BIOPSY MAPPING TOOLS

• US 20150324522A1
• Filed: 05/08/2015
• Published: 11/12/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Acupath Laboratories, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Acupath Laboratories, Inc.
• Inventors: Chan, Kee, Xie, Minning, Winter, Barbara, Fox, Larry
• Granted Patent: US 10,340,041 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24575 using context
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24578 using ranking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/50 of still image data
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/20 for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS
• 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

Apparatus for plotting pathological diagnoses on anatomical diagrams is provided. The apparatus may include a mapping tool. The mapping tool may identify a plurality of biopsy marker records including a received criterion. The mapping tool may identify a body part image associated with a body part image ID. The mapping tool may section the body part image into a first quadrant and a second quadrant. The mapping tool may loop through the plurality of biopsy marker records to identify an X,Y coordinate associated with each of the plurality of biopsy marker records. For each X,Y coordinate identifying a location within the first quadrant, the mapping tool may iteratively tally a first count for the first quadrant. For each X,Y coordinate identifying a location within the second quadrant, the mapping tool may iteratively tally a second count for the second quadrant.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for anatomically plotting pathological diagnoses on a body part image, comprising executing on a processor the steps of:

receiving an electronic communication containing an accession number;

in response to receiving the electronic communication, running a first query to retrieve, from a database, a plurality of biopsy marker records that include the accession number;

in response to receiving the plurality of biopsy marker records, running a second query to return a body part image ID included in the plurality of biopsy marker records;

retrieving a body part image associated with the body part image ID;

iterating through each of the plurality of biopsy marker records to identify an overlapping X,Y coordinate;

identifying a subset of biopsy marker records, each of the biopsy marker records included in the subset being associated with the overlapping X,Y coordinate;

iterating through the subset to identify a pathological diagnosis associated with each of the biopsy marker records included in the subset;

in response to identifying the diagnosis associated with the subset of biopsy marker records, querying an electronic record including a hierarchy of pathological diagnoses;

based on the hierarchy, identifying an optimized pathological diagnosis associated with each of the biopsy marker records included in the subset; and

generating a display on a graphical user interface, the display including at least a first symbol and a second symbol overlaid on the body part image, wherein;

the first symbol is associated with a first pathological diagnosis, the first pathological diagnosis being included in a biopsy marker record that is not part of the subset; and

the second symbol is associated with the optimized pathological diagnosis and is representative of the at least two biopsy marker records included in the subset.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein:

the hierarchy includes a plurality of ranked pathological diagnoses, the ranking being based on a seriousness of a diagnosis; and

the optimized pathological diagnosis is assigned, in the hierarchy, a ranking identifying the optimized pathological diagnosis as the most serious diagnosis included in the subset.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising filtering the plurality of biopsy marker records by a laboratory identifier.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein each of the plurality of biopsy marker records includes one or more attributes selected from a group consisting of a depth of a lesion, a biopsy method, a diagnostic testing, a biopsy diagnoses, a tumor aggressiveness, a recurrence rate, a cure rate, a treatment modality, a second opinion analyses, a quality assurance analyses, an insurance payment and a healthcare-related cost analyses, wherein:

each of the one or more attributes are considered when identifying the optimized pathological diagnosis.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising querying a symbol record to identify the first symbol associated with the first pathological diagnosis and to identify the second symbol associated with the optimized pathological diagnosis.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5 further comprising:

querying a color record to identify a color associated with the first symbol and a color associated with the second symbol; and

displaying, on the body part image included on the graphical user interface, the first symbol in the first color and the second symbol in the second color.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising displaying, on the body part image, an arrow pointing to the second symbol.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising displaying, on the body part image and proximal to the second symbol, a numerical value equal to the number of biopsy marker records included in the subset.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving data identifying a cursor hovering over the second symbol; and

in response to the received data, displaying a plurality of symbols associated with each of the pathological diseases associated with each member of the subset of biopsy marker records.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving data identifying a selection of the second symbol; and

in response to identifying the selection of the second symbol, displaying on the graphical user interface data associated with each of the biopsy marker records included in the subset.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 10 wherein the displaying on the graphical user interface, in response to identifying the selection of the second symbol, includes displaying a pathological diagnosis, a symbol associated with the pathological diagnoses and a calendar date associated with each biopsy marker records included in the subset.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the iterating through the plurality of biopsy marker records to identify the overlapping X,Y coordinate further comprises:

identifying an anatomical position included in one of the plurality of biopsy marker records, the anatomical position being described in words; and

translating the words into an X,Y coordinate on the body part image.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the display is a first display, the method further comprising:

receiving a user selection of the body part image; and

in response to the user selection, displaying a second display of the body part image, the second display including a pathological diagnosis overlaid on the body part image that is not visible in the first display.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the iterating through the plurality of biopsy marker records to identify the overlapping X,Y coordinate associated two or more of the plurality of biopsy marker record further includes:

identifying a first X,Y coordinate associated with a first biopsy marker record;

identifying a second X,Y coordinate associated with a second biopsy marker record, the second X,Y coordinate identifying a location within a predetermined distance from the first X,Y coordinate.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 14 further comprising:

visually identifying a two-dimensional area susceptible to recurrence of a pathological disease, the two-dimensional area including the first X,Y coordinate and the second X,Y coordinate; and

overlaying the two-dimensional area on the body part image.

16. A visual mapping tool for plotting pathological diagnoses, the tool comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium, comprising instructions stored thereon, the instructions when executed on a processor, perform the steps of:

receiving a criterion associated with a plurality of pathological diagnoses;

identifying a plurality of biopsy marker records that include the criterion;

identifying a body part image ID associated with each of the plurality of biopsy marker records;

retrieving a body part image associated with the body part image ID;

sectioning the body part image into at least a first quadrant and a second quadrant;

iterating through the plurality of biopsy marker records to identify an X,Y coordinate associated with each of the plurality of biopsy marker records;

for each X,Y coordinate identifying a location within the first quadrant, iteratively tallying a first count for the first quadrant;

for each X,Y coordinate identifying a location within the second quadrant, iteratively tallying a second count for the second quadrant;

for each X,Y coordinate identifying a location at a boundary between the first quadrant and the second quadrant, iteratively tallying a count for either the first quadrant or the second quadrant, where the first quadrant and the second quadrant are alternatively selected; and

generating a display on a graphical user interface, the display including the body part image sectioned into at least the first quadrant and the second quadrant;

shading the first and second quadrants of the body part image based on a distribution of the X,Y coordinates across the first and second quadrants;

wherein;

the first quadrant is shaded in either a first color, if the first count is less than or equal to a predetermined value, or a second color, if the first count is greater than the predetermined value; and

the second quadrant is shaded in either the first color, if the second count is less than or equal to the predetermined value, or the second color, if the second count is greater than the predetermined value.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 wherein the criterion is selected from a group comprising a population identifier, a pathological diagnosis identifier, an age group, a county and a treatment.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 wherein the sectioning of the body part image into the first quadrant and the second quadrant is based on ICD-9 body part coding.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18 wherein the pathological diagnosis identifier is selected from a group consisting of melanoma, basal cell carcinoma, and squamous cell carcinoma.

20. A computer-implemented method for extracting biopsy data from a photograph, comprising executing on a processor the steps of:

receiving a photograph and a patient identifier associated with the photograph;

correlating the photograph with a body part image;

retrieving the body part image and match points associated with the body part image;

identifying the match points on the photograph;

positioning the body part image over the photograph using the match points;

identifying a marking on the photograph;

recording a location on the body part image under which the marking is located;

storing the location and a body part ID associated with the body part image in a biopsy marker record, the biopsy marker record being associated with the patient identifier; and

using the biopsy marker record to generate, on a graphical user interface, a visual display of;

the body part image;

a first symbol identifying the marking, the first symbol being overlaid on the body part image at the location; and

a second symbol, the second symbol being overlaid on the body part image and identifying a biopsy stored in the biopsy marker record.