Patent Document ID: 20060212317
Application ID: 11335858
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method in a computer system for managing mammography examination information, the method comprising: receiving electronically personal information of a patient; receiving electronically digital images produced from at least one of a screening examination performed on the patient and a diagnostic examination performed on the patient; receiving electronically for a procedure examination performed on the patient procedure data indicative of results of the procedure examination; storing and logically associating said personal information, said digital images, and said procedure data of the patient in at least one computer-readable storage medium; displaying to a user said digital images and said procedure data responsive to a selection by said user requesting said digital images, wherein at least a first portion of said digital images are electronically retrieved from said computer-readable storage medium and wherein at least a second portion of said digital images are retrieved from a Picture Archive and Communications System (PACS); receiving electronically data from said user representative of a medical interpretation of said displayed digital images and said procedure data; and generating automatically, responsive to receipt of said medical interpretation, a medical report based on said medical interpretation.