System for processing medical recordings plus method

A system for processing medical recordings, comprising:

• at least one device for receiving at least one current medical recording of a patient from a medical imaging system;
• at least one device for creating a fingerprint of the current medical recording of the patient;
• at least one device for receiving from a memory at least one fingerprint of a medical recording or study which was taken during a previous examination and assigned to the patient, and which characterizes the medical recording or study which was taken during the previous examination and assigned to the patient;
• at least one device for comparing the fingerprint of the current medical recording to the fingerprint of the medical recording or study taken during the previous examination;
• at least one device for determining an estimated figure for the probability with which both recordings originate from the same patient;
• and
• at least one device for issuing a warning message to the imaging medical system, which is displayed there to an operator of the imaging medical system if the estimated probability figure undershoots a threshold value.

A method for preventing incorrect assignments of medical recordings to patients, comprising:

• receiving at least one current medical recording of a patient from a medical imaging system;
• receiving from a memory at least one recording or study which was taken during a previous examination and assigned to the patient;
• comparing the current medical recording to the medical recording or study taken during the previous examination;
• determining an estimated figure for the probability with which both recordings originate from the same patient;
• and
• issuing a warning message to the imaging medical system which is displayed there to an operator of the imaging medical system if the estimated probability figure undershoots a threshold value.

A method for preventing incorrect assignments of medical recordings to patients, the method comprising:

• receiving at least one current medical recording of a patient from a medical imaging system;
• creating a fingerprint of the current medical recording of the patient;
• receiving from a memory at least one fingerprint of a medical recording or study which was taken during a previous examination and assigned to the patient, and which characterizes the medical recording or study which was taken during the previous examination and assigned to the patient;
• comparing the fingerprint of the current medical recording to the fingerprint of the medical recording or study taken during the previous examination;
• determining an estimated figure for the probability with which both recordings originate from the same patient;
• and
• issuing a warning message to the imaging medical system, which is displayed there to an operator of the imaging medical system if the estimated probability figure undershoots a threshold value.