59 results about "Picture archive" patented technology

A Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS) implements medical image, video, and medical record storage, retrieval and archiving with transactional processing having properties of atomicity, consistency, isolation and durability (ACID). A two-phase commit procedure is used to prevent data corruption. Relational database storage of image objects permits images to be stored in a manner that allows a user to determine the quality and other characteristics of the image.

Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for adaptive user interface configuration in a picture archiving and communication environment. Certain embodiments include a user interface configured for execution on a PACS workstation, wherein the user interface presents functionality to a user. The system also includes a registry configured to track usage information for the functionality, wherein the functionality is registered for tracking via the registry. The user interface is reconfigured based on a comparison of the usage information to a threshold. The threshold may include a certain time interval and / or a certain number of uses, for example. The user interface may be reconfigured to hide functionality used less than the threshold, for example. The user interface may be configured to maximize an amount of space available on the user interface for display of images and functionality used more than the threshold, for example.

The picture archiving and communication system (PACS) substantially optimizes a post-scanning command process in accordance with a user-specified priority for further processing a selected set of imaging data that has been collected by medical imaging devices such as a CT scanner and a MRI scanner and stored in distributed storage units on the network. The user-specified priority includes the least response time, the least costs and the least network traffic. The user-specified priority is optionally fixed in some preferred embodiments.

In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a method in a computer system is provided for managing mammography examination information. The method includes receiving electronically personal information of a patient, such as name, demographic information, and insurance information. Next, digital mammography images of the patient are produced by a modality for a screening examination and / or diagnostic examination, and mammography procedure results data is generated that reflect the results of a procedure examination, such as a biopsy. Then, the personal information, digital images, and procedure data of the user are stored in a database and are logically linked to each other. When a system user, such as a radiologist, is prepared to interpret examination results, the digital images and procedure data of the user are electronically displayed to the user responsive to a user request. At least a first portion of the digital images is electronically retrieved from the database, and at least a second portion of the digital images is retrieved from a Picture Archive and Communications System (PACS). Data from the user representing a medical interpretation of the digital images and procedure data are received, and a medical report based on the medical interpretation is automatically generated responsive to receipt of the interpretation.

A shared object is newly created in a unified format with respect to past medical information that is effective in a photographing step or a report creating step. Since the shared object can include a position determination image, unique object information, body coordinates information, a photographing condition, a image creating condition, and key image information, it is possible to automatically set the same photographing condition, photographing range, a tomographic position to be photographed, and image creating condition as those in a past test by using the information described above.

Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for using medical perspectives to improve medical workflow. Certain embodiments of a system for using medical perspectives for improved screening analysis include a picture archiving and communication system (PACS) workstation capable of being used for reviewing images and at least one display capable of displaying images for review. The system also includes a default perspective including a first plurality of images organized according to a default criterion, wherein the default perspective is used to review the first plurality of images via the PACS workstation. The system includes one or more additional perspectives organizing image sets according to certain criteria. A user may select one or more of the additional perspectives for reviewing image sets or subsets via the PACS workstation. The system may also include tools and reporting templates for use with images within the perspectives.

Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for using medical perspectives to improve medical workflow. Certain embodiments of a system for using medical perspectives for improved screening analysis include a picture archiving and communication system (PACS) workstation capable of being used for reviewing images and at least one display capable of displaying images for review. The system also includes a default perspective including a first plurality of images organized according to a default criterion, wherein the default perspective is used to review the first plurality of images via the PACS workstation. The system includes one or more additional perspectives organizing image sets according to certain criteria. A user may select one or more of the additional perspectives for reviewing image sets or subsets via the PACS workstation. The system may also include tools and reporting templates for use with images within the perspectives.

Techniques are disclosed for efficiently and securely handling of patient medical images and data. In one particular embodiment, an acquisition service and picture archive communication system (PACS) architecture are provided that facilitate the transmission and storage of medical image objects using reliable IP multicasting, packet encoded transmission, and digital rights management (DRM). The system effectively creates a broadcast signal in which all listening computers can securely receive medical image objects at once for purposes of interpretation / diagnosis, assisting in surgery, and other such appropriate medical uses.

Certain embodiments of the present invention provide for a system for medical diagnosis and tracking. In an embodiment, a medical diagnosis and tracking system includes one or more medical imaging devices adapted to create one or more current images. The medical diagnosis and tracking system also includes a historical images archive adapted to storing the one or more current images and / or one or more historical images. The system also includes a three-dimensional subtraction application adapted to create one or more three-dimensional subtracted images by performing three-dimensional subtraction on the one or more current images and the one or more historical images. The medical diagnosis and tracking system also includes a Picture Archiving Communication System (PACS) workstation adapted to display the one or more three-dimensional subtracted images.

The invention relates to a method and special equipment for quickening CR / DR / CT graphic display and graphic processing by utilizing a graphic processing unit (GPU), belonging to the field of medical graphic display and comprising a personal computer (PC), a CR / DR workstation or a picture archiving and communication system (PACS) server. The PC is connected with the CR / DR workstation or the PACS server. The invention utilizes the general computing power of the novel GPU to realize the quick display of CR / DR / CT graphic, accomplishes the graphic display and processing function by utilizing the GPU, and provides a processing method for dividing and splicing graphics. Different from the graphic device interface (GDI) used by the prior PACS, the method sufficiently utilizes the general computing power of the GPU, thereby freeing the GPU from heavy calculation of graphic processing to focus on processing of data communication and data safety and improving the efficiency of the system.

The invention relates to a method for extracting needed and specific text information from a closed hospital information system (HIS) and inputting the information to another picture archiving and communication system (PACS) to be used for medical administration. Automatic transmission and exchange of the text information is finished through the procedures of setting a system hook, acquiring a course address, operating the system hook, outputting the text information, acquiring a cursor position, setting a window text and the like. The invention realizes the functions of automatic acquisition of information among different systems and automatic retransmission of information through extracting display information of a computer screen, meets the requirement of extracting the patient information of the HIS by the PACS, improves the working efficiency of the medical workers and reduces the probability of medical negligence and medical dispute due to patient information error caused by human negligence.

Certain aspects of a method and system for pre-fetching relevant imaging information from multiple healthcare organizations is disclosed. Aspects of one method may include querying data associated with one or more patients from a shared document registry. The method includes receiving manifests of imaging data associated with one or more patients from a shared document repository based on the queried data. The method also includes pre-fetching imaging data associated with one or more patients from a shared imaging data repository based on the received manifests of the imaging data. The method further includes storing the pre-fetched imaging data in an image storage repository within a picture archiving and communication system (PACS). The stored imaging data may be accessed by a user via one or more PACS work stations.

Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) fully optimizes post-scan order processing for further processing a selected set of imaging data that has been processed by medical devices such as CT scanning devices and MRI scanning devices according to user-defined priorities. Imaging devices collect and store in distributed storage units on the network. User-defined priorities include minimum response time, minimum cost, and minimum network traffic. User-defined priorities are arbitrary in some preferred embodiments.

The invention relates to the technical field of unmanned aerial vehicle controlling, and particularly to a system for precise intelligent inspection of a power transmission line multi-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle and a method thereof. The precise intelligent inspection system of the power transmission line multi-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle comprises a control terminal and a flight platform which is connected with the control terminal. For settling problems of easy getting lost, high photographed picture archiving workload and low efficiency in performing overhead power transmission line equipment fault searching by a multi-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle now, the invention provides the system for precise intelligent inspection of the power transmission line multi-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle, a method thereof and a control terminal.

A method includes visually displaying an electronically formatted medical report, wherein the electronically formatted medical report references a set of electronically formatted images, acquiring the set of electronically formatted images, and linking the electronically formatted medical report and the set of electronically formatted images. A computing apparatus (102), includes a memory (108) with at least one computer readable instruction (106) and a processor (104) that executes the at least one computer readable instruction. The processor, in response to executing the at least one computer readable instruction, visually displays an electronically formatted medical report, wherein the electronically formatted medical report references a set of electronically formatted images, acquires the set of electronically formatted images, and links the electronically formatted medical report and the set of electronically formatted images.

The invention relates to a multilevel hospital remote medical information digital cloud integrated platform system and a method. The system comprises a first level hospital subsystem, a second level hospital subsystem, a third level hospital subsystem, a consultation center subsystem, a transmission network, a digital cloud system management server, a picture archiving and communication system (PACS) server and a video conference server. The first level, the second level and the third level hospital subsystems, the consultation center subsystem, the digital cloud system management server, the PACS server and the video conference server are connected with one another through the transmission network to transmit medical information, diagnosis results and video conference images. The method comprises the following steps of uploading medical information; downloading and processing medical information; uploading diagnosis results; downloading and displaying the diagnosis results; and uploading, receiving and displaying the video conference images. Due to adopting the system and the method, the remote transmission and consultation of medical information can be realized, not only can patients be treated in time, but also the medical equipment can be adequately utilized.

The present invention is a research picture archiving and communication system including a clinical subsystem, a de-identified image database, and a de-identification subsystem. The clinical subsystem connects to a clinical picture archiving and communication system containing image data including metadata associated with personal information. The clinical subsystem includes an image data editor for de-identifying image data by deleting or altering the personal information in the image data according to instructions specified in a de-identification script. The de-identification subsystem includes an image metadata database and runs an edit script generator that can be used by a user to generate a de-identification script based on metadata stored in the image metadata database, without access to the associated image data.

A method for remotely enhancing a picture archiving communication system (PACS) is provided. The method includes establishing an Internet connection with a server. The method also includes directing the server to simultaneously install software to a plurality of PACS workstations and simultaneously installing software to the plurality of PACS workstations. The method may optionally include, in the directing step, instructing the server to install at least one software update to the plurality of workstations. The method may also optionally include, in the establishing step, logging on to a web server and authenticating a user, and sending an indication message to a remote user to indicate whether the software installation was successful. An alternative embodiment provides an apparatus for remotely enhancing a picture archiving communication system. In another exemplary embodiment of the invention, a method for remotely monitoring a picture archiving communication system (PACS) is provided. The method includes establishing an Internet connection with a server, directing the server to retrieve data from at least one file from at least one of a plurality of PACS workstations, retrieving the data from the at least one file, and transmitting the data to a remote user. Yet another alternative embodiment provides an apparatus for remotely monitoring a picture archiving communication system.

Certain embodiments of the present invention provide for a system for medical diagnosis and tracking. In an embodiment, a medical diagnosis and tracking system includes one or more medical imaging devices adapted to create one or more current images. The medical diagnosis and tracking system also includes a historical images archive adapted to storing the one or more current images and / or one or more historical images. The system also includes a three-dimensional subtraction application adapted to create one or more three-dimensional subtracted images by performing three-dimensional subtraction on the one or more current images and the one or more historical images. The medical diagnosis and tracking system also includes a Picture Archiving Communication System (PACS) workstation adapted to display the one or more three-dimensional subtracted images.

A system and method for analyzing the utilization of diagnostic imaging modality devices by receiving and combining patient information from a radiology information system and image series information of patients from diagnostic imaging modality devices. The system may produce facility reports analyzing temporal utilization of the diagnostic imaging modality devices. It may also query a picture archiving and communication system to identify changes made to the image series information and update the facility database to reflect changes that are identified. The radiology information system may use a standard protocol, such as HL7, that is different from and not interoperable with a standard protocol, such as DICOM, used by the diagnostic imaging modality devices and picture archiving and communication system. The system may produce facility-independent reports for multiple imaging facilities that may be combined into regional reports by a regional information system.

It is an object of this invention to detect a similar picture at high speed with high accuracy from a large-scale picture archive. Previously, a frame is extracted from each picture in a picture archive at fixed time intervals, an image feature quantity is extracted from each extracted frame, and the extracted image feature quantities are clustered, thereby constructing a clustered feature quantity database. A frames search section performs a similar frame search not only for a leading frame of a query picture but also for a subsequent frame, by using the database. A search result integration section checks whether there is a sequence across a plurality of search results and outputs, as a picture similar to the query picture, a segment which is confirmed to be continuous for a certain length or more.

Embodiments of the invention provide a picture archiving method and device and electronic equipment. The picture archiving method comprises the following steps of obtaining a to-be-archived picture and a feature value of each existing representative picture in an existing archive; obtaining a first similarity between the feature value of the to-be-archived picture and the feature value of each existing representative picture in the existing archive, wherein the first similarity is the highest; comparing the first similarity with a preset similarity threshold, and judging a preset similarity region to which the first similarity belongs according to a comparison result; and according to a judgment result, selecting a corresponding preset archiving strategy to archive the to-be-archived picture. According to the invention, when the to-be-archived pictures are archived, the probability of establishing a plurality of archives for the same person is reduced, so that the problem that the sameperson has a plurality of archives is effectively avoided.

Techniques are disclosed for efficiently and securely handling of patient medical images and data. In one particular embodiment, an acquisition service and picture archive communication system (PACS) architecture are provided that facilitate the transmission and storage of medical image objects using reliable IP multicasting, packet encoded transmission, and digital rights management (DRM). The system effectively creates a broadcast signal in which all listening computers can securely receive medical image objects at once for purposes of interpretation / diagnosis, assisting in surgery, and other such appropriate medical uses.

Disclosed are an apparatus and method for sharing and managing information in a PACS. A system for storing and managing medical image includes a pre-processing unit for generating a second medical image set by using at least part of a first medical image set and a medical image storage unit for storing the first medical image set and the generated second medical image set and store first information, stored in relation to any one of the first medical image set and the second medical image set, in relation to the other of the first medical image set and the second medical image set. Although thin-slice data is deleted, annotation or marking for 3-D data can be maintained and managed.

The invention relates to a human body diagnosis and treat information fusion digital model based on medical treatment information, and a construction method. The human body diagnosis and treat information fusion digital model comprises a plurality of medical treatment information systems and a message processing module, and is characterized in that the plurality of the medical treatment information systems are connected with the message processing module respectively; each medical treatment information system comprises a patient information system (PIS), a laboratory information system (LIS), a drugstore information system (DIS), a picture archiving and communication system (PACS), a fee information system (FIS) and an electronic medical record system (EMRS). According to the human body diagnosis and treat information fusion digital model and the construction method, different business data are subjected to specific digital modeling, so that medical treatment data of different medical treatment mechanisms are connected and communicated mutually; and a medical treatment information system platform based on human body digital models is established, so that mobile health care and remote consultation are popularized, high-quality medical resources are accessed to civilians, repeated consultation fees are reduced, and the problems of difficulty in receiving medical treatment and high cost for seeing a doctor are solved through an informatization manner.

A breakaway interface between radiological information systems, imaging equipment and picture archive and communications systems has automated filtering and handling of multiple study work orders or affiliated work orders, while passing single study work orders through unaltered. The work orders are processed by the breakaway interface to consolidate multiple procedure or multiple study work orders into a single super order, which is then communicated, preferably using DICOM standard protocol, to an imaging machine. The imaging machine returns a single image sequence, and the breakaway interface will then break images away from the single image sequence into a plurality of grouped image sequences. The preferred grouping is based upon anatomical regions, and separate but adjacent anatomical regions will preferably share one or more images at the boundary between the adjacent regions. The exact number of shared images may preferably be preset at the system level. A number of different techniques for analyzing the single image sequence are proposed individually or in combination, including histogram analysis, peak finding techniques, moments of order analysis, evaluating information from one or more previous analyses, and evaluating image sequence series information to distinguish discrete imaging procedures.

Disclosed are an apparatus and method for storing and displaying images in a picture archiving and communication system (PACS). The apparatus, comprising: a processor configured to: generate a two-dimensional (2D) medical image for a three-dimensional (3D) medical image at each of reference points of a predetermined 3D screen model; and store the generated 2D medical image along with attribute information related to the generation of the 2D medical image to a storage device or a memory.

The invention relates to a picture archiving and communication system and a communication method thereof. The communication method of the picture archiving and communication system (PACS) comprises the following steps: a first PACS client selects medical data from a PACS server storing the medical data according to a first operation instruction of a first user, and the feature information of the selected medical data is sent to another or multiple PACS clients through the PACS server; based on the medical data, the first PACS client carries out real-time information interaction with another or multiple PACS clients through the PACS server. The method and the system can improve the service quality of hospitals and the working efficiency of users.