System and method to aid diagnoses using cross-referenced knowledge and image databases

a technology of knowledge and image databases, applied in pathological references, instruments, healthcare informatics, etc., can solve problems such as not allowing user-defined groupings

Inactive Publication Date: 2014-02-06
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Moreover, all visual identification problems benefit from user experience and knowledge.
Paper based, pictorial references have a linear structure and do not allow for user-defined groupings and matching of pictures.

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[0040]For a general understanding of the present invention, reference is made to the drawings. In the drawings, like reference numerals have been used throughout to designate identical elements. In describing the present invention, the following term(s) have been used in the description.

[0041]“User input circuitry” is circuitry for providing signals based on actions of a user. User input circuitry can receive signals from one or more “user input devices” that provide signals based on actions of a user, such as a keyboard or a mouse. The set of signals provided by user input circuitry can therefore include data indicating mouse operation and data indicating keyboard operation. Signals from user input circuitry may include a “request” for an operation, in which case a system may perform the requested operation in response.

[0042]An “image” is a pattern of physical light. A “display” is an image output device that provides information in a visible form. A display may, for example, inclu...

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The present invention is a method and apparatus for increasing the usefulness of visual knowledge in a number of applications. It distills the relationships between characteristics and hypotheses into database form, thereby organizing visual information in a manner suitable to aid the user in the investigation of the various hypotheses (medical diagnosis, pill identification, plant / animal identification, cause of death, cause of accident, etc.). The invention sidesteps unresolved issues around knowledge engineering by not automating a decision making process. Rather, the present invention utilizes a relational database to dynamically respond to textual and visual findings as an aid to assist a user reaching a reasoned conclusion based upon information available by direct observation and comparison with stored image and textual data.

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[0001]This application is a continuation of, and claims priority from, co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09 / 919,275, for a SYSTEM AND METHOD TO AID DIAGNOSES USING CROSS-REFERENCED KNOWLEDGE AND IMAGE DATABASES, by A. Papier et al., filed Jul. 31, 2001, and from Provisional Application No. 60 / 275,282 for a “SYSTEM AND METHOD TO AID DIAGNOSES USING CROSS-REFERENCED KNOWLEDGE AND IMAGE DATABASES,” N. Weyl, filed Mar. 13, 2001; Provisional Application No. 60 / 222,573 for a “SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CROSS-REFERENCED KNOWLEDGE AND IMAGE DATABASES TO REDUCE DIAGNOSTIC UNCERTAINTY,” by A. Papier, filed Aug. 1, 2000; Provisional Application No. 60 / 307,919 for a “PILL IDENTIFICATION PERIPHERAL,” by J. Weyl, filed Jul. 26, 2001, all of the above being hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.[0002]This invention relates generally to a system and method for aiding diagnoses, and more particularly to a cross-referenced knowledge and image database wherein an image-centered datab...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06F19/00G06F17/30G16H30/20G16H50/20G16H70/60
CPCG06F19/345G16H40/63G16H10/60G16H50/20G16H70/60G16H30/20
Inventor PAPIER, ARTHURWEYL, NANCY P.
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