Automated report generation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10269449-B2
Application number	US-201815872283-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 16, 2018
Priority date	Jun 24, 2011
Publication date	Apr 23, 2019
Grant date	Apr 23, 2019

Abstract

Provided herein are various systems and methods for improved report interaction and generation. A computing system receives selection of an exam for display on a display device, either from a user or as automatically determined by a computing device. The computing system may then determine an exam characteristic associated with the exam, such as an exam type. A data structure storing associations between exam characteristics and respective report packages, each of the report packages comprising a parent report and one or more child reports, may be accessed in order to select a report package associated with the determined exam characteristic. The child reports of the selected report package, which are configured to receive input from a user of the computing system that is usable in automatically generating content of the parent report of the selected report package, may be selectively displayed on the one or more displays.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving a selection of an exam for display on one or more displays of a computing system having one or more computer processors, the exam including at least a first image series, the first image series associated with a first image series type;
determining an exam characteristic associated with the exam;
selecting a report package associated with the determined exam characteristic, wherein the selected report package comprises a parent report and at least a first child report, wherein the first child report is associated with the first image series type, wherein the first child report is configured to receive diagnosis data from a user of the computing system regarding one or more images of the first image series associated with the first image series type;
determining, based on the selected report package, locations on the one or more displays for displaying the first child report and images of the first image series; and
displaying, in the locations on the one or more displays, the selected parent report, the first child report, and images of the first image series.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:
determining at least one of: quantity, size, orientation, or content of the first child report and/or images of the first image series for display on the one or more displays.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , wherein determining at least one of: quantity, size, orientation, or content is based on at least one of: user preferences, system preferences, site preferences, software preferences, or a hanging protocol.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , wherein determining at least one of: quantity, size, orientation, or content is based on manual input received from the user of the computing system.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the first child report is in the form of at least one of: text, image, or graphics, and wherein the first selected child report provides the user with information for educational or decision-making purposes.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5 , wherein the first child report includes at least one of educational or reference material.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the first child report is at least partially graphical so that the user can provide input in an intuitive manner by selecting portions of the first child report associated with graphical anatomical structures.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein diagnosis data received by the first selected child report is usable in automatically generating content of the selected parent report, and wherein the computer-implemented method further comprises:
in response to receiving diagnosis data from the user of the computing system to the first child report, automatically updating the parent report with similar diagnosis data.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:
in response to receiving diagnosis data from the user of the computing system to the first child report, automatically updating the at least one image of the first image series with similar diagnosis data.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:
in response to receiving diagnosis data from the user of the computing system to the at least one image of the first image series, automatically updating the first child report with similar diagnosis data.

11. A computing system comprising:
one or more displays; and
one or more computer processors configured with computer-executable instructions in order to:
receiving a selection of an exam for display on one or more displays of a computing system having one or more computer processors, the exam including at least a first image series, the first image series associated with a first image series type;
determining an exam characteristic associated with the exam;
selecting a report package associated with the determined exam characteristic, wherein the selected report package comprises a parent report and at least a first child report, wherein the first child report is associated with the first image series type, wherein the first child report is configured to receive diagnosis data from a user of the computing system regarding one or more images of the first image series associated with the first image series type;
determining, based on the selected report package, locations on the one or more displays for displaying the first child report and images of the first image series; and
displaying, in the locations on the one or more displays, the selected parent report, the first child report, and images of the first image series.

12. The computing system of claim 11 , wherein the one or more computer processors are further configured with computer-executable instructions in order to:
determine at least one of: quantity, size, orientation, or content of the first child report and/or images of the first image series for display on the one or more displays.

13. The computing system of claim 12 , wherein determining at least one of: quantity, size, orientation, or content is based on at least one of: user preferences, system preferences, site preferences, software preferences, or a hanging protocol.

14. The computing system of claim 12 , wherein determining at least one of: quantity, size, orientation, or content is based on manual input received from the user of the computing system.

15. The computing system of claim 11 , wherein the first child report is in the form of at least one of: text, image, or graphics, and wherein the first selected child report provides the user with information for educational or decision-making purposes.

16. The computing system of claim 15 , wherein the first child report includes at least one of educational or reference material.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more computer processors, cause the one or more computer processors to:
receiving a selection of an exam for display on one or more displays of a computing system having one or more computer processors, the exam including at least a first image series, the first image series associated with a first image series type;
determining an exam characteristic associated with the exam;
selecting a report package associated with the determined exam characteristic, wherein the selected report package comprises a parent report and at least a first child report, wherein the first child report is associated with the first image series type, wherein the first child report is configured to receive diagnosis data from a user of the computing system regarding one or more images of the first image series associated with the first image series type;
determining, based on the selected report package, locations on the one or more displays for displaying the first child report and images of the first image series; and
displaying, in the locations on the one or more displays, the selected parent report, the first child report, and images of the first image series.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein, when executed by one or more computer processors, the computer-executable instructions cause the one or more computer processors to further:
in response to receiving diagnosis data from the user of the computing system to the first child report, automatically update the parent report with similar diagnosis data.

Assignees

• D R Systems Inc

Inventors

• Fram Evan K

Classifications

• G16H30/20

  for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS · CPC title

• G16H15/00 Primary

  ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof · CPC title

• G06T7/0012

  Biomedical image inspection · CPC title

• G16H10/40

  for data related to laboratory analysis, e.g. patient specimen analysis · CPC title

• G06T2207/30176

  Document · CPC title