Abstract: Methods and systems for identifying anatomical phrases in medical text. Methods and systems described herein use a syntactic approach to generate lists of relevant terms and define a grammar on these terms. Methods and systems described then search for phrases in text that conform to the grammar.

Abstract: A method (100) for standardizing gene nomenclature, comprising: (i) receiving (110) a source; (ii) tokenizing (120) the source; (iii) comparing (130) a first token to a prefix tree structure with a root node, edges, and leaf nodes; (iv) determining (140) which edge extending from the root node to associated first leaf nodes the first token matches; (v) updating (150) an identification pointer with the location of the first leaf node; (vi) determining (160) which of one or more edges that a second token matches; (vii) updating (170) the identification pointer with the location of the second leaf node; (viii) repeating (172) the determining (160) and updating (170) steps with subsequent tokens until a subsequent token fails to match an edge extending from a leaf node or there is no edge extending from the leaf node; and (ix) providing (180) an identification of a canonical gene name.

Abstract: Methods and systems for correcting an examination report. The methods described herein extract examination and semantic data from an examination report, and identify any discrepancies between the extracted examination data and the extracted semantic data. The methods described herein then receive a resolution strategy regarding how to resolve any identified discrepancies and then resolve any identified discrepancies based on the resolution strategy.

Abstract: The vocabulary of pertinent terms used to highlight/filter medical records in a text annotation system is continually updated based on user feedback. To maximize the effectiveness of this updating, feedback is extracted from all users of the system, thereby providing a ‘group-sourced’ vocabulary of pertinent terms. As each user modifies the provided vocabulary of pertinent terms to customize the text annotation system to conform to the user's preferences, the modifications are collected and communicated to the provider of the vocabulary of pertinent terms. The provider of the vocabulary of pertinent terms assimilates the modifications implemented by each user of the word annotation system to determine whether to modify the vocabulary of pertinent terms for subsequent users of the common vocabulary of pertinent terms.

Abstract: A method (100) for generating a standardized cancer stage from a text-based source using an annotation system (400), comprising: (i) extracting (130), by a stage annotator, information from the text-based source relative to a stage of the patients cancer to generate cancer annotations; (ii) identifying (140), by a disease annotator, information from the text-based source indicative of a type of cancer; (iii) extracting (150), by a stage synonym annotator, information from the text-based source synonymous with a cancer to generate cancer annotations; (iv) converting (160), by a stage canonicalizer, the cancer annotations from the stage annotator and the stage synonym annotator to a standardized cancer stage; and (v) reporting (170) the standardized cancer stage, the report comprising the standardized cancer stage, the cancer annotations extracted sources from the text-based source, and/or the location of each of the cancer annotations within the text-based source.

Abstract: A method (100) for standardizing gene nomenclature, comprising: (i) receiving (110) a source; (ii) tokenizing (120) the source; (iii) comparing (130) a first token to a prefix tree structure with a root node, edges, and leaf nodes; (iv) determining (140) which edge extending from the root node to associated first leaf nodes the first token matches; (v) updating (150) an identification pointer with the location of the first leaf node; (vi) determining (160) which of one or more edges that a second token matches; (vii) updating (170) the identification pointer with the location of the second leaf node; (viii) repeating (172) the determining (160) and updating (170) steps with subsequent tokens until a subsequent token fails to match an edge extending from a leaf node or there is no edge extending from the leaf node; and (ix) providing (180) an identification of a canonical gene name.

Abstract: Methods and systems for identifying anatomical phrases in medical text. Methods and systems described herein use a syntactic approach to generate lists of relevant terms and define a grammar on these terms. Methods and systems described then search for phrases in text that conform to the grammar.

Abstract: A system and method for determining a desired action of a user reading a medical image. The system and method retrieving and displaying an image to be read by a user, receiving, via a processor, a contextual cue of the user in response to the displayed image to be read, mapping the contextual cue to a user intention via the processor, and generating an action based on the user intention via the processor.

Abstract: The vocabulary of pertinent terms used to highlight/filter medical records in a text annotation system is continually updated based on user feedback. To maximize the effectiveness of this updating, feed-back is extracted from all users of the system, thereby providing a ‘group-sourced’ vocabulary of pertinent terms. As each user modifies the provided vocabulary of pertinent terms to customize the text annotation system to conform to the user's preferences, the modifications are collected and communicated to the provider of the vocabulary of pertinent terms. The provider of the vocabulary of pertinent terms assimilates the modifications implemented by each user of the word annotation system to determine whether to modify the vocabulary of pertinent terms for subsequent users of the common vocabulary of pertinent terms.

Abstract: A system for displaying a set of interrelated objects comprises an initializer (1) for identifying a plurality of interrelated objects, a first information filter (2) for selecting a first subset of the plurality of interrelated objects for display based on a first information filter setting, a first displayer (3) for displaying the first subset of the plurality of interrelated objects on a first display area, a user interface (7) for enabling a user to select a region of the first display area for enlargement by visually indicating the region in the first display area, wherein the user can select the region independently of locations of the displayed objects in the first display area, a second information filter (4) for selecting a second subset of the plurality of interrelated objects for display based on a second information filter setting, wherein the second information filter is arranged for selecting objects corresponding to the selected region with an increased level of information detail compared to t

Abstract: A system (100) for generating a report (142) based on input from a radiologist in response to a clinical query from a clinician, comprising: a reporting input (120) for enabling the radiologist to provide medical information (122); a reporting output (140) for generating a report (142) comprising the medical information (122); the system (100) further comprising: an interface (160) for receiving data (162) indicative of the clinical query; a reasoning engine (180) for, based on the clinical query, establishing at least one building block (182) for use by the reporting output (140) in generating the report (142), the building block specifying a form and content of at least part of the report (142); and wherein the reporting input (120) is arranged for, based on the building block (182), establishing a reporting interface (124) for use in providing the medical information.

Abstract: A system for displaying a set of interrelated objects comprises an initializer (1) for identifying a plurality of interrelated objects, a first information filter (2) for selecting a first subset of the plurality of interrelated objects for display based on a first information filter setting, a first displayer (3) for displaying the first subset of the plurality of interrelated objects on a first display area, a user interface (7) for enabling a user to select a region of the first display area for enlargement by visually indicating the region in the first display area, wherein the user can select the region independently of locations of the displayed objects in the first display area, a second information filter (4) for selecting a second subset of the plurality of interrelated objects for display based on a second information filter setting, wherein the second information filter is arranged for selecting objects corresponding to the selected region with an increased level of information detail compared to t

Abstract: The invention relates to a system (100) for mapping a patient data structure (PD) for describing a patient's case into a guideline data structure (GD) for describing a medical guideline, the system comprising storage (170) for storing: a plurality of data items (DI1; DI2; . . . ; DI99); the patient data structure (PD) comprising data items (DI1; DI3; DI5; DI27; DI47, DI67, DI74) of the plurality of data items (DI1; DI2; . . .

Abstract: The invention relates to a system (100) for identifying a document of a plurality of documents, based on a multidimensional image, the system (100) comprising an object unit (110) for identifying an object represented in the multidimensional image, based on a user input indicating a region of the multidimensional image, and further based on a model for modeling the object, determined by segmentation of the indicated region of the multidimensional image; a keyword unit (120) for identifying a keyword of a plurality of keywords, related to the identified object, based on an annotation of the model for modeling the object; and a document unit (130) for identifying the document of the plurality of documents, based on the identified keyword. Thus, the system advantageously facilitates a user's access to documents comprising information of interest based on a viewed multidimensional image. The document may be identified by its name or, preferably, by a link to the document.

Abstract: A method of controlling an arrangement of a plurality of hardware components, at least some of which are coupled to one another via signal leads, by means of a data processing unit in which there is executed a computer program which comprises sub-modules which correspond to the hardware components and are connected via data channels in conformity with the real signal leads between the hardware components. The software thus exactly duplicates the hardware structure and ensures that information flows horizontally and is always present in the relevant location. Moreover, the software can be simply and flexibly adapted to changes of the configuration of existing hardware components.

Abstract: A method of controlling an arrangement of a plurality of hardware components (2, 3), at least some of which are coupled to one another via signal leads, by means of a data processing unit in which there is executed a computer program which comprises sub-modules (2′, 3′) which correspond to the hardware components and are connected via data channels in conformity with the real signal leads between the hardware components (2, 3). The software thus exactly duplicates the hardware structure and ensures that information flows horizontally and is always present in the relevant location. Moreover, the software can be simply and flexibly adapted to changes of the configuration of existing hardware components.