Methods and systems for communication between sonograph users and radiograph interpreters

A system configured to provide information to a sonograph user, comprising:

• a sonogram system configured to obtain a sonogram from a patient;
• a sonogram atlas comprising one or more sonogram preferences of each of a plurality of different radiograph interpreters, the sonogram preferences comprising at least one of a preferred view and a measurement for each of a plurality of sonogram types, wherein the sonogram atlas is generated by:
• (i) clustering a plurality of historical patients with sonogram data into similar clusters;
• (ii) identifying a plurality of different radiograph interpreters and a plurality of different sonograph users;
• (iii) sorting the sonogram data based on at least one of the identified plurality of different radiograph interpreters and an identified plurality of different sonograph users;
• (iv) generating the sonogram atlas from the sorted sonogram data;
• and (v) storing the generated sonogram atlas in storage;
• a user interface configured to receive, from a sonograph user, a request for information from the sonogram atlas about a sonogram being obtained by the sonograph user from a patient, wherein the request comprises one or more of demographic information about the patient, an identification of which of the plurality of different radiograph interpreters ordered the sonogram, imaging and scanning protocol, reason for imaging, views or measurements, and an identification of which of the one or more sonogram types was ordered by the identified radiograph interpreter(s);
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• a processor configured to:
• (i) retrieve, from the sonogram atlas based on the request, the one or more sonogram preferences of the identified radiograph interpreter;
• (ii) direct the user interface to provide the retrieved one or more sonogram preferences of the identified radiograph interpreter;
• (iii) adjust, based on the retrieved one or more sonogram preferences of the identified radiograph interpreter, a parameter of the sonogram being obtained by the sonograph user from the patient.

A method for adjusting a parameter of a sonogram, comprising:

• receiving, via a user interface of a sonogram atlas system, one or more sonogram preferences of an identified radiograph interpreter, wherein the one or more sonogram preferences of the identified radiograph interpreter are received by a method comprising:
• providing a sonogram atlas comprising one or more sonogram preferences of each of a plurality of different radiograph interpreters, the sonogram preferences comprising at least one of a preferred view and a measurement for each of a plurality of sonogram types, wherein the sonogram atlas is generated by:
• (i) clustering a plurality of historical patients with sonogram data into similar clusters;
• (ii) identifying a plurality of different radiograph interpreters and a plurality of different sonograph users;
• (iii) sorting the sonogram data based on at least one of the identified plurality of different radiograph interpreters and an identified plurality of different sonograph users;
• (iv) generating the sonogram atlas from the sorted sonogram data;
• and (v) storing the generated sonogram atlas in storage;
• receiving from a sonograph user, a request for information from the sonogram atlas about a sonogram being obtained by the sonograph user from a patient, wherein the request comprises one or more of demographic information about the patient, a type of exam, a reason for imaging, an identification of which of the plurality of different radiograph interpreters ordered the sonogram, and an identification of which of the one or more sonogram types was ordered by the identified radiograph interpreter;
• retrieving from the sonogram atlas based on the request, the one or more sonogram preferences of the identified radiograph interpreter;
• providing, to the sonograph user via the user interface of the sonogram atlas system, the retrieved one or more sonogram preferences of the identified radiograph interpreter;
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• adjusting, based on the provided retrieved information, a parameter of the sonogram being obtained by the sonograph user from the patient.