Intelligently organizing displays of medical imaging content for rapid browsing and report creation

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having a computer readable program stored therein, wherein the computer readable program, when executed on at least one processor of a data processing system, causes the data processing system to implement an intelligent medical image viewing engine, wherein the computer readable program causes the data processing system to:

• generate, by a user interface generation component executing within the intelligent medical image viewing engine, an image viewing user interface comprising a plurality of filter attribute user interface elements and a sorting criteria user interface element;
• receive, by the intelligent medical image viewing engine via the image viewing user interface, a user input specifying at least one filter attribute and a sorting criterion for generating a medical image output, wherein the at least one filter attribute comprises a medical abnormality or a medical disease;
• receive, by the intelligent medical image viewing engine executing in the data processing system, a medical imaging study data structure comprising a plurality of electronic medical images from a medical image database;
• analyze, by an image processing component executing within the intelligent medical image viewing engine, the medical imaging study data structure to identify, for each electronic medical image in the plurality of electronic medical images, a corresponding set of image attributes, wherein analyzing the medical imaging study data structure comprises:
• consulting a medical knowledge database to identify imaging modes or viewpoints that correspond to the medical abnormality or medical disease;
• selecting, by an algorithm selection component executing within the intelligent medical image viewing engine, one or more image processing algorithms from an image processing database based on the identified imaging modes or viewpoints;
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• applying, by an image processing component executing within the intelligent medical image viewing engine, the one or more image processing algorithms to the plurality of electronic medical images;
• correlate, by the intelligent medical image viewing engine, the at least one filter attribute with at least one medical attribute of medical images to be used for selection of electronic medical images from the medical imaging study data structure;
• select, by an image selection component executing within the intelligent medical image viewing engine, a subset of the electronic medical images in the plurality of electronic medical images based on the correlation of the at least one filter attribute with the at least one medical attribute;
• generate, by a user interface generation component executing within the intelligent medical image viewing engine, a medical image output comprising the subset of electronic medical images based on the selection, wherein generating the medical image output comprises sorting the subset of electronic medical images according to the sort criterion;
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• output, by the user interface generation component, the medical image output via the image viewing user interface.

An apparatus comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory comprises instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to implement an intelligent medical image viewing engine, wherein the instructions cause the processor to:
• generate, by a user interface generation component executing within the intelligent medical image viewing engine, an image viewing user interface comprising a plurality of filter attribute user interface elements and a sorting criteria user interface element;
• receive, by the intelligent medical image viewing engine via the image viewing user interface, a user input specifying at least one filter attribute and a sorting criterion for generating a medical image output, wherein the at least one filter attribute comprises a medical abnormality or a medical disease;
• receive, by the intelligent medical image viewing engine executing in the data processing system, a medical imaging study data structure comprising a plurality of electronic medical images from a medical image database;
• analyze, by an image processing component executing within the intelligent medical image viewing engine, the medical imaging study data structure to identify, for each electronic medical image in the plurality of electronic medical images, a corresponding set of image attributes, wherein analyzing the medical imaging study data structure comprises:
• consulting a medical knowledge database to identify imaging modes or viewpoints that correspond to the medical abnormality or medical disease;
• selecting, by an algorithm selection component executing within the intelligent medical image viewing engine, one or more image processing algorithms from an image processing database based on the identified imaging modes or viewpoints;
• and
• applying, by an image processing component executing within the intelligent medical image viewing engine, the one or more image processing algorithms to the plurality of electronic medical images;
• correlate, by the intelligent medical image viewing engine, the at least one filter attribute with at least one medical attribute of medical images to be used for selection of electronic medical images from the medical imaging study data structure;
• select, by an image selection component executing within the intelligent medical image viewing engine, a subset of the electronic medical images in the plurality of electronic medical images based on the correlation of the at least one filter attribute with the at least one medical attribute;
• generate, by a user interface generation component executing within the intelligent medical image viewing engine, a medical image output comprising the subset of electronic medical images based on the selection, wherein generating the medical image output comprises sorting the subset of electronic medical images according to the sort criterion;
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• outputting, by the user interface generation component, the medical image output via the image viewing user interface.