System and method for creating and rendering DICOM structured clinical reporting via the internet
First Claim
1. A method for implementing a structured clinical reporting system over the Internet, the structured clinical report having a DICOM Structured Reporting format, and the Internet adapted to work in conjunction with hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) for connecting a server and multiple workstations via the Internet, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing communication between a workstation and the server via the Internet;
(b) providing a reporting engine in operative communication with the workstation, an image viewer-editor, and the server;
(c) using the workstation to create the structured clinical report, sign the structured clinical report, render the structured clinical report, transmit the structured clinical report to and from the server, or combinations thereof;
(d) using a conversion engine to perform data recognition on input files to produce the structured clinical report, wherein performing the data recognition comprises;
identifying files which contain measurement data, report pages, images, or combinations thereof;
extracting portions of preselected images from the input files which contain information to be extracted and converted;
performing value object extraction on the portions to form value objects; and
converting the value objects to a standard DICOM Structured Report format;
(e) providing a picture archiving and communications system (PACS) server, in communication with a database server, a viewer, and the workstation and transmitting the value objects to the PACS server;
(f) providing communication between the PACS server and an imaging modality using a DICOM interface, such that the PACS server is in operative communication with imaging modalities via a DICOM protocol and is in operative communication with the database, whereby the workstation and the conversion engine are in operative communication with the PACS server via the Internet using the HTTP protocol.
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Abstract
Methods for implementing a structured clinical reporting system employing a DICOM Structured Reporting (SR) software database engine that maps clinical report data into a clinical structured reporting data format are disclosed. A workstation is used to create, sign, render, or transmit a structured clinical report. A conversion engine performs image recognition on the structured clinical report, which includes identifying data therein, segmenting the report, using a library to perform value object extraction on the segments, and converting the value objects to a DICOM format. A PACS server is usable to communicate with the conversion engine, workstation, and database. Various software plug-ins are usable, such that different methods of acquiring user input may be implemented.
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15 Claims
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1. A method for implementing a structured clinical reporting system over the Internet, the structured clinical report having a DICOM Structured Reporting format, and the Internet adapted to work in conjunction with hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) for connecting a server and multiple workstations via the Internet, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing communication between a workstation and the server via the Internet; (b) providing a reporting engine in operative communication with the workstation, an image viewer-editor, and the server; (c) using the workstation to create the structured clinical report, sign the structured clinical report, render the structured clinical report, transmit the structured clinical report to and from the server, or combinations thereof; (d) using a conversion engine to perform data recognition on input files to produce the structured clinical report, wherein performing the data recognition comprises; identifying files which contain measurement data, report pages, images, or combinations thereof; extracting portions of preselected images from the input files which contain information to be extracted and converted; performing value object extraction on the portions to form value objects; and converting the value objects to a standard DICOM Structured Report format; (e) providing a picture archiving and communications system (PACS) server, in communication with a database server, a viewer, and the workstation and transmitting the value objects to the PACS server; (f) providing communication between the PACS server and an imaging modality using a DICOM interface, such that the PACS server is in operative communication with imaging modalities via a DICOM protocol and is in operative communication with the database, whereby the workstation and the conversion engine are in operative communication with the PACS server via the Internet using the HTTP protocol. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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