US 12,148,521 B2
Closed-loop radiological follow-up recommendation system
Merlijn Sevenster, Haarlem (NL); and Sandeep Madhukar Dalal, Winchester, MA (US)
Assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Filed by KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Filed on Oct. 29, 2018, as Appl. No. 16/173,242.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/578,683, filed on Oct. 30, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2019/0131011 A1, May 2, 2019
Int. Cl. G16H 30/20 (2018.01); G06F 16/9032 (2019.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01)
CPC G16H 30/20 (2018.01) [G06F 16/90324 (2019.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01)] 7 Claims
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1. A method for imaging, comprising:
processing, by a processor, a follow-up recommendation extracted by the processor from a radiological report;
generating, by the processor, an unauthorized imaging order for a patient from the extracted follow-up recommendation based on the extracted follow-up recommendation, wherein the unauthorized imaging order comprises a first anatomy, a first modality and a time interval, and a status of the unauthorized imaging order is open;
receiving, by the processor and from a computer memory, an authorized imaging order for the patient which includes a second anatomy and a second modality, wherein the authorized imaging order is entered by a healthcare practitioner with authorization to prescribe the authorized imaging order, and a status of the authorized imaging order is ordered;
identifying the authorized imaging order overlaps the unauthorized imaging order based on overlap of the first and second anatomies and the first and second imaging modalities;
selecting an imaging protocol that satisfies both the authorized imaging order and the unauthorized imaging order;
linking the authorized imaging order to the unauthorized imaging order;
modifying the status of the unauthorized imaging order to ordered; and
performing an imaging examination according to the selected imaging protocol.