Patent ID: 8195594

Claim:
A computer-based method for generating a medical imaging study report comprising the steps of: storing a medical imaging report generation database in a computer readable medium, the medical imaging report generation database containing phrases relevant to a plurality of image study types interpreted in a medical imaging study; storing executable computer code in a computer processor linked to the computer readable medium; generating, by executing the computer code using the computer processor, a medical imaging study report for display on a computer display device, using the stored report generation database, wherein the medical imaging study report contains an architecture accommodating one or more text fields; generating by executing the computer code a plurality of study types for display to the user via a user-output device; upon the user selecting a study type via a user-input device, providing by executing the computer code using the computer processor, one or more suggested first phrases of potential interest from the report generation database based on the selected study type to the user via the user-output device; upon the user selecting one or more first phrases via the user-input device, providing via the user-output device by executing the computer code using the computer processor, one or more suggested related phrases of potential interest from the report generation database based on the selected first phrases; upon the user selecting one or more related phrases via the user-input device, applying by executing the computer code using the computer processor, one or more inclusion rules based on patterns of use, to the one or more selected first phrases thereby generating suggested one or more related phrases, and presenting the one or more suggested related phrases to the user via a user-output device; applying via the user-output device, by executing the computer code using the computer processor, one or more exclusion rules based on patterns of usage to the one or more first phrases and the one or more related phrases to identify one or more excluded phrases to be excluded from the report; and generating a report containing the selected phrases in the text fields and the study type via a report output device.