Data for Use of 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.
Claims16
In a computer readable storage medium having stored therein data representing instructions executable by a programmed processor for accessible computer assisted detection, the instructions comprising:
- receiving patient information for a patient;
- extracting computer assisted detection information from the patient information, the computer assisted detection information being free of data identifying the patient;
- assigning, to the computer assisted detection information, an identification unrelated to the data identifying the patient;
- transmitting the computer assisted detection information with the assigned identification to a computer assisted detection service;
- receiving results from application of the computer assisted detection to the computer assisted detection information, the results being different than the transmitted computer assisted detection information;
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- associating the results with the patient by the identification.
A method for accessible computer assisted detection, the method comprising:
- receiving an image signature process from a computer assisted detection service, the image signature process associated with obtaining the computer assisted detection remotely from the computer assisted detection service;
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- installing the image signature process on a local computer, the local computer having access to patient data;
- wherein the image signature process is configured for:
- stripping the patient data of patient identity information and at least some information not used by the computer assisted detection;
- maintaining at least one image of the patient in the patient data;
- associating an identifier with the patient data;
- transmitting the patient data, including the at least one image and excluding the patient identity information, and the identifier to a computer assisted detection service;
- receiving results from application of the computer assisted detection to the patient data by the computer assisted detection service, the results including the identifier but free of the at least one image;
- matching the results with the at least one image and the patient;
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- displaying a modified image, the modified image corresponding to the at least one image with result information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.