Software bug and performance deficiency reporting system

• US 9,459,945 B2
• Filed: 11/19/2009
• Issued: 10/04/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Inventors: Habets, Raymond Joseph Elisabeth, Nijlunsing, Rutger
• Primary Examiner(s): Daftuar, Saket K
• Application Number:
  US13/139,590
• Publication Number:
  US 20110238768A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,511 Days
• Field of Search: 709/206, 709/207, 709/217, 709/218, 709/219
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0748 in a remote unit communicating with a single-box computer node experiencing an error/fault remote testing G06F11/2294
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0766 Error or fault reporting or storing
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/40 for processing medical images, e.g. editing
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

A medical image system is disclosed, comprising a medical image processing module (20) and a user comment control module (30). The medical image processing module (20) includes at least a medical image display module (22) and a user comment initiation module (26). The user comment control module (30) includes at least: a screenshot capture module or hook (32) configured to capture a screenshot of operation of the medical image processing module at about a time of receipt of a signal from the user comment initiation module; a screenshot editing module or hook (36) configured to enable user editing of the captured screenshot to generate a user-edited screenshot; and a comment review/editing module or hook (40) configured to automatically generate and enable user editing and transmission of an electronic mail message having the user edited screenshot embedded or attached.

Claims

1. A medical image system comprising:

a computer including a display device, one or more user input devices, and a digital storage medium, the computer configured to run software stored on the digital storage medium to define the medical image system including;

a medical image processing module executed by the computer including a medical image display module configured to display a medical image on the display device of the computer, the medical image processing module configured to perform image processing of the medical image responsive to user control inputs via the one or more user input devices, wherein the medical image processing module running on the computer generates a display on the display device of the computer including the display of the medical image by the medical image display module, a displayed subject name, and display of non-image information pertaining to the medical image processing performed by the medical image processing module, the medical image processing module further including a user comment initiation module; and

a user comment control module executed by the computer including at least;

a screenshot capture module or hook configured to capture a screenshot of the display, on the display device of the computer, of the medical image processing module running on the computer at about a time of receipt of a signal from the user comment initiation module of the medical image processing module wherein the captured screenshot includes the display of the medical image by the medical image display module, the displayed subject name, and the display of the non-image information pertaining to the medical image processing performed by the medical image processing module,

a screenshot editing module or hook configured to enable user editing of the captured screenshot to generate a user-edited screenshot, and

a comment review/editing module or hook configured to automatically generate and enable user editing and transmission to a developer or maintainer of the medical image system of an electronic mail message having the user-edited screenshot embedded or attached.

2. The medical image system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the user comment control module further comprises:

an automated screenshot anonymization module configured to automatically identify and redact one or more regions of the captured screenshot, including at least the displayed subject name, that contain subject-identifying content or private medical information content.

3. The medical image system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the screenshot editing module or hook is configured to enable a user to perform operations selected from a group consisting of (i) selecting and redacting portions of the captured screenshot, and (ii) adding text or graphical annotations to the captured screenshot.

4. The medical image system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the comment review/editing module or hook is configured to automatically construct an electronic mail message having the user-edited screenshot embedded or attached, and is further configured to enable user editing and transmission of the constructed electronic mail message.

15. The medical image system of claim 1 wherein the user comment initiation module is configured to generate the signal in response to an automatic initiation of the user comment initiation module caused by a shutdown or crash of the medical image display module or the medical image processing module.

16. The medical image system of claim 1 wherein the user comment initiation module is configured to generate the signal in response to an automatic initiation of the user comment initiation module caused by performance of a newly added operation or feature of the medical image processing module.

5. A non-transitory digital storage medium storing instructions executable on a computer to perform a method comprising:

performing medical image processing of a medical image by running medical image processing software on the computer that generates a display on a display device of the computer including at least a display of the medical image and a display of non-image information pertaining to the medical image processing;

during the performing, receiving a user comment initiation input;

capturing a screenshot of the medical image processing at about the time of receipt of the user comment initiation input wherein the captured screenshot is of the display on the display device of the computer and includes at least the display of the medical image and the display of non-image information pertaining to the medical image processing;

performing an editing process to enable a user to edit the screenshot to generate a user-edited screenshot; and

communicating the user-edited screenshot to a developer or maintainer of software defining the performed medical image processing.

6. The non-transitory digital storage medium as set forth in claim 5, wherein the performed editing process is defined by the stored instructions.

7. The non-transitory digital storage medium as set forth in claim 5, wherein the performed method further comprises:

automatically identifying one or more regions of the captured screenshot that contain subject-identifying content or private medical information content; and

automatically redacting the one or more automatically identified regions;

wherein the automatic identifying process and the automatic redacting process are each defined by the stored instructions.

8. The non-transitory digital storage medium as set forth in claim 5, wherein the capturing of a screenshot comprises one of:

invoking a screenshot capture module defined by the stored instructions and configured to capture screenshots of the performed medical image processing, and

invoking a system screenshot capture function of a computer executing the stored instructions.

9. The non-transitory digital storage medium as set forth in claim 5, wherein the performed editing process enables a user to (i) select and redact portions of the captured screenshot and (ii) add text or graphical annotations to the captured screenshot.

10. The non-transitory digital storage medium as set forth in claim 5, wherein the communicating comprises:

automatically constructing an electronic mail message having the user-edited screenshot embedded or attached; and

performing an electronic mail process enabling user editing and transmission of the constructed electronic mail message;

wherein at least the automatic constructing process is defined by the stored instructions.

11. The digital storage medium as set forth in claim 10, wherein the automatic constructing of the electronic mail message comprises:

automatically inserting into the electronic mail message as user-readable text information pertaining to a state of the performed medical image processing at about the time of receipt of the user comment initiation input.

12. The digital storage medium as set forth in claim 10, wherein said method further comprises:

repeating the capturing and the performing of the editing process to generate a plurality of user-edited screenshots corresponding to different times of the performed user-interactive application processing, the automatic constructing including automatically constructing the electronic mail message having the plurality of user-edited screenshots embedded or attached.

13. The digital storage medium as set forth in claim 10, wherein the automatic constructing of the electronic mail message comprises:

selecting one or more recipient email addresses based on a state of the performed medical image processing about the time of receipt of the user comment initiation input; and

inserting the selected one or more recipient email addresses into a recipient field of the electronic mail message.

14. The non-transitory digital storage medium of claim 5 wherein receiving a user comment initiation input comprises detecting a crash of the medical image processing software running on the computer.

17. A medical image system comprising:

a computer including a display device, one or more user input devices, and a digital storage medium, the computer configured to run;

a medical image processing program executed by the computer to display a medical image on the display device of the computer and to perform image processing of the medical image responsive to user control inputs via the one or more user input devices, wherein the medical image processing program running on the computer generates a program display on the display device of the computer including the medical image, a subject name, and non-image information pertaining to the medical image processing performed by the running medical image processing program;

a user comment initiation module executed by the computer to generate a signal in response to an automatic initiation of the user comment initiation module caused by a shutdown or crash of the running medical image processing program; and

a user comment control module executed by the computer to perform operations including at least (i) capturing a screenshot of the program display generated on the display device of the computer by the running medical image processing program at about a time of receipt of the signal from the user comment initiation module wherein the captured screenshot of the program display includes the medical image, the subject name, and the non-image information pertaining to the medical image processing performed by the medical image processing program, (ii) editing the captured screenshot to generate a user-edited screenshot, and (iii) automatically generating and enabling user editing and transmission to a developer or maintainer of the medical image system of an electronic mail message having the user-edited screenshot embedded or attached.

18. A medical image system comprising:

a computer including a display device, one or more user input devices, and a digital storage medium, the computer configured to run;

a medical image processing program executed by the computer to display a medical image on the display device of the computer and to perform image processing of the medical image responsive to user control inputs via the one or more user input devices, wherein the medical image processing program running on the computer generates a program display on the display device of the computer including the medical image, a subject name, and non-image information pertaining to the medical image processing performed by the running medical image processing program;

a user comment initiation module executed by the computer to generate a signal in response to an automatic initiation of the user comment initiation module caused by performance of a newly added operation or feature of the running medical image processing program; and

a user comment control module executed by the computer to perform operations including at least (i) capturing a screenshot of the program display generated on the display device of the computer by the running medical image processing program at about a time of receipt of the signal from the user comment initiation module wherein the captured screenshot of the program display includes the medical image, the subject name, and the non-image information pertaining to the medical image processing performed by the medical image processing program, (ii) editing the captured screenshot to generate a user-edited screenshot, and (iii) automatically generating and enabling user editing and transmission to a developer or maintainer of the medical image system of an electronic mail message having the user-edited screenshot embedded or attached.