System and method for radiation dose reporting
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1. A method comprising:
- automatically extracting radiation dose information for an individual patient from tomography images, wherein the tomography images includes at least one of text or symbols, wherein the radiation dose information is extracted from the at least one of text or symbols embedded in the tomography images;
correcting the extracted radiation dose information using a formula specific to a body portion of the individual patient identified in the tomography images, wherein the body portion and the formula specific to the body portion are identified using the at least one of text or symbols embedded in the tomography images; and
generating a report based on the corrected radiation dose information and the body portion of the individual patient identified in the tomography images, wherein the report is indicative of the individual patient'"'"'s risk of radiation overexposure.
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Abstract
Systems and method can be employed to automatically extract radiation dose information from medical images, particularly a plurality of heterogeneous CT images including those from legacy CT scanners. A report including the extracted radiation dose information can be generated, and alerts can be sent to reduce the possibility of overexposures.
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1. A method comprising:
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automatically extracting radiation dose information for an individual patient from tomography images, wherein the tomography images includes at least one of text or symbols, wherein the radiation dose information is extracted from the at least one of text or symbols embedded in the tomography images; correcting the extracted radiation dose information using a formula specific to a body portion of the individual patient identified in the tomography images, wherein the body portion and the formula specific to the body portion are identified using the at least one of text or symbols embedded in the tomography images; and generating a report based on the corrected radiation dose information and the body portion of the individual patient identified in the tomography images, wherein the report is indicative of the individual patient'"'"'s risk of radiation overexposure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A system comprising:
a computer configured to automatically extract radiation dose information for an individual patient from a tomography image, to correct the extracted radiation dose information using a formula specific to a body portion of the individual patient identified in the tomography image, wherein the body portion and the formula specific to the body portion are identified using the at least one of text or symbols embedded in the tomography image, and to generate a dose information report based on the corrected radiation dose information and the body portion of the individual patient identified in the tomography images, wherein the tomography image includes at least one of text or symbols, wherein the dose information report is indicative of the individual patient'"'"'s risk of radiation overexposure, and wherein the radiation dose information is extracted from the at least one of text or symbols embedded in the tomography image. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing instructions therein, wherein the instructions comprise:
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automatically extracting radiation dose information for an individual patient from a medical image, wherein the medical image includes at least one of text or symbols, wherein the radiation dose information is extracted from the at least one of text or symbols embedded in the medical image; correcting the extracted radiation dose information using a formula specific to a body portion of the individual patient identified in the tomography images, wherein the body portion and the formula specific to the body portion are identified using the at least one of text or symbols embedded in the tomography images; and generating a dose information report indicative of the individual patient'"'"'s risk of radiation overexposure. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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