Clinical Trial Data Processing and Monitoring System
First Claim
1. A patient image data processing system, comprising:
- a first validation processor for,parsing a message conveying patient medical image data from an image provider to identify image metadata indicating first characteristics of said image andperforming a first comparison by comparing said metadata with configuration data indicating predetermined characteristics of images required for a particular use and providing first acceptability data indicating said image is unacceptable for said use in response to an unsuccessful first comparison;
a second validation processor for,parsing imaging metadata representing said image to identify image metadata indicating second characteristics of said image and performing a second comparison by comparing header data with configuration data indicating predetermined characteristics of images required for a particular use and providing second acceptability data indicating said image is unacceptable for said use in response to an unsuccessful second comparison; and
a data processor for generating performance data using said first and second acceptability data indicating quality of images provided by said image provider.
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Abstract
A patient image data processing system comprises a first validation processor for parsing a message conveying patient medical image data from an image provider to identify image metadata indicating first characteristics of the image. The first validation processor performs a first comparison by comparing the metadata with configuration data indicating predetermined characteristics of images required for a particular use and provides first acceptability data indicating the image is unacceptable for the use in response to an unsuccessful first comparison. A second validation processor parses imaging metadata representing the image to identify image metadata indicating second characteristics of the image. The second validation processor performs a second comparison by comparing header data with configuration data indicating predetermined characteristics of images required for a particular use and provides second acceptability data indicating the image is unacceptable for the use in response to an unsuccessful second comparison. A data processor generates performance data using the first and second acceptability data indicating quality of images provided by the image provider.
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15 Claims
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1. A patient image data processing system, comprising:
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a first validation processor for, parsing a message conveying patient medical image data from an image provider to identify image metadata indicating first characteristics of said image and performing a first comparison by comparing said metadata with configuration data indicating predetermined characteristics of images required for a particular use and providing first acceptability data indicating said image is unacceptable for said use in response to an unsuccessful first comparison; a second validation processor for, parsing imaging metadata representing said image to identify image metadata indicating second characteristics of said image and performing a second comparison by comparing header data with configuration data indicating predetermined characteristics of images required for a particular use and providing second acceptability data indicating said image is unacceptable for said use in response to an unsuccessful second comparison; and a data processor for generating performance data using said first and second acceptability data indicating quality of images provided by said image provider. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A patient image data processing system, comprising:
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a first validation processor for automatically, parsing a message conveying patient medical image data to identify image metadata indicating first characteristics of said image and performing a first comparison by comparing said metadata with configuration data indicating predetermined characteristics of images required for a particular use and providing first acceptability data indicating said image is unacceptable for said use in response to an unsuccessful first comparison; an error processor for, in response to an unsuccessful first comparison, automatically initiating generation of an alert message to a user indicating said image is unacceptable and automatically routing image data to a storage location for further processing; and a data processor for generating performance data using said first acceptability data indicating quality of images provided by said image provider. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. A patient image data processing system, comprising:
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a first validation processor for automatically, parsing imaging metadata representing said image to identify image metadata indicating second characteristics of said image and performing a first comparison by comparing header data with configuration data indicating predetermined characteristics of images required for a particular use and providing first acceptability data indicating said image is unacceptable for said use in response to an unsuccessful first comparison; an error processor for, in response to an unsuccessful first comparison, automatically initiating generation of an alert message to a user indicating said image is unacceptable and automatically routing image data to a storage location for further processing; and a data processor for generating performance data using said first acceptability data indicating quality of images provided by said image provider. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. A patient image data processing system, comprising:
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a first validation processor for, parsing messages conveying patient medical image data from a plurality of different image providers to identify image metadata indicating first characteristics of images and performing a first comparison by comparing said metadata with configuration data indicating predetermined characteristics of images required for a particular use and providing first acceptability data indicating said images are unacceptable for said use in response to an unsuccessful first comparison; a second validation processor for, parsing imaging metadata representing said images to identify image metadata indicating second characteristics of said images and performing a second comparison by comparing header data with configuration data indicating predetermined characteristics of images required for a particular use and providing second acceptability data indicating said images are unacceptable for said use in response to an unsuccessful second comparison; and a data processor for generating performance data indicating relative performance of said plurality of different image providers using said first and second acceptability data indicating quality of images provided by said plurality of different image providers.
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