Guideline and protocol adherence in medical imaging

Abstract

A system includes an analytics unit (140), which compares a medical image (105) and associated information with a stored medical guideline (142), and identifies an error or a deviation (340) from themedical guideline based on the comparison.

Description

technical field [0001] The following relates generally to medical imaging, and more specifically to monitoring and reporting compliance with medical imaging guidelines and imaging protocols in a healthcare provider organization. Background technique [0002] Healthcare provider organizations, such as hospitals, clinics, etc., often provide medical imaging of patients using different imaging modalities, such as computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MR), positron emission tomography (PET), Single proton emission computed tomography (SPECT), ultrasound (US), combinations thereof, and the like. Medical imaging of a patient can include multiple modalities and imaging devices or scanners from multiple vendors, including multiple vendors of scanners for the same modality. [0003] Medical imaging of patients is governed by organizational clinical guidelines derived in part from industry medical standards, regulatory compliance, and organizational policies and proce...

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Problems solved by technology

However, patients still receive imaging procedures with unnecessary doses of scan parameter errors, patients are delayed for corrected CT scans, and the CT scanner is unavailable to other patients during correct scans

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