Exemplary Data Guidance in a Multi-Modality Data Viewer

• US 20110145274A1
• Filed: 12/16/2009
• Published: 06/16/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Kumar, Arvind, Chandrashekarappa, Arun Kumar, Hd, Chetan, Shekhara, Raja, Avinash, Gopal
• Application Number:
  US12/639,648
• Publication Number:
  US 20110145274A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/769
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/40 for processing medical images, e.g. editing
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems

Abstract

Systems, methods and mediums with instructions for viewing medical data are provided. A system for viewing medical data can include a computer processor, a database and a user interface. The database can include numerous entries from numerous clinical modalities. Each entry can include image data and/or non-image data. Each entry can include annotated medical information from a previous study. The annotated medical information can include comments and markings. The database can be searchable to identify an entry based on input medical information relating to a current study. The user interface can be configured to simultaneously display annotated medical information from an identified entry and medical information from the current study. The system can further include a second user interface configured to display medical information, allow a user to annotate the medical information, and allow the user to save the annotated medical information as an entry in the database.

Claims

1. A system for viewing medical data comprising:

a computer processor operably connected to a database and a user interface,

the database including a plurality of entries from a plurality of clinical modalities, each entry including at least one of image data and a non-image data, each entry including annotated medical information from a previous study, the annotated medical information including at least one of comments and markings, the database searchable to identify an entry based on input medical information relating to a current study, and

the user interface configured to simultaneously display annotated medical information from an identified entry and medical information from the current study.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a second user interface operably connected to the processor and the database, the second user interface configured to display medical information from a study, allow a user to annotate the medical information, and allow the user to save the annotated medical information as an entry in the database.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the second user interface is configured to allow a user to classify the study with a category and a sub-category.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the second user interface is configured to allow a user to classify the study as normal or abnormal.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the input medical information is a category and a sub-category.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface is configured to display a plurality of thumbnails associated with other database entries that are also identified based on the input medical information.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the displayed annotated medical information includes a database entry classified as normal and a database entry classified as abnormal.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the displayed annotated medical information includes a database entry classified as a first clinical modality and a database entry classified as a second clinical modality, wherein both entries include both image data and non-image data.

9. A method for viewing medical data comprising:

inputting medical information relating to a current study;

using a computer processor to search a database including a plurality of entries from a plurality of clinical modalities to identify an entry based on the input medical information, each entry including at least one of image data and a non-image data, each entry including annotated medical information from a previous study, the annotated medical information including at least one of comments and markings; and

using a user interface to simultaneously display annotated medical information from an identified entry and medical information from the current study.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising using a second user interface operably connected to the processor and the database to display medical information from a study, allow annotation of the medical information, and allow the annotated medical information to be saved as an entry in the database.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the second user interface is configured to allow a user to classify the study with a category and a sub-category.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the second user interface is configured to allow a user to classify the study as normal or abnormal.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the input medical information is a category and a sub-category.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the user interface is configured to display a plurality of thumbnails associated with other database entries that are also identified based on the input medical information.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein the displayed annotated medical information includes a database entry classified as normal and a database entry classified as abnormal.

16. The method of claim 9, wherein the displayed annotated medical information includes a database entry classified as a first clinical modality and a database entry classified as a second clinical modality, wherein both entries include both image data and non-image data.

17. A computer-readable storage medium encoded with a set of instructions for execution on a processing device and associated processing logic, wherein the set of instructions includes:

a first routine configured to allow medical information relating to a current study to be input;

a second routine configured to allow a database including a plurality of entries from a plurality of clinical modalities to be searched to identify an entry based on the input medical information, each entry including image data and a non-image data, each entry including annotated medical information from a previous study, the annotated medical information including comments and markings; and

a third routine configured to provide for simultaneous display of annotated medical information from an identified entry and medical information from the current study.

18. The computer-readable storage medium encoded with a set of instructions of claim 17, further comprising:

a fourth routine configured to provide for display of medical information;

a fifth routine configured to allow annotation of the medical information; and

a sixth routine configured to allow the annotated medical information to be saved as an entry in the database.

19. The computer-readable storage medium encoded with a set of instructions of claim 17, further including a seventh routine configured to allow classification of the entry with a category and a sub-category.

20. The computer-readable storage medium encoded with a set of instructions of claim 18, further including an eighth routine configured to allow classification of the entry as normal or abnormal.

21. The computer-readable storage medium encoded with a set of instructions of claim 18, wherein the input medical information is a category and a sub-category.

22. The computer-readable storage medium encoded with a set of instructions of claim 17, wherein the third routine is configured to provide for display of a plurality of thumbnails associated with other database entries that are also identified based on the input medical information.

23. The computer-readable storage medium encoded with a set of instructions of claim 17, wherein the third routine is configured to provide for display of annotated information from a database entry classified as normal and annotated information from a database entry classified as abnormal.

24. The computer-readable storage medium encoded with a set of instructions of claim 17, wherein the third routine is configured to provide for display of annotated information from a database entry classified as a first clinical modality and a database entry classified as a second clinical modality, wherein both entries include both image data and non-image data.