METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTEXT-SENSITIVE TELEMEDICINE
First Claim
1. A method for processing context-sensitive patient data, the method comprising:
- obtaining patient presentation data;
mapping the patient presentation data to biological system data, wherein the biological system data are obtained by a population-based comparison; and
generating a relevance-driven summary.
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Abstract
A system for context-sensitive medical communication is described. Patient presentation data is obtained, the patient presentation data is mapped to biological system data, wherein the biological system data are obtained by a population-based comparison, and a relevance-driven summary is generated. Following the primary read, the study can be compressed and transmitted remotely, such as in teleconsultation described below. The imaging study can be provided by patient presentation mapping to medical nomenclature, and mapping the patient study to an appropriate normalized atlas which has been created by averaging and morphing as well as quantification and providing labels which have come from data mining of reports.
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24 Claims
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1. A method for processing context-sensitive patient data, the method comprising:
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obtaining patient presentation data; mapping the patient presentation data to biological system data, wherein the biological system data are obtained by a population-based comparison; and generating a relevance-driven summary. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A method in a data processing system for context-sensitive medical communication, the method comprising:
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obtaining a patient presentation; mapping the patient presentation to a standard nomenclature; generating a list of relevant anatomical structures based on the patient presentation; delineating known biological system anatomical structures; generating a relevance-driven summary by combining relevant structures and delineated contours; and transmitting the summary to a remote location via a network.
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4. A computer-readable medium having a program that performs a method for context-sensitive medical communication, the method comprising:
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obtaining a patient presentation; mapping the patient presentation to a standard nomenclature; generating a list of relevant anatomical structures based on the patient presentation; delineating known anatomical structures; generating a relevance-driven summary by combining relevant structures and delineated contours; and transmitting the summary to a remote location via a network.
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5. A data processing system comprising:
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a memory having a program that obtains a patient presentation, maps the patient presentation to a standard nomenclature, generates a list of relevant anatomical structures based on the patient presentation, delineates known anatomical structures, generates a relevance-driven summary by combining relevant structures and delineated contours, and transmits the summary to a remote location via a network; and a processing unit that runs the program.
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6. A method for producing a normalized anatomical atlas, the method comprising:
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comparing and summarizing image data of multiple normal subjects; and labeling the summarized image data with labels derived from data mining of imaging reports using natural language processing.
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7. An apparatus for context-sensitive patient data, the method comprising:
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an imaging apparatus configured to obtain one or more images of a patient; one or more first computers configured to map patient presentation data and said one or more images to biological system data obtained by a population-based comparison and generating a relevance-driven summary; and at least one display system configured to display said relevance-driven summary for diagnostic use by a physician. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. An apparatus for context-sensitive medical communication, comprising:
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a first computer configured to obtain patient images; one or more second computers configured to map patient presentation data to a standard nomenclature, generate a list of relevant anatomical structures based on the patient presentation, delineate one or more biological system anatomical structures in at least one of said patient images, and generating a relevance-driven summary by combining relevant structures and delineated contours; and a display computer configured to receive said relevance-driven summary via a network and display at least a portion of said relevance-driven summary.
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10. A method, comprising:
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inputting patient presentation data into a computer; using a natural language processing module to map said patient presentation data to a standard nomenclature; generating a list of relevant anatomical structures based, at least in part, on data from said natural language processor; delineating one or more of said relevant anatomical structures from one or more medical images; delineating contours of at least one of said relevant anatomical structures; generating a relevance-driven summary using, at least in part, said contours; and transmitting said relevance-driven summary to a computer via a computer network. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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