Computer aided medical diagnostic method and apparatus
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1. A method of presenting medical information for diagnosis and study of disease, comprising the following steps:
- (a) entering into a processing means data indicative of at least one finding or one disease;
(b) displaying on a color display coupled to the processing means;
(i) in response to entered data indicative of a finding, the name of at least one disease known to cause the finding and for each disease displayed, findings known to be associated therewith,(ii) in response to entered data indicative of a disease, the name of at least one finding known to be associated with the disease,the displayed findings of each disease being color coded according to the significance of the presence or absence of each finding in ruling in or ruling out the possibility of the disease being present.
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Abstract
An interactive computerized apparatus and method for presenting medical information for diagnosis and study of disease is disclosed. Findings of disease are color-coded according the significance of the presence or absence of each finding in ruling in or ruling out the possibility of the disease being present and presented on a color display to aid a physician or other user to diagnose or study disease.
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1. A method of presenting medical information for diagnosis and study of disease, comprising the following steps:
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(a) entering into a processing means data indicative of at least one finding or one disease; (b) displaying on a color display coupled to the processing means; (i) in response to entered data indicative of a finding, the name of at least one disease known to cause the finding and for each disease displayed, findings known to be associated therewith, (ii) in response to entered data indicative of a disease, the name of at least one finding known to be associated with the disease, the displayed findings of each disease being color coded according to the significance of the presence or absence of each finding in ruling in or ruling out the possibility of the disease being present. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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5. The method of claim wherein the findings of each disease are color-coded according to the following rules:
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(i) the first primary color is assigned to findings that are never present with a given disease; (ii) the second primary color is assigned to findings that are at least almost always present with a given disease; (iii) the third primary color is assigned to findings, other than second primary color findings, which are generally specific for, but not diagnostic for, a given disease; (iv) the fourth primary color is assigned to findings that are diagnostic for a given disease. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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25. An interactive computerized apparatus for presenting medical information for diagnosis and study of disease, comprising
processing means for processing data indicative of disease findings, including assigning color codes to the disease findings and categorizing the disease findings according to a set of rules; -
a database containing data indicative of diseases and findings; input means for entering data indicative of at least one of a disease or a finding to the processing means; and output means for providing a color display of diseases and findings, the findings being color coded and categorized on said display according to the significance of the presence or absence of each finding in ruling in or ruling out the possibility of the disease being present. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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27. A method of presenting medical information for diagnosis and study of disease, comprising the following steps:
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(a) entering into the processing means data indicative of at least one finding or one disease; (b) displaying on a color display coupled to the processing means, in response to entered data, the name of at least one disease; at least one color-coded indicator symbol, wherein said indicator symbol is color-coded according to the following rules;
a first indicator symbol color indicates that the disease is a life threatening or organ threatening emergency; and
a second indicator symbol color indicates that the disease is not life threatening; andat least one color-coded indicator symbol representing at least one finding of said disease. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31)
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