Abstract: The following relates to an improved system and method for displaying medical information. In one aspect, a root concepts circle including at least one clinical concept category is displayed. A children concept ring, which may be built based on a user-selected clinical concept category of the at least one clinical concept categories, may surround or partially surround the root concept circle. A ring fashion timeline may also be displayed, and may be built based on a user-selected clinical concept of the at least one clinical concepts.

Abstract: A method (100) of providing remote monitoring of a local operator (LO) of a medical imaging device (2) during a medical imaging examination, the method including: mapping image features to medical imaging examinations based at least on timestamps of the image features, the medical imaging examinations to which the image features are mapped including completed medical imaging examinations and a current medical imaging examination; converting the image features mapped to each completed medical imaging examination into a representation (43) of the completed medical imaging examination and a representation (47) of a current status of the current medical imaging examination; generating at least one completion time statistic (45) representing the completion times for the completed medical imaging examinations; and during the current medical imaging examination, displaying the representation of the current status of the current medical imaging examination and the at least one completion time statistic on the worksta

Abstract: A radiology workstation includes at least one display device, at least one user input device, and an processor configured to: provide a radiology examination reading environment configured to display images of a radiology examination on the at least one display device, receive a radiology report for the radiology examination which is entered using the at least one user input device; analyze the radiology report to predict one or more billing codes for the radiology examination; analyze the radiology report to identify any missing content for supporting the one or more billing codes that is missing from the radiology report; and one of (i) in response to identifying missing content, display an indication of the missing content, or (ii) in response to not identifying any missing content, storing the radiology report in a database.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium (26) stores instructions readable and executable by at least one electronic processor (20) to perform medical procedure billing rate optimization method (100).

Abstract: A method (100) of connecting a local medical imaging device operator (LO) with a remote medical imaging expert (RE) during an imaging examination performed using a medical imaging device (2) includes: determining characteristics for available remote medical imaging experts who are available to assist the local operator; matching one or more of the available remote medical imaging experts based on the determined characteristics for the remote medical imaging experts with characteristics of the imaging examination; and providing a user interface (UI) (28, 28?) to at least one display device (24, 24?) operable by the local operator and the remote medical imaging expert, the UI displaying a list (44) of the matched available remote medical imaging experts and via which the local medical imaging device operator can select a matched available medical imaging expert from the displayed list.

Abstract: A communication system between an imaging bay containing a medical imaging device and a control room containing a controller for controlling the medical imaging device includes an intercom with a bay audio speaker and bay microphone in the imaging bay, and a communication path via which bay audio from the bay microphone is transmitted to the control room and via which instructions are transmitted from the control room to the bay audio speaker. An electronic processing device operatively connected with the communication path is programmed to at least one of (i) generate the instructions; (ii) modify the bay audio and output the modified bay audio in the control room; and/or (iii) analyze the bay audio to determine actionable information, determine a modification of or addition to a medical workflow based on the actionable information, and automatically implement the modification of or addition to the medical workflow.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium (26, 30) stores instructions executable by at least one electronic processor (20, 32) to a method (100) of monitoring performance of medical professionals. The method includes tracking a quantification of examinations performed by one or more medical professionals; tracking credentials under which the examinations are performed; and outputting, on at least one display device, a representation of usage of one or more credentials by one or more medical professionals of the plurality of medical professionals based on the tracked quantities of examinations and the tracked credentials under which the examinations are performed.

Abstract: An apparatus (10) for assessing radiologist performance includes at least one electronic processor (20) programmed to: during reading sessions in which a user is logged into a user interface (UI) (27), present (98) medical imaging examinations (31) via the UI, receive examination reports on the presented medical imaging examinations via the UI, and file the examination reports; and perform a tracking method (102, 202) including at least one of: (i) computing (204) concurrence scores (34) quantifying concurrence between clinical findings contained in the examination reports and corresponding computer-generated clinical findings for the presented medical imaging examinations which are generated by a computer aided diagnostic (CAD) process miming as a background process during the reading sessions; and/or (ii) determining (208) reading times (38) for the presented medical imaging examinations wherein the reading time for each presented medical imaging examination is the time interval between a start of the prese

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a set of instructions that are executable by a processor, the set of instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the processor to perform operations comprising receiving an imaging study including a medical image of a patient; extracting image context from the imaging study; generating a search query based on the image context; sending the search query to a data source; receiving results of the query from a data source; and providing the results to a user.

Abstract: A patient monitor (8) includes a display (10). Patient values (38) are obtained for one or more known variables of a risk prediction function (30). One or more unknown variables of the risk prediction function are determined, and at least one hyperplane (40) is defined as values assumable by the one or more unknown variables. Values of the risk prediction function are computed over the at least one hyperplane using the obtained patient values. A visualization template is selected from a database of visualization templates (50) using template selection indices including the risk prediction function and the one or more unknown variables. Using the visualization template, a visualization (52) of the computed values of the risk prediction function over the at least one hyperplane is displayed.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium (26s) stores instructions executable by at least one electronic processor (14s) to perform a remote assistance method (100). The method includes: providing a remote assistance interface (28, 28?) via which a local operator (LO) can receive remote assistance during a medical imaging examination performed by the local operator using a medical imaging device (2); prior to or during the medical imaging examination, identifying a handoff (40) from a first remote expert (RE) assigned to provide the remote assistance during the medical imaging examination to a second remote expert (SRE); generating a representation (46) containing information about the medical imaging examination; transferring the representation containing information about the medical imaging examination to the second remote expert; and reassigning the medical imaging examination from the first remote expert to the second remote expert.

Abstract: A system, method and computer readable storage medium for generating a context driven summary view of medical findings by retrieving a current study including at least one image to be analyzed, extracting current context information from the current study and storing the current context information in a database and matching the current context information with prior context information from prior studies to return a set of relevant prior studies.

Abstract: A radiology workstation (10) includes a computer (12) connected to receive a stack of radiology images of a portion of a radiology examination subject. The computer includes at least one display component (14) and at least one user input component (16). The computer includes at least one processor (22) programmed to: display selected radiology images of the stack of radiology images on the at least one display component; receive entry of a current radiology report via the at least one user input component and displaying the entered radiology report on the at least one display component; identify a radiology finding by at least one of (i) automated analysis of the stack of radiology images and (ii) detecting textual description of the radiology finding in the radiology report; identify or extract at least one key image from the stack of radiology images depicting the radiology finding; and embed or link the at least one key image with the radiology report.

Abstract: A system, method and computer readable storage medium for generating a context driven summary view of medical findings by retrieving a current study including at least one image to be analyzed, extracting current context information from the current study and storing the current context information in a database and matching the current context information with prior context information from prior studies to return a set of relevant prior studies.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium (34) stores instructions executable by at least one electronic processor (32) to perform a method (100) for supporting remote experts (RE) in assisting local operators (LO) of respective medical imaging devices (2) during medical imaging examinations. The method includes: determining, in response to a calling local operator placing a call to a called remote expert, a context of the calling local operator based on at least one feed (15, 17, 17W, 18) of a workspace of the calling local operator; retrieving, from a database (34), a view configuration (36) for a determined user interface (UI) view based on the determined context; and controlling a display device (24) to display the determined UI view based on the retrieved view configuration.

Abstract: A system (100) for detecting and labeling structures of interest includes a current patient study database (102) containing a current patient study (200) with clinical contextual information (706), a statistical model patient report database (104) containing at least one or more prior patient documents containing clinical contextual information (706), an image metadata processing engine (118) configured to extract metadata for preparing an input for an anatomical structure classifier (608), a natural language processing engine (120) configured to extract clinical context information (706) from the prior patient documents, an anatomical structure detection and labeling engine (718) or processor (112), and a display device (108) configured to display findings from the current patient study.

Abstract: Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores instructions readable and executable by at least one electronic processor (20) to perform a workflow schedule monitoring method (100). The method includes: simulating (42) a workflow schedule (46) using data including workflow timestamps and a planned schedule; detecting (44) non-compliance of the workflow schedule with constraint data (52); in response to the detection of non-compliance, determining one or more workflow schedule adjustment options (48) for adjusting the workflow schedule to comply with the constraint data; and controlling a display device (24) of the workstation to display the workflow schedule and the one or more workflow schedule adjustment options.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores instructions readable and executable by a mobile device (32) with a display (34) and including at least one electronic processor (35) to perform a patient appointment timeline tracking method (100, 200). The method includes: receiving, via a wireless communication path (36), information at the mobile device about a patient appointment at a medical facility including estimated time information for events in the patient appointment; controlling the display to display a timeline (40) of the events in the patient appointment, the events being displayed as icons (42), the displayed time-line including the time information for the events; detecting, via one or more user inputs, a selection of one of the icons; and in response to detecting the user inputs, controlling the display to present information related to the selected icon.

Abstract: A system, method and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for monitoring motion during medical imaging. The monitoring of the motion includes initiating an acquisition of image data, measuring physiological signals of a patient, generating a prediction signal by integrating the physiological signals, determining whether patient motion is likely to occur based on the prediction signal and modifying the acquisition of image data, if it is predicted that patient motion is likely to occur.

Abstract: A radiology workstation (20) includes a display device (22), at least one user input device (24, 26, 28), and an electronic data processor. The workstation provides an image rendering component (30) for rendering a radiological image, and a report data entry component (32) for entry of a radiology examination report (34) via the at least one user input device and for display of the radiology examination report during entry. The workstation further provides a dynamic checklist component (40) for storing a queue (44) of open checklist items, and for: displaying a checklist comprising open checklist items stored in the queue; dynamically analyzing the radiology examination report during entry to identify a checklist update trigger; updating the queue of open checklist items based on the identified checklist update trigger; and updating the display of the checklist to comprise the open checklist items stored in the updated queue.