic image;
a storage device to store the anonymized electronic image; and
a processor coupled to the storage device, comprising;
a transmitter of at least one recommendation on how to improve the quality of the anonymized electronic image. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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26. A computer-accessible medium having executable instructions to support image quality consultation, the executable instructions capable of directing a processor to perform:
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receiving an identification of at least one image to be accessed by an engineering image quality expert;
anonymizing the at least one identified image; and
providing access to the at least one anonymized image. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A computer-accessible medium having executable instructions to support medical image quality consultation by a manufacturer of a medical electronic imaging device, the executable instructions capable of directing a processor to perform:
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receiving an identification of an electronic image of a patient generated by the medical electronic imaging device to be accessed by an engineering medical image quality expert, the image further comprising confidential patient information;
anonymizing the confidential patient information in the electronic image;
transmitting the anonymized image to the manufacturer of the imaging device that generated the at least one image; and
receiving recommendations of an image quality consultation in reference to the anonymized image. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34)
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35. A method to support image quality consultation, the method comprising:
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receiving an identification of an X-ray image to be transmitted to an online customer support system of a manufacturer associated with an engineering image quality expert;
anonymizing the identified X-ray image; and
transmitting the anonymized image to the online customer support system. - View Dependent Claims (36)
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37. A computer-accessible medium having executable instructions to support image quality consultation, the executable instructions capable of directing a processor to perform:
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receiving access to at least one anonymized image;
wherein the at least one anonymized image does not have the following patient information;
name, birthdate, social security number, and patient number.receiving recommendations of image quality consultation of the anonymized image; and
transmitting the recommendations. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39)
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40. A method performed by a human comprising:
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selecting an image from a graphical user interface of an image acquisition station, the image having been determined the a human as having non-diagnostic image quality; and
selecting a graphical user interface control indicating an instruction to transmit the image to an image quality consultant. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42)
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43. A method of image quality consultation performed by a human image quality comprising:
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receiving notice of receipt by a image-review system of an anonymized electronic image for image quality consultation;
analyzing the anonymized image for recommendations on how to improve the quality of the anonymized electronic image; and
communicating the recommendations to an image technician, the image technican being associated with a facility that generated the anonymized electronic image. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46)
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47. A graphical user interface comprising:
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a first graphical region operable to indicate at least one selected image; and
a second graphical region operable to indicate an affirmation of transmission of the at least one selected image to an image quality consultant. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51)
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