US 12,308,127 B2
Guided reviews of prior exams and reports
André Gooßen, Radbruch (DE); Axel Saalbach, Hamburg (DE); Rafael Wiemker, Kisdorf (DE); Tim Philipp Harder, Ahrensburg (DE); Tom Brosch, Hamburg (DE); and Hrishikesh Narayanrao Deshpande, Hamburg (DE)
Assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Filed by KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Filed on Oct. 20, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/074,669.
Claims priority of application No. 19206904 (EP), filed on Nov. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0134465 A1, May 6, 2021
Int. Cl. G16H 50/70 (2018.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); G06F 40/253 (2020.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01); G16H 15/00 (2018.01); G16H 30/20 (2018.01)
CPC G16H 50/70 (2018.01) [A61B 6/5217 (2013.01); G06F 40/253 (2020.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06T 7/0014 (2013.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01); G16H 15/00 (2018.01); G16H 30/20 (2018.01); G06T 2200/24 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30096 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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11. A method for producing a new radiology report on a follow-up examination including automatically reviewing a prior medical image and a related prior radiology report, the method comprising:
receiving, by a report analyzer, the prior radiology report;
analyzing, by the report analyzer, the prior radiology report to extract first information regarding a first medical finding described in the prior radiology report;
using a size measurement tool to analyze the prior medical image based upon the first extracted information;
outputting the first extracted information to the size measurement tool;
remeasuring, by the size measurement tool, the prior medical image to produce a first updated measurement of the first medical finding;
measuring, by the size measurement tool, a new medical image associated with the prior medical image to produce a new first measurement of the first medical finding;
outputting, by the size measurement tool, both the new first measurement of the first medical finding and the first updated measurement of the first medical finding to a report generator; and
producing, by the report generator, the new radiology report including inserting new report text containing the first updated measurement of the first medical finding and the new first measurement of the first medical finding into the new radiology report; and
displaying, by a graphical user interface, the new radiology report including the inserted new report text containing the first updated measurement of the first medical finding and the new first measurement of the first medical finding, and further displaying the prior radiology report, the prior medical image, and the new medical image.