Patent ID: 8254648
Filing Date: 2012-08-28
Classification: A61B,G16H

Abstract:
1. A method for adapting a hanging protocol recommendation based on an efficiency of use, said method including: monitoring usage information for a hanging protocol, said usage information including a selection of a hanging protocol and a change to said hanging protocol by a first experienced user during a reading of a medical imaging study, wherein said monitoring includes monitoring said usage information for one or more of an imaging modality used to obtain an image in said imaging study, an anatomy imaged in said imaging study, and an imaging procedure employed to obtain said image in said imaging study; automatically dividing said hanging protocol into a sequence of a plurality of sub-protocols associated with said hanging protocol based on changes made by the first experienced user throughout the first experienced user's reading of said imaging study; determining a productivity factor based on a comparison of an efficiency of said first experienced user during said reading of said imaging study with an efficiency of at least a second experienced user in a user population, said second experienced user also having made changes to said hanging protocol, the productivity factor associated with said hanging protocol and varying over time to adapt to changing efficiencies of the user population; comparing usage information monitored for said first experienced user with usage information monitored for a less experienced user; and adaptively recommending application of said hanging protocol including associated sub-protocols in said sequence to said less experienced user based on said productivity factor and said comparing of monitored user usage information.