US 2003/0120133 A1 · Patient data mining for lung cancer screening

Abstract

A system and method for lung cancer screening is provided. The system includes a database including structured patient information for a patient population and a domain knowledge base including information about lung cancer; an individual patient record; and a processor for analyzing the patient record with data from the database to determine if a patient has indications of lung cancer. The method includes the steps of inputting patient-specific data into a patient record; performing at least one lung cancer screening procedure on a patient, wherein at least one result from the at least one procedure is inputted into the patient record in a structured format; and analyzing the patient record with a domain knowledge base to determine if the patient has indications of lung cancer.

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Dependent claims

A lung cancer screening system comprising:

a database including structured patient information for a patient population and a domain knowledge base including information about lung cancer;
an individual patient record;
and
a processor for analyzing the patient record with data from the database to determine if a patient has indications of lung cancer.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

10/287,073Filed 4 Nov 2002

Priority

2 Nov 2001

Published

26 Jun 2003

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification17 codes

G06F 16/30
Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor: of unstructured textual data
G06Q 10/10
Administration; Management: office automation; Time management
G16H 10/20
ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of patient-related medical or healthcare data: for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires
G16H 10/60
ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of patient-related medical or healthcare data: for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic…

Patient data mining for lung cancer screening

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