System and methods for qualifying medical images

A method for qualifying medical images submitted by a user for diagnostic analysis, the method comprising:

• receiving a plurality of retinal images input by a user, each of the plurality of retinal images capturing a different portion of a retina, wherein the different portions of a retina captured in the plurality of retinal images comprise an optic disk and a fovea, each different portion of a retina corresponding to a respective predefined protocol, wherein the respective protocol corresponding to the optic disk comprises having the optic disk at a center of a field of the respective retinal image, and wherein the respective protocol corresponding to the fovea comprises having the fovea at a center of a field of the respective retinal image;
• analyzing each respective one of the plurality of retinal images for conformity with the respective predefined protocol corresponding to the captured portion of the retina in the respective retinal image, and flagging a retinal image that does not conform to its respective predefined protocol as a non-conforming image, the retinal image flagged based on either the optic disk not being at a center of a field of a respective retinal image or the fovea not being at a center of a field of a respective retinal image;
• generating for display a graphical interface to the user, the graphical interface comprising each of the plurality of retinal images that were not flagged as non-conforming, and excluding the non-conforming image, wherein the graphical interface includes a placeholder cell for resubmitting a new image of the portion of the retina captured by the non-conforming image;
• receiving the user resubmitted image;
• and
• replacing the placeholder cell with the resubmitted image responsive to determining that the resubmitted image conforms to the respective predefined protocol corresponding to the captured portion of the retina.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising memory with instructions encoded thereon for qualifying medical images submitted by a user for diagnostic analysis, the instructions causing one or more processors to perform operations when executed, the instructions comprising instructions to:

• receive a plurality of retinal images input by a user, each of the plurality of retinal images capturing a different portion of a retina, wherein the different portions of a retina captured in the plurality of retinal images comprise an optic disk and a fovea, each different portion of a retina corresponding to a respective predefined protocol, wherein the respective protocol corresponding to the optic disk comprises having the optic disk at a center of a field of the respective retinal image, and wherein the respective protocol corresponding to the fovea comprises having the fovea at a center of a field of the respective retinal image;
• analyze each respective one of the plurality of retinal images for conformity with the respective predefined protocol corresponding to the captured portion of the retina in the respective retinal image, and flagging a retinal image that does not conform to its respective predefined protocol as a non-conforming image, the retinal image flagged based on either the optic disk not being at a center of a field of a respective retinal image or the fovea not being at a center of a field of a respective retinal image;
• generate for display a graphical interface to the user, the graphical interface comprising each of the plurality of retinal images that were not flagged as non-conforming, and excluding the non-conforming image, wherein the graphical interface includes a placeholder cell for resubmitting a new image of the portion of the retina captured by the non-conforming image;
• receive the user resubmitted image;
• and
• replace the placeholder cell with the resubmitted image responsive to determining that the resubmitted image conforms to the respective predefined protocol corresponding to the captured portion of the retina.