119 results about "Pacs radiology" patented technology

Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for dynamic configuration of PACS workstation displays. Certain embodiments include automatically detecting a number of display(s) in communication with a picture archiving and communication system (PACS) and a display resolution associated with each of the display(s). An application window is created for each of the display(s) such that the application window may be closed, opened and / or resized without affecting other application windows. Configuration of display(s) may be dynamically adjusted based upon a number of active displays and a number of applications executing on the PACS, for example. A display protocol is applied to each application window for display of data in the application window. The display protocol may be a default, user-configured and / or dynamically-configured display protocol, for example.

Some embodiments provide a method and system for efficiently transferring medical images. Some embodiments receive a medical image in a first platform dependent format of a Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS). The first platform dependent format is one that is accessible by a first format compliant device that includes a library that specifies how to decode the first format. Some embodiments transform the medical image from the first format to a second format. The second format includes decoded content of the first format that is viewable on a first format non-compliant device. The transformed image is then passed to the device for viewing. Additionally, some embodiments efficiently transfer medical images by identifying image settings for one or more devices and by passing requested images that are optimized by resizing the images according to the image settings of the requesting device.

The present invention is directed in general to imaging technologies and more particularly to medical imaging and picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) having an image display wherein system features and functions are provided to a user via active overlays located over displayed images. A system and method are provided to imbed an ability to interact with an image by activating traditional annotations that are displayed in conjunction with an image in a PACS. Users are able to access program functionalities in an improved, quicker, accurate and more intuitive means. More specifically, the present invention relates to providing the capability to customize multiple context menus, and flatten the command hierarchy of an imaging system. The present invention also provides the ability to “overload” current text and graphic annotations that are already displayed within an image of interest.

The present invention provides a method for presenting at least one medical imaging study in a Picture Archiving and Communication System (“PACS”). The method includes selecting at least one comparison imaging study from a plurality of historical imaging studies by comparing at least one image data attribute associated with a current imaging study with at least one image data attribute associated with each of the plurality of historical studies. The relevant historical studies are automatically selected as comparison imaging studies.

The present invention provides a method for presenting at least one medical imaging study in a Picture Archiving and Communication System (“PACS”). The method includes selecting at least one comparison imaging study from a plurality of historical imaging studies by comparing at least one image data attribute associated with a current imaging study with at least one image data attribute associated with each of the plurality of historical studies. The relevant historical studies are automatically selected as comparison imaging studies.

Certain embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems combining user interface features with force feedback techniques in clinical applications. Certain embodiments provide a user interface providing clinical software tools and information access for a picture archiving and communication system. The user interface includes a plurality of regions displayed to represent selectable functionality for an associated plurality of clinical software tools and information. The user interface also includes a cursor movable by a user to select one of the plurality of regions. The user interface further includes a processor configured to determine a location and pattern of movement of the cursor and provide force feedback to the user based on the location and pattern of movement of the cursor to provide a non-visual indication to the user of the location and pattern of movement of the cursor.

The picture archiving and communication system (PACS) substantially optimizes a post-scanning command process in accordance with a user-specified priority for further processing a selected set of imaging data that has been collected by medical imaging devices such as a CT scanner and a MRI scanner and stored in distributed storage units on the network. The user-specified priority includes the least response time, the least costs and the least network traffic. The user-specified priority is optionally fixed in some preferred embodiments.

A pure web browser based medical imaging system that requires no installation of application software or any browser plug-in and functions in the same way as traditional full blown medical imaging PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication Systems) viewer fat clients. In addition, the system intelligently distributes the computing tasks of image rendering between browser and servers from complete server-side rendering to complete client-side rendering and anything between. It comprises a JavaScript medical image rendering library that can process original DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) data sets and all standard web images at pixel level, a medical imaging server and a rendering load balancing component that can dynamically split the rendering computing from server to client according to their capabilities.

A system is provided wherein data processing devices are connected to a high-speed picture archiving and communications system (PACS) server network that archives and transmits medical image data. As part of a diagnostic process, medical images are processed at the data processing devices and image processing parameter (IPP) sets are created. The image processing parameters are attached to image diagnosis reports and can be used to recreate the processing of key images that are referenced in the image diagnosis reports. Users of the diagnostic reports can send the IPP sets to the PACS server network to recreate and retrieve key diagnostic images. The image data can be compressed for transmission over low bandwidth networks.

Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for using medical perspectives to improve medical workflow. Certain embodiments of a system for using medical perspectives for improved screening analysis include a picture archiving and communication system (PACS) workstation capable of being used for reviewing images and at least one display capable of displaying images for review. The system also includes a default perspective including a first plurality of images organized according to a default criterion, wherein the default perspective is used to review the first plurality of images via the PACS workstation. The system includes one or more additional perspectives organizing image sets according to certain criteria. A user may select one or more of the additional perspectives for reviewing image sets or subsets via the PACS workstation. The system may also include tools and reporting templates for use with images within the perspectives.

A system is provided wherein data processing devices are connected to a high-speed picture archiving and communications system (PACS) server network that archives and transmits medical image data. As part of a diagnostic process, medical images are processed at the data processing devices and image processing parameter (IPP) sets are created. The image processing parameters are attached to image diagnosis reports and can be used to recreate the processing of key images that are referenced in the image diagnosis reports. Users of the diagnostic reports can send the IPP sets to the PACS server network to recreate and retrieve key diagnostic images. The image data can be compressed for transmission over low bandwidth networks.

Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for using medical perspectives to improve medical workflow. Certain embodiments of a system for using medical perspectives for improved screening analysis include a picture archiving and communication system (PACS) workstation capable of being used for reviewing images and at least one display capable of displaying images for review. The system also includes a default perspective including a first plurality of images organized according to a default criterion, wherein the default perspective is used to review the first plurality of images via the PACS workstation. The system includes one or more additional perspectives organizing image sets according to certain criteria. A user may select one or more of the additional perspectives for reviewing image sets or subsets via the PACS workstation. The system may also include tools and reporting templates for use with images within the perspectives.

Certain embodiments provide systems and methods for image delivery in a picture archiving and communication system. Certain embodiments provide a method for transferring image data via a delivery chain for display at a client workstation. The method includes creating a data list describing image data to be delivered to implement an imaging workflow. The method includes establishing a general loading plan to specify a recommended priority for delivery of the image data in the data list. The method includes generating a node loading plan for each node in the delivery chain based on the general loading plan. The method includes reconciling at least one of the general loading plan and the node loading plan. The method includes delivering the image data via the nodes of the delivery chain based on the general loading plan, the node loading plan for each node in the delivery chain, and the data list.

The invention discloses a retrieval system based on a multi-lesion region characteristic and oriented to a medical image database. In the invention, the image is omni-directionally described by advanced image description symbols, including image region contents, pathological representation and anatomical position information, thus realizing the quick positioning and matching method on a plurality of lesion regions; by adopting the method of combining the semantic navigation and high-dimension data index, the quick retrieval of large-scale image characteristic value can be realized, the retrieval efficiency is improved, and the 'semantic gap' phenomenon existing in the traditional image retrieval technology is relieved to certain degree. The retrieval system sufficiently utilizes the historical image and diagnosis data in a PACS (picture archiving and communication system) database, can be used as an effective measure for computer aided diagnosis, and can be widely applied to the fields such as medical clinics, researches and teaching.

Provided are a computer-aided system (medical device), a computer-aided method, and a computer program product useful in digital templating for prosthetic arthroplasty, for example, total hip arthroplasty. The invention includes digital image capture and scaling features that can be used in conjunction with any digital radiographic image stored using picture archiving and communication system (PACS), regardless of PACS provider or PACS format. Patient radiographic images are captured, imported, and scaled, e.g., to actual size, to match the scale of a digital template of any prosthesis selected by the user. The computer program product is a stand-alone product, used independently of any software interface, including software accessed through connection to a network or the internet. The software, method, and system are suitable for use with a stand-alone computer and permit improved and cost-effective selection of prostheses for any particular clinical situation.

The invention provides an atlantoaxial pedicle screw guide and a preparation method therefor. The method is that a hospital PACS (picture archiving and communication system) system obtains atlantoaxial fracture data or CT (computed tomography) scan data of cervical dislocation of a patient; based on the data, and a 3D design and print work platform of digital visualized orthopedics is used for designing and preparing the atlantoaxial pedicle screw guide. The atlantoaxial pedicle screw guide and the preparation method therefor has the advantages of being high in accuracy, easy to operate and low in cost. Furthermore, the atlantoaxial pedicle screw guide and the preparation method therefor is capable of making complex and high-risk atlantoaxial fixation surgery accurate, safe and easy to operate under the accurate guide of the guide, surgery accuracy is greatly improved, and the risk of the surgery is reduced.

Method and system for integrating different applications like imaging system, audio-video streaming system, Electronic Medical Records (EMR), Electronic Health Records (EHR), Patient Health Records (PHR), PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication System), Lab System and patient monitoring systems / databases / warehouses into single application, wherein all the applications are displayed in a single computer screen / interface preferably by using a common interaction platform, for example a web browser, wherein the web browser provides the patient direct interface in real time with the health care professional. The system enables standardized data, records and content of patients, store the information captured into integrated application database and / or into its objects stored in the application folders.

A system and method to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of a radiologist. A context manager for managing the display of multi-patient contexts. In an embodiment computer software operates as a context manager and correlates the context of at least one information container with at least one image container. A graphical container displaying information about a patient, as opposed to an image, may be an information container. A graphical container displaying images of a patient, as opposed to information, may be an image container. In order to minimize occurrences of a user viewing information about a first patient and images of a second patient, and mistakenly believing the information and images belong to the same patient, a visual indicator may be displayed over images that are out-of-context with the information displayed. The visual indicator may be a watermark to alert a user of a difference in context.

Certain embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems for circular tool menu configuration and use with a clinical application. Certain embodiments provide a user interface providing software tools and customization for a picture archiving and communication system. The user interface includes a pie-shaped menu including a plurality of tool segments arranged as pieces of the pie-shaped menu. The user interface also includes a pointer movable by a user to select one of the plurality of tool segments in the pie-shaped menu. The user interface further includes an image review area displayed underneath the pie-shaped menu. In certain embodiments, the user interface further includes a tool bar including one or more tools and functions associated with a tool segment in the pie-shaped menu, for example.

The invention provides a method and a system for transmitting a medical image. The method comprises the following steps of: arranging a transmission client and a transmission server at a source picture archiving and communication system (PACS) end and a destination PACS end respectively; receiving medical image data from a source PACS by the transmission client by using a digital imaging and communication standard in medicine (DICOM); setting an address of the transmission server as a destination address of the medical image data; compressing the medical image data; transmitting the compressed medical image data to the Internet network by a breakpoint resume method when the conditions that the Internet network meet the transmission requirements of the medical image data are monitored; receiving the medical image data of which the address is the destination address by using the transmission server through the Internet network and decompressing; and transmitting the decompressed medicalimage data to a destination PACS by using the DICOM.

The invention relates to the technical fields of medical image processing, three-dimensional visualization and communication, and discloses a method for processing and displaying image data in a PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication System) by a mobile terminal. The method comprises the following steps: taking an intermediate server as a proxy of the mobile terminal and acquiring an image list from a server of the PACS system; and acquiring the image data from the server of the PACS system by using the acquired image list and using the intermediate server as the proxy through the mobile terminal. According to the method disclosed by the invention, original image data in the PACS system are processed and displayed by the mobile terminal, and thus the effect of the image data in the PACS system can be browsed anytime and anywhere.

The invention discloses a system and method for sharing cross-regional medical image information. The system is mainly composed of three major components as follows: a regional medical image sharing platform, a short message authentication system and a medical image information storage device, wherein the regional medical image information sharing platform is composed of a document registration library, a distributed document storage library, a patient cross-indexing manager, an audit trail and node verification manager and a current medical mechanism PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication System) all of which are built in a special network; and an agent server is used for the calling outside the region. The medical image information storage device mainly comprises shared document submission collections, shared documents, key images, a shared document editor, a digital certificate and an image browsing software. The short message authentication system is used for guaranteeing legality of reading the medical image information outside the region. The system and method for sharing cross-regional medical image information, disclosed by the invention, have the advantages of avoiding printing of check reports and photographic films, saving examination cost for patients and avoiding repeated examination as the medical image information can be carried by a patient per se to be used in other medical mechanisms.

The invention relates to a method and special equipment for quickening CR / DR / CT graphic display and graphic processing by utilizing a graphic processing unit (GPU), belonging to the field of medical graphic display and comprising a personal computer (PC), a CR / DR workstation or a picture archiving and communication system (PACS) server. The PC is connected with the CR / DR workstation or the PACS server. The invention utilizes the general computing power of the novel GPU to realize the quick display of CR / DR / CT graphic, accomplishes the graphic display and processing function by utilizing the GPU, and provides a processing method for dividing and splicing graphics. Different from the graphic device interface (GDI) used by the prior PACS, the method sufficiently utilizes the general computing power of the GPU, thereby freeing the GPU from heavy calculation of graphic processing to focus on processing of data communication and data safety and improving the efficiency of the system.

The invention relates to a cloud reading system for cloud / digital films of medical images. The system comprises a DICOM (digital imaging and communications in medicine) signal acquisition module, a work station, a PACS (picture archiving and communication system), an SCP (system control program), a PACS work station, an image storage system, an image printer, a cloud server, a WeChat server and a mobile terminal, wherein the DICOM signal acquisition module transmits image information to the work station, the work station transmits the received image information and diagnostic reports to the PACS or the SCP, and the PACS transmits the received image information and diagnostic reports to the SCP through the PACS work station; the SCP transmits the image information and the diagnostic reports to the image printer through the image storage system; the image storage system acquires two-dimensional codes through the cloud server and the WeChat server; the mobile terminal transmits the two-dimensional codes to the cloud server through the WeChat server, and after payment is finished by the mobile terminal, the cloud server transmits the image information and the diagnostic reports to the mobile terminal; or the image printer transmits the image information and the diagnostic reports to the mobile terminal through Bluetooth. The system can realize remote transmission, digitization and filmless.

A computer-implemented architecture implementing Picture Archiving and Communication Systems functionality makes use of a virtual software service bus that allows communicating subsystems to listen in an asynchronous manner to a wide range of data streams and commands transmitted over the bus, and to respond only where appropriate. Automatic failover switching and other high reliability features are provided through redundant services implemented on disparate servers. Storage is accomplished in compliance with DICOM standards.

The invention relates to a method for extracting needed and specific text information from a closed hospital information system (HIS) and inputting the information to another picture archiving and communication system (PACS) to be used for medical administration. Automatic transmission and exchange of the text information is finished through the procedures of setting a system hook, acquiring a course address, operating the system hook, outputting the text information, acquiring a cursor position, setting a window text and the like. The invention realizes the functions of automatic acquisition of information among different systems and automatic retransmission of information through extracting display information of a computer screen, meets the requirement of extracting the patient information of the HIS by the PACS, improves the working efficiency of the medical workers and reduces the probability of medical negligence and medical dispute due to patient information error caused by human negligence.

The picture archiving and communication system (PACS) substantially optimizes a post-scanning command process in accordance with a user-specified priority for further processing a selected set of imaging data that has been collected by medical imaging devices such as a CT scanner and a MRI scanner and stored in distributed storage units on the network. The user-specified priority includes the least response time, the least costs and the least network traffic. The user-specified priority is optionally fixed in some preferred embodiments.

Certain aspects of a method and system for pre-fetching relevant imaging information from multiple healthcare organizations is disclosed. Aspects of one method may include querying data associated with one or more patients from a shared document registry. The method includes receiving manifests of imaging data associated with one or more patients from a shared document repository based on the queried data. The method also includes pre-fetching imaging data associated with one or more patients from a shared imaging data repository based on the received manifests of the imaging data. The method further includes storing the pre-fetched imaging data in an image storage repository within a picture archiving and communication system (PACS). The stored imaging data may be accessed by a user via one or more PACS work stations.

In a picture archiving and communication system (PACS), a method is provided for partial preprocessing of raw image data at an image acquisition workstation connected to the PACS system. The method includes the steps of receiving raw image data from an imaging modality, storing predetermined preprocessing functions applicable to the raw image data, applying at least one and fewer than all of the preprocessing functions to the raw image data to form partially preprocessed raw image data, and transmitting the partially preprocessed raw image data to a PACS network for storage in a preprocessing database. An image acquisition workstation for a picture archiving and communication system (PACS) and for partial preprocessing of raw image data is also provided. The image acquisition workstation includes a processing circuit, an imaging modality interface for receiving raw image data, and a software memory coupled to the processing circuit. The software memory stores instructions for receiving the raw image data from an imaging modality, applying at least one and fewer than all of predetermined preprocessing functions to the raw image data to form partially preprocessed raw image data, and transmitting the partially preprocessed raw image data to a PACS network for storage in a preprocessing database.

Certain embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems for triple region image segmentation. Certain embodiments provide a method for triple region image segmentation on a picture archiving and communication system. The method includes forming an initial contour for an image including three regions using principal component analysis and a support vector machine. The method also includes segmenting the image into three regions using a single level set function based on the initial contour. Certain embodiments provide an image processing system facilitating triple region segmentation of an image. The system includes a pattern classifier including a support vector machine, the pattern classifier forming an initial contour for an image including three regions using principal component analysis and the support vector machine. The system also includes a triple region segmenter segmenting the image into three regions using a single level set function based on the initial contour.