US 12,315,626 B2
Automated protocoling in medical imaging systems
Yaxi Shen, Waukesha, WI (US); Vignesh Doraiswamy, New Berlin, WI (US); and Amanda Ciano, Waukesha, WI (US)
Assigned to GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US)
Appl. No. 17/777,477
Filed by GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 24, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/061999
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 17, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/108398, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 3, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/941,995, filed on Nov. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0399107 A1, Dec. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. G16H 40/40 (2018.01); G16H 30/20 (2018.01)
CPC G16H 40/40 (2018.01) [G16H 30/20 (2018.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving an order for an imaging procedure, wherein the imaging procedure corresponds to a patient;
in response to receiving the order, obtaining medical information stored in an information technology system, wherein the medical information relates to the patient;
automatically generating an imaging protocol as a function of the received order and the obtained medical information;
translating the generated imaging protocol to a scan protocol executable, the generated imaging protocol comprising a region of the patient to be imaged, an imaging order/direction, a patient position, or a combination thereof, wherein the generated imaging protocol is identified, using a neural network, from a query comprising one or more protocol tags;
initiating an imaging procedure specific to the patient based on the scan protocol executable; and
executing the scan protocol executable by a scanner of a medical imaging system to generate a medical image, wherein executing the scan protocol executable comprises generating the medical image based on one or more technical imaging parameters for the medical imaging system.