Medical Imaging with Accessible Computer Assisted Detection
OwnerDavid Leib, Jonathan Stoeckelinventors
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Abstract
Computer assisted detection (CAD) is made accessible to more medical offices. The CAD is provided as a service. Customers gain access to CAD service through a computer network but without the purchase of expensive software and/or hardware. The customers use software for extracting needed patient data to use the CAD service. The CAD service provider uses a server farm or third party server facilities, allowing growth without as substantial upfront costs. The CAD service provider collects patient data by providing the service. The aggregated patient data allows training of different or improved CAD algorithms. The service also identifies suspect data, such as associated with incorrect imaging settings, and provides help to the customers.
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A system for accessible computer assisted detection, the system comprising:
- an interface configured to receive patient information representing a plurality of patients associated with a respective plurality of medical offices;
- a memory configured to aggregate the patient information as the patient information is received from the medical offices;
- a server configured to apply a first computer assisted detection process on the patient information and transmit results output by the applied computer assisted detection process to the respective medical offices;
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- a processor configured to machine train a second computer assisted detection process using the patient information stored in the memory, the patient information used as a training dataset for the machine training;
- wherein the server is configurable to apply the second computer assisted detection process to subsequent patient information received by the interface.
A method for accessible computer assisted detection, the method comprising:
- receiving patient information from different patients as part of a computer assisted detection service;
- applying, with a processor, the computer assisted detection to the patient information;
- providing results from the applying of the computer assisted detection;
- keeping the patient information in a database, a number of patient information samples in the database increasing as more patient information is received;
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- training, with machine learning, as a function of the database of patient information.
A method for accessible computer assisted detection, the method comprising:
- providing a computer assisted detection algorithm, the computer assisted detection algorithm configured to detect a condition of a patient from patient information;
- renting server usage from a third party;
- receiving requests from customers for computer assisted detection, the requests comprising patient information;
- applying the computer assisted detection algorithm with a server corresponding to the rented server usage, an amount of server usage and corresponding rent depending on the requests;
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- transmitting results from the applying of the computer assisted detection algorithm to the customers without the customers having the computer assisted detection algorithm.
A method for accessible computer assisted detection, the method comprising:
- providing a computer assisted detection algorithm, the computer assisted detection algorithm configured to detect a condition of a patient from patient information;
- receiving requests from customers for computer assisted detection, the requests comprising images;
- applying the computer assisted detection algorithm with a server to the images;
- determining an error associated with acquisition of at least one of the images;
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- transmitting results from the applying of the computer assisted detection algorithm to the customers and an indication of the error.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.