System and method for the automatic generation of a query to a DICOM server
First Claim
1. A method to automatically generate a query to a Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine (DICOM) server, said method comprising:
- selecting a DICOM query option from a displayed menu, provided by a patient management software application hosted on a personal computer, to initiate displaying of a query window, wherein said query window includes unpopulated data fields;
reading patient identification information using a radio frequency identification (RFID) scanning device, wherein said patient identification information is encoded in a RFID tag or chip;
automatically forwarding said read patient identification information from said RFID scanning device to said patient management software application on said personal computer;
automatically populating at least one of said data fields of said query window with at least a portion of said patient identification information within said patient management software application; and
initiating a search operation to search at least one DICOM server, based at least on said populated patient identification information, for one or more of at least one medical image, at least one medical study, and at least one medical report using said patient management software application.
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Abstract
A system and method for automatically generating a query to a DICOM server are disclosed. The system comprises patient identification information encoded in a tangible medium. The system further comprises a reading device to read the encoded patient identification information from the tangible medium. The system also includes a computer-based platform hosting a medical software application. The computer-based platform operationally interfaces to the reading device to receive the read patient identification information from the reading device and to automatically generate a DICOM query, using the medical software application, such that the DICOM query includes at least a portion of the patient identification information. The system further comprises at least one DICOM server operationally interfacing to the computer-based platform to receive the DICOM query from the computer-based platform.
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20 Claims
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1. A method to automatically generate a query to a Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine (DICOM) server, said method comprising:
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selecting a DICOM query option from a displayed menu, provided by a patient management software application hosted on a personal computer, to initiate displaying of a query window, wherein said query window includes unpopulated data fields; reading patient identification information using a radio frequency identification (RFID) scanning device, wherein said patient identification information is encoded in a RFID tag or chip; automatically forwarding said read patient identification information from said RFID scanning device to said patient management software application on said personal computer; automatically populating at least one of said data fields of said query window with at least a portion of said patient identification information within said patient management software application; and initiating a search operation to search at least one DICOM server, based at least on said populated patient identification information, for one or more of at least one medical image, at least one medical study, and at least one medical report using said patient management software application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for automatically generating a query to a Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine (DICOM) server computer, said system comprising:
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a RFID tag or chip including encoded patient identification information of a patient; a RFID scanning device adapted to read said patient identification information encoded in said RFID tag or chip; a personal computer hosting a patient management software application, said personal computer operationally interfacing to said RFID scanning device to receive said read patient identification information from said RFID scanning device and to automatically generate a DICOM query, using said patient management software application, such that said DICOM query includes at least a portion of said patient identification information; and at least one DICOM server computer operationally interfacing to said personal computer to receive said DICOM query from said personal computer and to provide at least one of a medical image, a medical study, and a medical report to said personal computer in response to said DICOM query. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method to automatically generate a query to a Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine (DICOM) server computer, said method comprising:
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reading patient identification information using a RFID scanning device, wherein said patient identification information is encoded on a RFID tag or chip; automatically forwarding said read patient identification information from said RFID scanning device to a patient management software application on a personal computer; and initiating a DICOM query operation to search at least one DICOM server computer for one or more of a medical image, a medical study, and a medical report associated with a patient, based at least on a portion of said patient identification information, using said patient management software application. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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