Method and system for joint evaluation of a medical image dataset

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10163181-B2
Application number	US-201514973202-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 17, 2015
Priority date	Dec 17, 2014
Publication date	Dec 25, 2018
Grant date	Dec 25, 2018

Abstract

For effective joint evaluation of a medical image dataset on a first data processing device and at least one second data processing device that is connected to the first data processing device via a data transmission network, a first application is performed in the first data processing device, and a second application is performed in the second data processing device. Each of the applications has a respective graphical user interface having at least one segment for display of a view of the image dataset. An image processing pipeline is associated with each segment for deriving the view from the image dataset. Partially processed data of the image dataset is decoupled from the image processing pipeline of the segment of the first application, is transferred to the second application, and there is coupled to the image processing pipeline of the segment of the second application for preparing the view.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for joint evaluation of a medical image dataset on a first data processing device and at least one second data processing device that is connected to the first data processing device via a data transmission network, the method comprising:
performing a first application in the first data processing device and performing a second application in the at least one second data processing device, the first application and the second application being software applications for displaying, processing, or displaying and processing the medical image dataset; and
generating a view of the medical image dataset, the generating comprising combining image data of the medical image dataset with data of at least one further data type, the at least one further data type including metadata, assessments, or metadata and assessments,
wherein each of the first application and the second application has a respective graphical user interface having at least one segment for display of the view of the medical image dataset,
wherein the view is derived from the medical image dataset by an image processing pipeline that is associated with the respective segment in a multi-stage processing process,
wherein the at least one segment of the first application is operated as a presenter segment in that partially processed data of the medical image dataset is decoupled from the image processing pipeline of the presenter segment and is transferred to the second application,
wherein the at least one segment of the second application is operated as an observer segment in that the transferred partially processed data of the medical image dataset is coupled to the image processing pipeline of the observer segment for preparing the view, and
wherein the image data and the data of the at least one further data type are decoupled separately from one another from the image processing pipeline of the presenter segment and coupled to the image processing pipeline of the observer segment and are combined there to give the view.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the partially processed data of the medical image dataset is decoupled from the image processing pipeline of the presenter segment before form factor adjustment has been performed, and is coupled to the image processing pipeline of the observer segment before form factor adjustment.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising generating, by user interaction with the user interface of the second application, an assessment in the observer segment,
wherein the assessment is transferred to the first application and at the first application is fed into the image processing pipeline of the presenter segment.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein one segment of a plurality of segments of the user interface of the first application is selected as the presenter segment by user interaction with the user interface of the first application, wherein one segment of a plurality of segments of the user interface of the second application is selected as the observer segment by user interaction with the user interface of the second application.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating, by user interaction with the user interface of the second application, an assessment in the observer segment,
wherein the assessment is transferred to the first application and at the first application is fed into the image processing pipeline of the presenter segment.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein one segment of a plurality of segments of the user interface of the first application is selected as the presenter segment by user interaction with the user interface of the first application, wherein one segment of a plurality of segments of the user interface of the second application is selected as the observer segment by user interaction with the user interface of the second application.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating respective graphical user interfaces for each of the first application and the second application.

8. A system for joint evaluation of a medical image dataset, the system comprising:
at least a first data processor and at least a second data processor; and
a data transmission network via which the first data processor and the second data processor are connected,
wherein a first application is implemented in the first data processor, and a second application is implemented in the second data processor, the first application and the second application being software applications for displaying, processing, or displaying and processing the medical image dataset,
wherein each application of the first application and the second application has a respective graphical user interface having at least one segment for display of a view of the medical image dataset,
wherein an image processing pipeline for generating the view from the medical image dataset is associated with each segment in a multi-stage processing process,
wherein the first application is configured to decouple partially processed data of the medical image dataset from the image processing pipeline of the associated segment and to transfer the decoupled partially processed data to the second application in order to operate the associated segment as a presenter segment,
wherein the second application is configured to receive the transferred partially processed data of the medical image dataset and to couple the transferred partially processed data to the image processing pipeline of the associated segment for preparing the view in order thus to operate this segment as an observer segment,
wherein the image processing pipeline of the presenter segment and the image processing pipeline of the observer segment are each configured to generate the view, the generation of the view comprising a combination of image data of the medical image dataset with data of at least one further data type, the at least one further data type including metadata, assessments, or metadata and assessments,
wherein the first application is configured to decouple the image data and the data of the at least one further data type separately from one another from the image processing pipeline of the presenter segment, and
wherein the second application is configured to couple the image data and the data of the at least one further data type separately from one another to the image processing pipeline of the observer segment and to combine the image data and the data of the at least one further data type there to give the view.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the first application is configured to decouple the partially processed data of the medical image dataset from the image processing pipeline of the presenter segment before form factor adjustment, and
wherein the second application is configured to couple the partially processed data of the medical image dataset to the image processing pipeline of the observer segment before form factor adjustment.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the second application is configured such that, by user interaction with the associated user interface, an assessment is generateable in the observer segment,
wherein the second application is configured to transfer the assessment to the first application, and
wherein the first application is configured to feed the assessment into the image processing pipeline of the presenter segment.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the user interface of the first application includes a plurality of segments, each segment of the plurality of segments of the user interface of the first application being selectable as the presenter segment by user interaction with the user interface of the first application, the us

Assignees

• Dominick Lutz
• Ukis Vladyslav
• Siemens Ag

Inventors

• Dominick Lutz
• Ukis Vladyslav

Classifications

• G06T5/20

  using local operators · CPC title

• G06T7/0012

  Biomedical image inspection · CPC title

• G16H80/00

  ICT specially adapted for facilitating communication between medical practitioners or patients, e.g. for collaborative diagnosis, therapy or health monitoring · CPC title

• G06T2200/24

  involving graphical user interfaces [GUIs] · CPC title

• G06T1/20 Primary

  Processor architectures; Processor configuration, e.g. pipelining · CPC title