COMPUTERIZED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSOCIATING A PORTION OF A DIAGNOSTIC IMAGE WITH AN ELECTRONIC RECORD

• US 20090110251A1
• Filed: 01/08/2009
• Published: 04/30/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/22/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: DUELLO, DAVID M., HUMPHREY, LOUIS M., HOFFMAN, MARK A.
• Granted Patent: US 7,885,445 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/129
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: G16B 20/00 ICT specially adapted for functional genomics or proteomics, e.g. genotype-phenotype associations
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems

Abstract

A computerized method for associating one or more portions of a diagnostic image with one or more electronic records is provided. The method includes receiving a diagnostic image having data particular to at least two persons and associating a first portion of the diagnostic image with an electronic record. The method may further include storing the first portion of the diagnostic image with the electronic record and/or associating and storing a common portion of the diagnostic image with the electronic record, the common portion consisting of data common to each person whose data is shown on the image. In one embodiment, the method may further include modifying the received diagnostic image and associating and storing the modified image with an electronic record. A computer system for associating at least a portion of a diagnostic image with an electronic record is also provided.

Claims

1. A method in a computing environment for associating at least two portions of a diagnostic gel image with at least two electronic records, the method comprising:

receiving the diagnostic gel image, the diagnostic gel image including data particular to at least two persons;

associating a first portion of the diagnostic gel image with a first electronic record, the first electronic record being correlated with a first person; and

associating a second portion of the diagnostic gel image with a second electronic record, the second electronic record being correlated with a second person.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing the first portion of the diagnostic gel image with the first electronic record; and

storing the second portion of the diagnostic gel image with the second electronic record.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising associating a common portion of the diagnostic gel image with each of the first and second electronic records, the common portion of the diagnostic gel image consisting of data common to each of the first and second persons.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising storing the common portion of the diagnostic gel image with each of the first and second electronic records.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

modifying the diagnostic gel image to create a modified image; and

storing the modified image with each of the first and second electronic records.