Medical imaging and efficient sharing of medical imaging information
Inventors
Dormer, Kyle • Patni, Hussein • Bidulock, Darryl • Axerio-Cilies, John • Taerum, Torin Arni
Assignees
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Publication Number
US-12161451-B2
Publication Date
2024-12-10
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Abstract
An MRI image processing and analysis system may identify instances of structure in MRI flow data, e.g., coherency, derive contours and/or clinical markers based on the identified structures. The system may be remotely located from one or more MRI acquisition systems, and perform: error detection and/or correction on MRI data sets (e.g., phase error correction, phase aliasing, signal unwrapping, and/or on other artifacts); segmentation; visualization of flow (e.g., velocity, arterial versus venous flow, shunts) superimposed on anatomical structure, quantification; verification; and/or generation of patient specific 4-D flow protocols. A protected health information (PHI) service is provided which de-identifies medical study data and allows medical providers to control PHI data, and uploads the de-identified data to an analytics service provider (ASP) system. A web application is provided which merges the PHI data with the de-identified data while keeping control of the PHI data with the medical provider.
Core Innovation
The invention relates to operating an analytics service provider (ASP) system in a medical analytics platform that includes an ASP system and a protected health information (PHI) system separated by one or more firewalls. The PHI system stores PHI data associated with de-identified medical study data, and the ASP system stores the de-identified medical study data on storage of the ASP system.
In the method, the ASP system receives a request for a PHI access token from a client processor-based device over at least one communications network and sends an encrypted PHI access token to the client processor-based device. The ASP system then receives the encrypted PHI access token from the PHI system over the communications network.
The ASP system sends de-identified medical study data for a requested medical study to the client processor-based device to be merged locally with PHI data received from the PHI system, without providing the ASP system access to the PHI data. The ASP system generates analytics data relating to the de-identified medical study data and sends the generated analytics data to the client processor-based device.
The client-side merging generates re-identified medical study data by combining PHI data with the de-identified medical study data received from the ASP system. The system actions include generating analytics artifacts such as a report or a secondary capture object in some implementations, including sending them toward storage by the PHI system.
Claims Coverage
The independent claims identified are 1, 8, and 15. Across these claims, the core inventive features include a firewall-separated PHI system and ASP system, encrypted PHI access token exchange, client-side local merging of de-identified medical study data with PHI data, and generation and delivery of analytics data.
Firewall-separated ASP and PHI systems for protected analytics
An analytics service provider (ASP) system for a medical analytics platform is separated from a protected health information (PHI) system by one or more firewalls, where the PHI system stores PHI data associated with de-identified medical study data and the ASP system stores de-identified medical study data on a storage medium of the ASP system.
Encrypted PHI access token request and exchange
The ASP system receives a request for a PHI access token from a client processor-based device over at least one communications network and sends an encrypted PHI access token to the client processor-based device; the ASP system then receives the encrypted PHI access token from the PHI system over the at least one communications network.
Client-side local merging without ASP access to PHI
The ASP system sends de-identified medical study data for a requested medical study to the client processor-based device over at least one communications network to be merged locally on the client processor-based device with PHI data received from the PHI system over the at least one communications network, without providing the ASP system access to the PHI data.
Analytics generation and delivery to client
The ASP system generates analytics data relating to the de-identified medical study data and sends the generated analytics data to the client processor-based device over at least one communications network.
Independent claims 1, 8, and 15 cover the same core architecture: an ASP system firewall-separated from a PHI system, encrypted PHI access token exchange, sending de-identified study data for client-side local merging with PHI without giving ASP access to PHI, and generating analytics data that is sent back to the client.
Stated Advantages
Allows generation of analytics data while preventing the ASP system from accessing PHI data.
Documented Applications
Remote medical analytics in a platform where de-identified medical study data is merged locally with PHI data on a client processor-based device to generate re-identified medical study data.
Delivery of analytics artifacts such as a report or a secondary capture object for storage through the PHI system.
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