Patent Document ID: 9974512
Application ID: 14641463
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for determining a patient radiation and diagnostic study score ( 10 ) associated with a series of past diagnostic radiologic tests associated with a patient, and treating the patient to manage the risk of cancer associated with future radiologic testing, comprising the steps of: a) accessing, by at least one score processor, a database ( 100 ) and retrieving data indicative of a plurality of a patient's past radiologic tests ( 200 ) during a scoring period, wherein the plurality of past radiologic tests ( 200 ) includes at least two different tests; b) associating, by the at least one score processor, a measure of ionizing radiation with each of the plurality of the patient's past radiologic tests ( 200 ) from the scoring period; c) forming, by the at least one score processor, a lifetime attributable risk ( 400 ) for each of the plurality of the patient's past radiologic tests ( 200 ) from the scoring period, and creating a total lifetime attributable risk ( 400 ) for the scoring period; d) transforming, by the at least one score processor, the total lifetime attributable risk ( 400 ) for the scoring period into a scaled lifetime attributable risk ( 410 ) for the scoring period by comparing the total lifetime attributable risk ( 400 ) for the scoring period with general population radiologic test data, wherein the scaled lifetime attributable risk ( 410 ) indicates a measure of the total lifetime attributable risk ( 400 ) relative to the general population, further including the step of scaling the general population radiologic test data so that the total lifetime attributable risk ( 400 ) of approximately unity is associated with a predetermined scaled lifetime attributable risk ( 410 ); e) creating, by the at least one score processor, the patient radiation and diagnostic study score ( 10 ) from the scaled lifetime attributable risk ( 410 ) to display on a visual media; and f) treating the patient and directing future radiologic testing at least in part on the patient radiation and diagnostic study score ( 10 ).