Patent ID: 8019621

Claim:
A system for providing medical image associated measurement data from different types of imaging device in a particular report format data structure, comprising: at least one processing device including, an acquisition processor configured to acquire measurement data associated with medical images produced by an examination of a particular patient using a particular type of imaging device; a repository of a plurality of device type and imaging examination type specific mapping information includes imaging device type specific clinical terms of a plurality of different types of imaging devices and a plurality of different types of imaging examinations used in a plurality of corresponding different device type specific first report format structures, said mapping information associating imaging device type specific clinical terms of a plurality of different types of imaging devices and a plurality of different types of imaging examinations with corresponding codes compatible with a different second report format data structure employed for providing an imaging examination report of a particular patient, an imaging device type specific clinical term of said plurality of different types of imaging device comprising data identifying in at least one of, (a) a measurement method, (b) a measured parameter type identifier and (c) and an imaging mode of a specific imaging modality type; and a data processor for configured to, use said mapping information in converting clinical terms in said acquired measurement data in a first report format structure provided using said particular type of imaging device and a particular type of imaging examination to corresponding codes compatible with said different second report format data structure and for process said codes corresponding to said converted clinical terms as well as elements of said acquired measurement data for incorporation in said second report format data structure.