US 11,854,705 B2
Method and system for supporting clinical decisions
Michael Suehling, Erlangen (DE)
Assigned to SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH, Erlangen (DE)
Filed by Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen (DE)
Filed on Oct. 3, 2018, as Appl. No. 16/150,407.
Claims priority of application No. 17195681 (EP), filed on Oct. 10, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2019/0108917 A1, Apr. 11, 2019
Int. Cl. G16H 50/70 (2018.01); G16H 10/60 (2018.01); G16H 50/20 (2018.01); G16H 30/40 (2018.01); G16H 15/00 (2018.01); G16H 10/20 (2018.01); G16H 30/20 (2018.01)
CPC G16H 50/70 (2018.01) [G16H 10/60 (2018.01); G16H 30/40 (2018.01); G16H 50/20 (2018.01); G16H 10/20 (2018.01); G16H 15/00 (2018.01); G16H 30/20 (2018.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for supporting clinical decisions for a diagnosis or therapy of a patient using a medical imaging system, the method comprising:
automatically identifying, based on a procedure order, a clinical context of the procedure order;
generating preliminary imaging data of at least a part of an anatomy of the patient, the preliminary imaging data including imaging raw data, and the imaging raw data including projection data or sinogram data obtained by a first medical imaging apparatus;
generating feature extraction data based on the clinical context and the preliminary imaging data including the imaging raw data, the feature extraction data being based on imaging data prior to reconstruction for viewing;
extracting at least one clinical context specific feature based on the feature extraction data;
annotating the at least one clinical context specific feature, the annotating including applying a hash function to the at least one clinical context specific feature to obtain at least one hash code;
selecting, for the clinical context, a similar case data set from a reference database of case data sets, based on the at least one hash code; and
obtaining at least one of an adapted image reconstruction parameter or an adapted scanning parameter based on information included in the similar case data set, the adapted scanning parameter being a selected parameter value usable for performing a future scan of the patient via a second medical imaging apparatus.