Patents by Inventor Craig Allan Walker

Craig Allan Walker has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20140074502
    Abstract: Methods and systems for analyzing medical image data can include use of a database having normal data thereon, each item of normal data having one or more first criteria associated therewith. Raw medical image data having one more second criteria associated therewith can be received. The normal data in the database can be filtered by comparing the first and second criteria to form a set of patient-specific normal data, while values can be extracted from the raw medical image data. The extracted information can be analyzed to determine patient-specific medical data that can be compared with the patient-specific normal data to generate an outcome. If the outcome indicates that the patient-specific medical data is normal, the patient-specific medical data can be added to the database of normal data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: Vidistar, LLC
    Inventors: Craig Allan Walker, Michael Kostrzewa, Steven Devann Johnson
  • Patent number: 8200505
    Abstract: Methods for implementing a structured clinical reporting system employing a DICOM Structured Reporting (SR) software database engine that maps clinical report data into a clinical structured reporting data format are disclosed. A workstation is used to create, sign, render, or transmit a structured clinical report. A conversion engine performs image recognition on the structured clinical report, which includes identifying data therein, segmenting the report, using a library to perform value object extraction on the segments, and converting the value objects to a DICOM format. A PACS server is usable to communicate with the conversion engine, workstation, and database. Various software plug-ins are usable, such that different methods of acquiring user input may be implemented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Vidistar L.L.C.
    Inventors: Craig Allan Walker, Michal Kostrzewa, Steven Devann Johnson
  • Publication number: 20110166885
    Abstract: Methods for implementing a structured clinical reporting system employing a DICOM Structured Reporting (SR) software database engine that maps clinical report data into a clinical structured reporting data format are disclosed. A workstation is used to create, sign, render, or transmit a structured clinical report. A conversion engine performs image recognition on the structured clinical report, which includes identifying data therein, segmenting the report, using a library to perform value object extraction on the segments, and converting the value objects to a DICOM format. A PACS server is usable to communicate with the conversion engine, workstation, and database. Various software plug-ins are usable, such that different methods of acquiring user input may be implemented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventors: Craig Allan Walker, Michal Kostrzewa, Steven Devann Johnson
  • Publication number: 20080109250
    Abstract: The assembly and communications of a generic reporting engine for offering clinical structured reports using the Internet in an encrypted manner is provided. This method of rendering structured reports employs a DICOM Structured Reporting (SR) software database engine that maps clinical report data into a clinical structured reporting data format using a Report Editor Plug-in which is responsible for constructing the report editor GUI, for parsing the DICOM SR report to show it in the Report Editor window and to store the report content created in the GUI to the DICOM SR format. The report engine can be configured with any number of software plug-ins, so totally different ways of acquiring user input may be implemented. The current invention implements the software plug-ins using a tree-like GUI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2006
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Inventors: Craig Allan Walker, Michal Kostrzewa, Steven Devann Johnson