A method and a system for preparing a radiology report

A computer-implemented radiology reporting system, comprising:

• at least one display device configured to concurrently render:
• an image panel displaying at least one input radiology image;
• and
• a text panel displaying descriptive data related to features detected in the at least one input radiology image;
• an input interface configured to receive user input from a user;
• a data storage that stores the at least one input radiology image and radiology reports;
• and
• a controller comprising at least one processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the controller to:
• process the at least one input radiology image with at least one artificial-intelligence or statistical-algorithm module to detect anatomies and pathologies and to generate, for each detected anatomy or pathology, corresponding positional data and descriptive data;
• automatically generate, prior to user review, an initial radiology report that aggregates, for every detected pathology and for at least one detected anatomy, the respective positional data and descriptive data;
• present the initial radiology report on the display device by:
• overlaying graphical markers derived from the positional data onto the image panel, and
• displaying the descriptive data in the text panel,
• wherein the image and text panels are dynamically linked so that selection of a feature in one panel highlights the corresponding feature in the other panel;
• receive, via the input interface and through a panel selected by a user, a feature-pointer input that designates a feature appearing in the image panel or the text panel;
• receive, in association with the feature-pointer input, an action identifier that indicates one of:
• addition of a feature, modification of a feature, or deletion of a feature;
• and
• update the radiology report by performing the action indicated by the action identifier with respect to the designated feature and refreshing the image and text panels so that they remain synchronized.