PROTOCOL ADJUSTMENT FOR MEDICAL IMAGING

• US 20160140293A1
• Filed: 11/10/2015
• Published: 05/19/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GMBH (Siemens AG)
• Original Assignee: Bjorn Heismann, David Grodzki
• Inventors: Grodzki, David, Heismann, Bjrn
• Granted Patent: US 9,934,357 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/20 for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS

Abstract

A method and a device for protocol adjustment for medical imaging, and a medical imaging device and a computer program product for carrying out the method, wherein the method includes providing a location-specific feature of an imaging device, ascertaining at least one location-dependent protocol boundary condition from a comparison with at least one database, and creating at least one protocol adjusted to the at least one location-dependent protocol boundary condition. At least one of the providing, ascertaining, or creating occurs automatically.

Claims

1. A method for adjusting at least one protocol for medical imaging, the method comprising:

providing a location-specific feature of an imaging device;

ascertaining at least one location-dependent protocol boundary condition from a comparison with at least one database; and

creating at least one protocol adjusted to the at least one location-dependent protocol boundary condition,

wherein at least one of the providing, the ascertaining, or the creating occurs automatically.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein in the providing the location of the imaging device is ascertained as the location-specific feature by a location-determining unit.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the location is ascertained from a stored address.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one location-dependent protocol boundary condition is stored in the at least one database.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein stored in the at least one database is the at least one location-dependent protocol boundary condition, which results at least partially from specifications of at least one authority.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one database is (1) stored at least partially locally at the location of the imaging device, (2) provided at least partially by remote transmission, or (3) stored at least partially locally at the location of the imaging device and provided at least partially by remote transmission.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein stored in the at least one database is at least one location-dependent protocol boundary condition that takes into account at least one patient insurance type.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the protocol is adjusted by a user.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein stored in the at least one database is at least one location-dependent protocol boundary condition having at least one limitation, wherein the at least one limitation limits the adjustment of the protocol by the user.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein stored in the at least one database is at least one location-dependent protocol boundary condition that takes into account the specification of at least one user.

11. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the user is a treating physician.

12. A device for adjusting at least one protocol for medical imaging, the device comprising:

at least one database in which at least one location-dependent protocol boundary condition is configured to be stored; and

an evaluation unit connected to the at least one database, wherein the evaluation unit is configured to receive the at least one location-dependent protocol boundary condition and generate at least one protocol therefrom,

wherein the device is configured to provide a location-specific feature of an imaging device, ascertain at least one location-dependent protocol boundary condition from a comparison with at least one database, and create at least one protocol adjusted to the at least one location-dependent protocol boundary condition.

13. The device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the device comprises a location-determining unit.

14. The device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the device comprises a user interface.

15. The device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the device comprises a user interface.

16. A medical imaging device comprising:

an imaging device; and

a device for adjusting at least one protocol for medical imaging, the device comprising;

at least one database in which at least one location-dependent protocol boundary condition is configured to be stored; and

an evaluation unit connected to the at least one database, wherein the evaluation unit is configured to receive the at least one location-dependent protocol boundary condition and generate at least one protocol therefrom,

wherein the device is configured to provide a location-specific feature of an imaging device, ascertain at least one location-dependent protocol boundary condition from a comparison with at least one database, and create at least one protocol adjusted to the at least one location-dependent protocol boundary condition.

17. A computer program product comprising:

a program configured to be loaded directly into a memory of a programmable evaluation unit of a device for adjusting at least one protocol for medical imaging, wherein the program is run in the evaluation unit of the device for adjusting at least one protocol for medical imaging, the program configured to;

provide a location-specific feature of an imaging device;

ascertain at least one location-dependent protocol boundary condition from a comparison with at least one database; and

create at least one protocol adjusted to the at least one location-dependent protocol boundary condition.

18. A device comprising:

an imaging device;

a device for adjusting at least one protocol for medical imaging, the device comprising at least one database in which at least one location-dependent protocol boundary condition is configured to be stored and an evaluation unit connected to the at least one database, wherein the evaluation unit is configured to receive the at least one location-dependent protocol boundary condition and generate at least one protocol therefrom; and

a computer program product comprising a program configured to be loaded directly into a memory of a programmable evaluation unit of the device for adjusting at least one protocol for medical imaging, wherein the program is run in the evaluation unit of the device for adjusting at least one protocol for medical imaging,

wherein the device, with the computer program product, is configured to provide a location-specific feature of an imaging device, ascertain at least one location-dependent protocol boundary condition from a comparison with at least one database, and create at least one protocol adjusted to the at least one location-dependent protocol boundary condition.