MEDICAL IMAGING STUDY RETRIEVAL SYSTEM

摘要

A programmed computer system receives an imaging study of the patient including metadata associated with the study. The metadata are analyzed to determine an anatomic region represented by the study. Additional imaging studies for the same patient are requested and the metadata associated with the additional studies are analyzed to determine relevant studies for the same or adjacent anatomic regions. Once the relevant prior studies have been identified, the computer requests the images associated with the identified prior imaging studies including the associated reports for review by a physician or other medical personnel.

主权项

1. A computer system for retrieving imaging studies of a patient, comprising:
a memory that stores a sequence of program instructions; a processor configured to execute the instructions in order to:
receive an imaging study of a patient;analyze metadata associated with the received imaging study to identify the patient and to identify an anatomic region depicted in the imaging study;request metadata for prior imaging studies performed on the patient;analyze the metadata to identify at least one prior imaging study that is relevant to the received imaging study;request images and associated reports for the at least one prior relevant imaging study.