Multidimensional Medical Imaging Database for Pattern-Based Diagnosis
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Solution Overview
Problem
Radiologists face challenges in efficiently diagnosing medical imaging abnormalities due to the difficulty in finding relevant information in vast libraries and databases, which are often disorganized by location rather than pattern, leading to time-consuming and inefficient workflows.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that organize medical imaging data using a multidimensional database structured by location, pattern, and disease, allowing for quick retrieval of diagnoses by intersecting these parameters, and incorporating patient-specific information to prioritize likely conditions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If radiologists use traditional reference books and databases organized by location, then comprehensive disease information is available, but finding relevant information becomes time-consuming and inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a new organizational dimension based on morphologic patterns (e.g., ring-enhancing lesion, focal lesion, diffuse disease) in addition to the traditional location-based organization. This allows radiologists to access disease information by pattern type, dramatically reducing search time while maintaining comprehensive information availability through the multidimensional database structure
Solution Approach 2:
The database is segmented into distinct dimensional categories including location, morphologic pattern, patient demographics, and imaging findings. This segmentation allows radiologists to query specific dimensions independently or in combination, enabling rapid retrieval of relevant information without searching through entire databases
2Reliability
If radiologists search through hundreds of books and journals to find specific disease information, then complete diagnostic data can be obtained, but productivity is reduced due to workflow interruptions
Solution Approach 1:
The database pre-organizes disease information by morphologic patterns and locations before queries are made. When a radiologist inputs imaging findings, the system has already structured the data to immediately retrieve relevant differential diagnoses, eliminating the need for radiologists to manually search through references and maintain diagnostic accuracy while preserving workflow continuity
3Adaptability or versatility
If information is organized systematically by location in textbooks, then comprehensive coverage of anatomical areas is achieved, but finding specific pattern-related information becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The database system serves multiple functions simultaneously: it organizes information by location, by morphologic pattern, by patient demographics, and by imaging findings. This multi-functional organization allows radiologists to access comprehensive anatomical coverage while easily finding pattern-specific information through any of the organizational dimensions
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a method and system for evaluating at least one abnormality in one or more medical images of a subject comprising: (a) determining the location of each abnormality from pre-defined selection, (b) determining the pattern of each abnormality from pre-defined selection, (c) accessing a multidimensional database comprising data of patterns, locations, and conditions associated therewith, in which the database comprises data of each of patterns, locations, and conditions is comprised in separate dimension(s), and characteristic information for patterns, locations, and conditions is organized in the database into discrete categories, (d) extracting from the multidimensional database a list of conditions corresponding to the imaging data determined in steps (a) and (b), (e) providing an evaluation of abnormality using list obtained in step (d). The invention also relates to a database, computer program, system for navigating the database, a method for entering data into a database.