# US 12,191,027 B2 · Snip-triggered digital image report generation > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,191,027 B2 - Document ID: US12191027B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/436,539 - Filed: 2020-03-27 - Published: 2022-06-02 - Granted: 2025-01-07 - Earliest claimed: 2019-03-29 - Assignees: Hologic, Inc. - Applicants: Hologic, Inc. - Inventors: Herschel A. Solis; Edgar W. Chen; Brian A. Garfinkel - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12191027B2 ## CPC - G16H 30/40: for processing medical images, e.g. editing - G16H 10/60: for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records - G16H 15/00: ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof - G16H 30/20: for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS - G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA ## Abstract Breast image analysis systems and computer-implemented method for snip-triggered digital image report generation. An image review workstation of breast image analysis system presents an interactive user interface including a currently displayed image to a user through a display. Image review station receives user input selecting a snipping application of interactive user interface and activating a snipping application. A portion of currently displayed image is selected by execution of snipping application, and in response, image review workstation accesses a data store of acquired image files, identifies an acquired image file associated with currently displayed image, and generates a digital image report comprising the selected portion of the currently displayed image and selected metadata of the identified acquired image file and may also include user annotations such as spoken remarks and measurements and system generated data. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A computer-implemented method, comprising: an image review workstation generating an electronic digital image report automatically triggered in response to snipping a portion of a currently displayed image of an interactive user interface presented by the image review workstation, the automatically triggered electronic digital image report being based on at least a portion of metadata associated with the currently displayed image; and the image review workstation transmitting the electronic digital image report from the image review workstation to a computing device through a communication network, wherein the digital image report is presented to a user of the computing device through a display of the computing device; wherein snipping a portion of the currently displayed image comprises selecting the portion of the currently displayed image on the interactive user interface, and wherein the electronic digital report comprises at least the currently displayed image and the metadata. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the metadata included in the digital image report is selected by the user of the image review workstation before activation of the snipping application. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the metadata included in the digital image report is selected by the user of the image review workstation after activation of the snipping application and during use of the image review workstation. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The computer-implemented method of claim 3, further comprising the image review workstation, in response to selection of the portion of the currently displayed image: presenting to the user types of metadata of the identified acquired image file that may be included in the digital image report; and receiving user input selecting certain metadata of the identified acquired image file, the generated digital image report including the selected certain metadata. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The computer-implemented method of claim 1, the generated digital image report comprising patient demographic data, study and series data, and image acquisition data of the acquired image file associated with the selected portion of the currently displayed image. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The computer-implemented method of claim 1, the currently displayed image being presented through the interactive user interface in a first view, further comprising the image review workstation identifying the selected portion of the currently displayed image in a second view different from the first view, the digital image report comprising the selected portion of the currently displayed image as presented in the first view and the selected portion of the currently displayed image as presented in the second view. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising the image review workstation: identifying an additional image associated with the currently displayed image; and identifying a portion of the additional image corresponding to the selected portion of the currently displayed image, the digital image report comprising the identified portion of the additional image. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising the image review workstation receiving, by a user input device, real-time user annotations concerning the selected portion of the currently displayed image, the digital image report comprising the user annotations. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The computer-implemented method of claim 1, the interactive user interface further comprising capture indicators of at least one of measurement data, location data and distance data associated with a lesion depicted in the selected portion of the current displayed image. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein a digital image report template is generated by the image review workstation automatically in response to activation of the snipping application, and the digital image report template is automatically populated by the image review workstation to generate the digital image report in response to user selection of the portion of the currently displayed image. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the digital image report is automatically generated by the image review workstation without manual entry of the metadata by the user. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) A breast image analysis system implementing the method of claim 1, wherein the image review workstation is configured to receive images acquired by a breast image acquisition system. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the digital image report is in a digital imaging and communications in medicine (DICOM) format. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the metadata comprises at least one of patient demographic data, study data, series data, and image acquisition data. ### Claim 15 A computer-implemented method, comprising: an image review workstation receiving an electronic digital image report, through a communication network, wherein the digital image report is based on at least a portion of metadata associated with a currently displayed image and comprises a portion of the currently displayed image snipped by a user of an interactive user interface presented by another image review workstation using a snipping application, and wherein a generation of the electronic digital image report is automatically triggered in response to snipping of the displayed image by the user; and displaying the digital image report to a user of the image review workstation through a display; wherein the electronic digital report comprises at least the currently displayed image and the metadata. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The computer-implemented method of claim 15, wherein the metadata included in the digital image report is selected by the user of the other image review workstation before activation of the snipping application. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The computer-implemented method of claim 15, wherein the metadata included in the digital image report is selected by the user of the other image review workstation after activation of the snipping application and during use of the other image review workstation. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The computer-implemented method of claim 15, the generated digital image report comprising patient demographic data, study and series data, and image acquisition data of the acquired image file associated with the selected portion of the currently displayed image. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The computer-implemented method of claim 15, the displayed image being presented through the interactive user interface in a first view, further comprising the image review workstation identifying the selected portion of the currently displayed image in a second view different from the first view, the digital image report comprising the selected portion of the currently displayed image as presented in the first view and the selected portion of the currently displayed image as presented in the second view. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The computer-implemented method of claim 15, further comprising the image review workstation: identifying an additional image associated with the currently displayed image; and identifying a portion of the additional image corresponding to the selected portion of the currently displayed image, the digital image report comprising the identified portion of the additional image. ### Claim 21 (depends on 15) The computer-implemented method of claim 15, the digital image report further including real-time user annotations concerning the selected portion of the displayed image, the digital image report comprising the user annotations. ### Claim 22 (depends on 15) The computer-implemented method of claim 15, wherein the digital image report is automatically generated by the other image review workstation without manual entry of the metadata by the user. ### Claim 23 (depends on 15) A breast image analysis system implementing the method of claim 15, wherein the image review workstation is configured to receive images acquired by a breast image acquisition system. ### Claim 24 (depends on 15) The computer-implemented method of claim 15, wherein the digital image report is in a digital imaging and communications in medicine (DICOM) format. ### Claim 25 (depends on 15) The computer-implemented method of claim 15, wherein the metadata comprises at least one of patient demographic data, study data, series data, and image acquisition data.