METHOD FOR CREATING A REPORT FROM RADIOLOGICAL IMAGES USING ELECTRONIC REPORT TEMPLATES

摘要

A method is disclosed for creating a report from a radiological image using an electronic report template, the radiological image being an image of an anatomical region and the report template initially having empty fields. The method comprising the steps of: displaying the radiological image on a screen of a workstation; providing a structural template, the structural template being a map of a reference region that corresponds to the anatomical region, the structural template identifying a plurality of anatomical landmarks each associated with corresponding landmark data; fitting the structural template with the radiological image such that the anatomical landmarks match corresponding anatomical landmarks of the radiological image; using the fitting to generate pathological data indicative of a pathology in one or more of the anatomical landmarks; and using the landmark data and pathological data to populate the empty field of the report template to thereby create the report. Also disclosed is a workstation for carrying out the method.