Methods and systems for automatically mapping biopsy locations to pathology results
Inventors
Reicher, Murray A. • DeVries, Jon T. • Ferro, JR., Michael W. • Sati, Marwan
Assignees
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Publication Number
US-10332251-B2
Publication Date
2019-06-25
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Abstract
Methods and systems for automatically mapping biopsy locations to pathology results. One system includes a server including an electronic processor and an interface for communicating with at least one data source and at least one pathology result source. The electronic processor is configured to receive an image from the at least one data source over the interface. The electronic processor is also configured to receive a biopsy location. The biopsy location includes a three-dimensional position mapped to a position within the image. The electronic processor is also configured to automatically locate an electronic pathology result for the biopsy location within the at least one pathology result source over the interface. The electronic processor is also configured to generate an electronic correlation between the biopsy location and the electronic pathology result. The electronic processor is also configured to display the image with the biopsy location marked within the image.
Core Innovation
The invention provides a machine-learning image analytics system that automatically maps biopsy locations represented in images to corresponding electronic pathology results of biopsies taken at the biopsy locations. It receives clinical images and biopsy locations including a three-dimensional position mapped to a position within the images, accesses a corresponding pathology report stored in a pathology result source to determine a reported result for each biopsy, and creates an electronic correlation that associates each biopsy location with the reported result in a data structure.
The system displays one of the images with a selectable identifier marking the biopsy location. In response to receiving a selection of the selectable identifier within the image, the system retrieves the reported result associated with the biopsy location marked with the selectable identifier from the data structure and displays the reported result.
The invention also supports extracting or locating pathology result information and pathology location information from pathology reports using machine learning-based extraction and/or text/field/semantic parsing. Graphical reporting is used for training/learning engines, and downstream quality/performance analytics can be generated using scores, statistics, and tables that compare imaging findings and biopsy locations to pathology outcomes.
Claims Coverage
Two independent claims define the scope. The independent claims share the same core flow of receiving images and biopsy locations with three-dimensional mapping, retrieving corresponding pathology report results, storing biopsy location–result associations, and displaying an image with selectable identifiers that reveal the reported result.
Selectable identifier mapping biopsy locations to pathology results
An electronic processor configured to receive a plurality of images, receive a biopsy location for each biopsy including a three-dimensional position mapped to a position within an image, access a corresponding pathology report stored in at least one pathology result source to determine a reported result, store each biopsy location and the reported result in a data structure, display one of the images with a selectable identifier marking the biopsy location, and in response to selection, retrieve and display the reported result.
Clinical image display of selectable identifiers for biopsy locations with pathology results
An electronic processor and an interface for communicating with at least one data source and at least one pathology result source, where the processor is configured to receive images, receive biopsy locations with three-dimensional mapping, access the corresponding pathology report, store biopsy location and reported result associations in a data structure, display an image with a selectable identifier marking the biopsy location, and in response to selection, retrieve and display the reported result.
Across both independent claims, the inventive scope centers on displaying selectable identifiers on clinical images that mark three-dimensionally mapped biopsy locations and enabling selection of those identifiers to retrieve and display the corresponding reported biopsy results from pathology reports stored in a pathology result source via a stored biopsy location–reported result data structure.
Stated Advantages
Automatically maps biopsy locations represented in images to corresponding pathology results of biopsies taken at those biopsy locations.
Enables user selection of a marked biopsy location identifier within the image to retrieve and display the reported pathology result associated with that biopsy location.
Stores and provides an electronic correlation, including a data structure or table mapping between biopsy locations and pathology results.
Documented Applications
Graphical reporting for training/learning engines.
Downstream quality/performance analytics, including scores, statistics, and tables comparing imaging findings and biopsy locations with pathology outcomes.
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