DATABASE SYSTEMS AND INTERACTIVE USER INTERFACES FOR DYNAMIC INTERACTION WITH, AND SORTING OF, DIGITAL MEDICAL IMAGE DATA

摘要

Database systems and techniques are disclosed for accessing data stores of digital medical images, processing the digital images, and displaying the digital images to efficiently provide information in an interactive user interface. The disclosure may advantageously provide efficient and rapid dynamic interaction with digital images accessed from one or more databases to enable user detection of differences between related digital images. Interactive user interfaces may be dynamically updated to provide rapid comparison of digital images. Further, digital images from multiple data sources may be automatically sorted by the system according to attributes associated with the images and rules and/or preferences of the user. In an embodiment the user may select a digital image from a first data source, and the system automatically determines and displays one or more comparison images from other image data sources. Images may additionally be automatically registered and/or matched to enable more efficient comparison and evaluation.

主权项

1. A database computing system for processing digital medical images, the computing system comprising:
an electronic display; an input device; and one or more computer processors in communication with the electronic display, the input device, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing software modules including software instructions that are executable by the one or more computer processors, the software modules including at least:
a user input module configured to:
receive an indication of a selection of a first image series of a first medical exam associated with a patient, wherein the first image series includes a first plurality of medical images; anda rules engine module configured to access one or more matching rules and a first one or more sorting rules, the first one or more sorting rules indicating a first attribute and a second attribute, the rules engine module further configured to:
determine, based on the one or more matching rules, a second image series of a second medical exam for comparison with the first image series, wherein the second image series includes a second plurality of medical images, and wherein the second medical exam is also associated with the patient and was acquired at a time different from a time that the first medical exam was acquired;sort a set of images including the images of both the first image series and the second image series to determine a sorted set of images by at least:
sorting the set of images based on the first attribute; andfor each sorted group of images having a common first attribute, further sorting the group of images based on the second attribute such that the sorted set of images are sorted based on both the first and second attributes;wherein the user input module is further configured to:
receive a first user input;wherein the rules engine module is further configured to:
in response to the first user input, access a second one or more sorting rules indicating a third attribute and a fourth attribute; andre-sort the set of images to determine a re-sorted set of images by at least:
sorting the set of images based on the third attribute; andfor each sorted group of images having a common third attribute, further sorting the group of images based on the fourth attribute such that the re-sorted set of images are sorted based on both the third and fourth attributes.