Browser-Based Medical Reporting System With Cooperative Interfaces
Solution Overview
Problem
The quality and accuracy of characterizing and classifying medical states, particularly in regions with limited educational resources, are compromised due to inadequate training and resources, leading to inefficiencies and inaccuracies in medical reporting.
Innovation Solution
A browser-based system providing a viewing interface, decision support interface, and template interface that allows users to interact with medical images and generate reports, utilizing interactive controls and expert knowledge to ensure accurate and standardized reporting, with features like DICOM compliance, context-sensitive tools, and real-time feedback for improved accuracy and efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If traditional manual medical reporting is used, then doctors can apply their experience and knowledge to classify medical conditions, but the quality and accuracy of classification varies widely depending on skill, education, and training
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a computer-based decision support system as an intermediary between the medical professional and the classification task. This system provides standardized templates, structured terminology, and guided workflows that mediate the classification process, reducing variability caused by individual skill differences while preserving the ability to handle diverse medical conditions
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the parameters of the reporting process by imposing structured templates, standardized terminology, and required fields. These parameter changes transform the free-form manual reporting into a controlled process with defined parameters, improving consistency and accuracy across different users regardless of their individual expertise levels
2Stability of the object's composition
If standardized templates and computer-based systems are used, then reporting consistency and accessibility are improved, but the system complexity and interface requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The reporting interface is segmented into multiple coordinated components: a viewing interface for images, a decision support interface for clinical reasoning, and a template interface for structured reporting. This segmentation allows each component to specialize in its function while working together through defined interfaces, improving consistency without overwhelming the user with monolithic complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The system employs a unified browser-based platform that provides multiple functions through a single interface architecture. The same browser environment handles image viewing, decision support, template selection, and report generation, reducing the need for multiple separate systems and simplifying the overall user experience while maintaining standardized reporting
3Productivity
If multiple cooperative interfaces are provided simultaneously, then user actions in one interface cause changes in others, improving efficiency, but the interface coordination and system complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the viewing interface, decision support interface, and template interface into a single integrated browser-based system. These interfaces are combined in space and time, allowing users to interact with all three simultaneously with automatic coordination. Actions in one interface trigger corresponding changes in others through shared data models and event-driven architecture, improving efficiency while managing complexity through unified design
Data Source
AI summary
Among other things, a user of a browser is exposed simultaneously to three interfaces: A viewing interface for at least one image of a subject that is stored on a device on which the browser is running, a decision support interface that aids the user in determining the state of the subject based on the image, and a template interface that aids the user in capturing uniform descriptive information about the state of the subject. At least two of the viewing interface, the decision support interface, and the template interface operate cooperatively so that actions of the user with respect to one of the two interfaces causes changes in content exposed by the other of the two interfaces.