Method for integrating image analysis, longitudinal tracking of a region of interest and updating of a knowledge representation
a knowledge representation and image analysis technology, applied in image enhancement, instruments, healthcare informatics, etc., can solve the problems of compounding the specialist's fatigue and vulnerability to oversight, and the coordinate system provided by the cad system cannot be used to guide a biopsy needl
Pending Publication Date: 2019-07-18
TAMABO INC
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This approach enhances the accuracy and efficiency of image reporting by providing seamless access to knowledge representations, enabling precise location description of findings and longitudinal tracking, thereby reducing errors and improving the consistency of medical records.
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Unfortunately, these prior art systems are limited to describing the location of the visual phenomena within the image file.
By manner of illustration, the coordinate system provided by the CAD system cannot be used to guide a biopsy needle because it fails to identify the relative position within the organ or sample structure.
While such inconveniences may pose a seemingly insignificant risk of error, a typical specialist must interpret a substantial amount of such images in short periods of time, which further compounds the specialist's fatigue and vulnerability to oversights.
Currently existing image reporting mechanisms do not take full advantage of knowledge representations to assist interpretation while automating reporting.
In particular, currently existing systems are not fully integrated with knowledge representations to provide seamless and effortless reference to knowledge representations during articulation of findings.
While there is a general lack of such brokering service between the entities of most domains, there is an even greater deficiency in the available means to promote common agreements between terminologies, especially in image reporting applications.
Furthermore, due to the lack of more streamlined agreements (alignment) between knowledge representations in image reporting, currently existing systems also lack means for automatically tracking the development of specific and related cases for inconsistencies or errors so that the knowledge representations may be updated to provide more accurate information in subsequent cases.
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[0069]Referring now to FIG. 1, an exemplary system 100 within which an image interpretation and reporting method may be integrated is provided. As shown, the system 100 may include a central network 102 by which different components of the system 100 may communicate. For example, the network 102 may take the form of a wired and / or wireless local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), such as the Internet, a wireless local area network (WLAN), a storage or server area network (SAN), and the like. The system 100 may also include image capture devices 104 configured to capture or generate two-dimensional and / or three-dimensional images. In medical imaging, for example, the image capture devices 104 may include one or more of a mammography device, a computed tomography (CT) device, an ultrasound device, an X-ray device, a fluoroscopy device, a film printer, a film digitizer, and the like. One or more images of a sample structure captured by the image capture devices 104 may be t...
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A method for integrating image analysis, longitudinal tracking of a region of interest and updating of a knowledge representation, said method comprising the steps of: retrieving an image representation of a sample structure from an image database; automatically selecting a generic structure from a database containing a plurality of generic structures based on an imaging modality of the sample structure, at least one knowledge representation stored in a second database, said knowledge representation associated with said selected generic structure, the knowledge representation being specific to the imaging modality; mapping the selected generic structure to the sample structure; automatically determining at least one region of interest within the sample structure or allowing the user to select a region of interest; automatically selecting at least one diagnostic finding or allowing the user to select at least one diagnostic finding from a focused set knowledge representations; retrievably storing the at least one diagnostic finding in the electronic record; and monitoring the electronic record for changes to the at least one diagnostic finding or new diagnostic findings and using such changes or new diagnostic findings to update the knowledge representation in the second database.
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This patent application claims the benefit of priority to U.S. Utility patent application Ser. No. 14 / 093,470 filed Nov. 30, 2013 which was published as us 2014 / 0219500, which in turn claims priority to U.S. Utility patent application Ser. No. 13 / 188,415 filed Jul. 21, 2011 and issued as U.S. Pat. No. 9,014,485 on Apr. 21, 2015, which in turn claims priority to U.S. provisional patent application No. 61 / 366,492 filed Jul. 21, 2010, each above-identified application is incorporated by reference in its entirety.FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE[0002]The present disclosure generally relates to image interpretation, and more particularly, to systems and methods for generating image reports.BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE[0003]In current image interpretation practice, such as diagnostic radiology, a specialist trained in interpreting images and recognizing abnormalities may look at an image or an image sequence on an image display and report any visual fin...
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IPC IPC(8): G06T7/00G16H15/00
CPCG06T7/0014G16H15/00G16H50/70G06T2207/10008G06T2207/10116G06T2207/10081G16H50/20G06T2207/30068G16H30/20
InventorMOEHRLE, ARMINFARIN, DIRK
OwnerTAMABO INC