Mapping of literature onto regions of interest on neurological images
First Claim
1. A method of analyzing neurological images, the method comprising:
- comparing, by a processor, a set of brain scans for a patient to a set of baseline control scans to automatically identify a set of regions of interest in the set of patient scans, wherein a region of interest is an area in a scan that shows an indication of a potential abnormality;
searching, by the processor, a set of electronic medical literature sources for medical literature relevant to the set of regions of interest in the set of patient scans to form relevant medical literature;
correlating, by the processor, portions of the relevant medical literature describing the set of regions of interest in the set of patient scans to the set of regions of interest in the set of patient scans to form correlated portions of the relevant medical literature;
generating, by the processor, a result, wherein the result comprises the set of patient scans and a set of links to the correlated portions of the relevant medical literature; and
embedding, by the processor, the set of links to the correlated portions of the relevant medical literature within the set of patient scans, wherein a user selects a link in the embedded set of links within the set of patient scans to view a portion of the correlated portions of the relevant medical literature describing a region of interest in the set of regions of interest in the set of patient scans.
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Abstract
A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for analyzing neurological images. A set of brain scans for a patient is compared to a set of baseline control scans to automatically identify regions of interest in the set of patient scans. A region of interest is an area in a scan that shows an indication of a potential abnormality. A set of electronic medical literature sources is searched for medical literature relevant to the regions of interest in the set of patient scans. The relevant medical literature is correlated to the medical literature describing the regions of interest in the set of patient scans to the regions of interest in the set of patient scans. A result is generated. The result comprises the regions of interest and a set of links to the correlated portions of the relevant medical literature are outputted.
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23 Claims
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1. A method of analyzing neurological images, the method comprising:
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comparing, by a processor, a set of brain scans for a patient to a set of baseline control scans to automatically identify a set of regions of interest in the set of patient scans, wherein a region of interest is an area in a scan that shows an indication of a potential abnormality; searching, by the processor, a set of electronic medical literature sources for medical literature relevant to the set of regions of interest in the set of patient scans to form relevant medical literature; correlating, by the processor, portions of the relevant medical literature describing the set of regions of interest in the set of patient scans to the set of regions of interest in the set of patient scans to form correlated portions of the relevant medical literature; generating, by the processor, a result, wherein the result comprises the set of patient scans and a set of links to the correlated portions of the relevant medical literature; and embedding, by the processor, the set of links to the correlated portions of the relevant medical literature within the set of patient scans, wherein a user selects a link in the embedded set of links within the set of patient scans to view a portion of the correlated portions of the relevant medical literature describing a region of interest in the set of regions of interest in the set of patient scans. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer program product for analyzing neurological images, the computer program product comprising:
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a non-transitory computer readable storage device having computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code comprising; computer usable program code configured to compare a set of brain scans for a patient to a set of baseline control scans to automatically identify set of regions of interest in the set of patient scans, wherein a region of interest is an area in a scan that shows an indication of a potential abnormality; computer usable program code configured to search a set of electronic medical literature sources for medical literature relevant to the set of regions of interest in the set of patient scans to form relevant medical literature; computer usable program code configured to correlate portions of the relevant medical literature describing the set of regions of interest in the set of patient scans to the set of regions of interest in the set of patient scans to form correlated portions of the relevant medical literature; computer usable program code configured to generate a result, wherein the result comprises the set of patient scans and a set of links to the correlated portions of the relevant medical literature; and computer usable program code configured to embed the set of links to the correlated portions of the relevant medical literature within the set of patient scans, wherein a user selects a link in the embedded set of links within the set of patient scans to view a portion of the correlated portions of the relevant medical literature describing a region of interest in the set of regions of interest in the set of patient scans. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus comprising:
a memory, a processor unit, and a computer readable storage device having computer usable program code embodied thereon, wherein the processing unit executes the computer usable program code to compare a set of brain scans for a patient to a set of baseline control scans to automatically identify a set of regions of interest in the set of patient scans, wherein a region of interest is an area in a scan that shows an indication of a potential abnormality;
search a set of electronic medical literature sources for medical literature relevant to the set of regions of interest in the set of patient scans to form relevant medical literature;
correlate portions of the relevant medical literature describing the set of regions of interest in the set of patient scans to the set of regions of interest in the set of patient scans to form correlated portions of the relevant medical literature;
generate a result, wherein the result comprises the set of patient scans and a set of links to the correlated portions of the relevant medical literature; and
embed the set of links to the correlated portions of the relevant medical literature within the set of patient scans, wherein a user selects a link in the embedded set of links within the set of patient scans to view a portion of the correlated portions of the relevant medical literature describing a region of interest in the set of regions of interest in the set of patient scans.- View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. An apparatus for mapping medical literature onto neurological images, the apparatus comprising:
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a computer readable storage device having computer usable program code embodied thereon for a neuroimage mapping manager and at least one processing unit for executing the computer usable program code, the neuroimage mapping manager configured to perform an analysis on neurological images of a patient and automatically identify a set of regions of interest and map relevant portions of medical literature to the set of regions of interest, the neuroimage mapping manager further comprising; a comparator configured to compare a set of brain scans for a patient to a set of baseline control scans to automatically identify the set of regions of interest in the set of patient scans, wherein a region of interest is an area in a scan that shows an indication of a potential abnormality; a medical data and text analytics component configured to search a set of electronic medical literature sources for medical literature relevant to the set of regions of interest in the set of patient scans to form relevant medical literature, and wherein the medical data and text analytics component further comprises; a correlation engine configured to correlate portions of the relevant medical literature describing the set of regions of interest in the set of patient scans to the set of regions of interest in the set of patient scans to form correlated portions of the relevant medical literature; and
wherein the neuroimage mapping manager is further configured to generate a result of the analysis of the neurological images, wherein the result comprises the set of regions of interest in the set of patient scans and a set of links to the correlated portions of the relevant medical literature, and wherein the neuroimage mapping manager is further configured to embed the set of links to the correlated portions of the relevant medical literature within the set of patient scans, wherein a user selects a link in the embedded set of links within the set of patient scans to view a portion of the correlated portions of the relevant medical literature describing a region of interest in the set of regions of interest in the set of patient scans. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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