# US 10,373,368 B2 · Method and system for rule-based display of sets of images > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,373,368 B2 - Document ID: US10373368B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/870,681 - Filed: 2018-01-12 - Published: 2018-05-17 - Granted: 2019-08-06 - Earliest claimed: 2013-03-15 - Assignees: Pme IP Pty Ltd - Applicants: Pme IP Pty Ltd - Inventors: Malte Westerhoff; Detlev Stalling - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10373368B2 ## CPC - A61B 6/032: {Transmission computed tomography [CT]} - A61B 6/037: {Emission tomography} - A61B 6/465: {adapted to display user selection data, e.g. graphical user interface, icons or menus} - A61B 6/466: {adapted to display 3D data} - G06T 11/10: Texturing; Colouring; Generation of textures or colours (retouching, inpainting or scratch removal G06T5/77) - G06T 15/08: Volume rendering - G06T 19/20: Editing of three-dimensional [3D] images, e.g. changing shapes or colours, aligning objects or positioning parts - G09G 5/363: {Graphics controllers} - G16H 30/20: for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS - G16H 30/40: for processing medical images, e.g. editing - G16H 50/70: for mining of medical data, e.g. analysing previous cases of other patients - G06F 3/0481: based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance - G06T 2200/04: involving 3D image data - G06T 2210/41: Medical - G06T 2219/2012: Colour editing, changing, or manipulating; Use of colour codes - G06T 2219/2024: Style variation - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) - G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) - G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract The invention provides, in some aspects, a system for implementing a rule derived basis to display image sets. In various embodiments of the invention, the selection of the images to be displayed, the layout of the images, as well as the rendering parameters and styles can be determined using a rule derived basis. In an embodiment of the present invention, the user is presented with images displayed based on their preferences without having to first manually adjust parameters. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method comprising: (a) receiving a primary Study of a patient selected from a plurality of studies; (b) identifying a plurality of secondary studies based on the primary Study; (c) executing on a server digital data processor a render server program which applies one or more Protocol Selection Rules to select a Display Protocol, where the one or more Protocol Selection Rules are based on two or more parameters selected from the group consisting of one or more Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine (DICOM) parameters from the primary Study, one or more Abstract Tags from the primary Study, one or more DICOM parameters from the plurality of secondary studies and one or more Abstract Tags from the plurality of secondary studies, where at least one of the one or more Protocol Selection Rules include a matching clause and a select clause, where the selected Display Protocol is identified by the select clause, where the matching clause is fulfilled by the selected Display Protocol; and (d) displaying one or more of the plurality of secondary studies identified based on the Display Protocol selected in step (c). ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, where the step of displaying in step (d) is carried out on a client display device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, where at least one study from the plurality of secondary studies displayed in step (d) is a two dimensional (2D) image. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, where at least one study from the plurality of secondary studies displayed in step (d) is a three dimensional (3D) image. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, where the 3D image is displayed in step (d) with a 3D rendering style. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, where at least one of the plurality of secondary studies displayed in step (d) is a volume rendered image. ### Claim 7 A method comprising: (a) receiving a primary Study of a patient selected from a plurality of studies; (b) executing on a server digital data processor a render server program which applies one or more Study Selection Rules to identify a plurality of secondary studies based on two or more parameters selected from the group consisting of one or more Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine (DICOM) parameters from the primary Study, one or more Abstract Tags from the primary Study, one or more DICOM parameters from the plurality of secondary studies and one or more Abstract Tags from the plurality of secondary studies, where the one or more Study Selection Rules restrict the plurality of secondary studies to studies of the patient selected from the plurality of studies, where at least one of the one or more Study Selection Rules include a primary condition and a secondary condition, where the primary condition and the secondary condition are fulfilled by the plurality of secondary studies identified; and (c) displaying one or more of the plurality of secondary studies identified. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, where the step of displaying in step (c) is carried out on a client display device. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, where at least one study from the plurality of secondary studies displayed in step (c) is a two dimensional (2D) image. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, where at least one study from the one or more of the plurality of secondary studies displayed is a three dimensional (3D) image. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, where the 3D image is displayed in step (c) with a 3D rendering style. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, where at least one of the plurality of secondary studies displayed in step (c) is a volume rendered image. ### Claim 13 A method comprising: (a) receiving a primary Study of a patient selected from a plurality of studies; (b) executing on a server digital data processor a render server program which applies one or more Study Selection Rules to identify a plurality of secondary studies based on prior examinations of the patient; (c) executing on the server digital data processor the render server program which applies one or more Protocol Selection Rules to select a Display Protocol, where the one or more Protocol Selection Rules are based on two or more parameters selected from the group consisting of one or more Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine (DICOM) parameters from the primary Study, one or more Abstract Tags from the primary Study, one or more DICOM parameters from the plurality of secondary studies and one or more Abstract Tags from the plurality of secondary studies, where at least one of the one or more Protocol Selection Rules includes a matching clause, where the matching clause is fulfilled by the Display Protocol; and (d) displaying one or more of the plurality of secondary studies identified based on the Display Protocol selected in step (c). ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, where the step of displaying in step (d) is carried out on a client display device. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, where at least one study from the plurality of secondary studies displayed in step (d) is a two dimensional (2D) image. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, where at least one study from the plurality of secondary studies displayed in step (d) is a three dimensional (3D) image. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, where the 3D image is displayed in step (d) with a 3D rendering style. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, where at least one of the plurality of secondary studies displayed in step (d) is a volume rendered image. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, where at least one of the plurality of secondary studies is relevant for a diagnosis of the primary Study. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, where at least one of the plurality of secondary studies is a Positron Emission Tomography examination when the primary Study is a Computer Tomography examination.