DICOM compliant file communication including quantitative and image data
View Patent ↗A method of generating medical information including quantitative and image data, comprising steps of performing an image acquisition of at least a portion of a patient to be examined, generating image data based on the performed acquisition, generating quantitative data based on the performed acquisition and constructing a DICOM compatible file, the image data being provided in an image data field and the quantitative data being provided in another field of the DICOM compatible file.
1. A computer executable software code stored on a computer readable medium, the code for creating a DICOM compliant file, said code comprising:
code for creating a report, including quantitative data, from acquisition data generated by at least one of an image capture device and another form of data entry;
code for creating a bitmap image file representing the created report;
code for embedding the bitmap image file in an image field of a DICOM compliant file; and
code for embedding the quantitative data in a field of the DICOM compliant file other than the image field.
2. A computer executable software code as recited in claim 1 , wherein the quantitative data comprises raw data used to create the report.
3. A computer executable software code as recited in claim 1 , wherein the quantitative data comprises bone mineral density (BMD) data.
4. A computer executable software code as recited in claim 1 , wherein the other form of data entry includes manual entry.
5. A computer executable software code as recited in claim 1 , wherein the other field comprises an Image Comments field of the DICOM file.
6. A computer executable software code as recited in claim 5 , wherein data in the Image Comments Field include parameters which control a process of report generation and customization of a report.
7. A computer executable software code as recited in claim 1 , wherein the quantitative data includes analysis results in computer readable form.
8. A computer executable software code as recited in claim 1 , wherein the quantitative data is in a form of at least one of HTML, XML and Java Script files.
9. A method for creating a DICOM compliant file, said method comprising:
creating a report, including quantitative data, from acquisition data generated by at least one of an image capture device and another form of data entry;
creating a bitmap image file representing the created report;
embedding the bitmap image file in an image field of a DICOM compliant file; and
embedding the quantitative data in a field of the DICOM compliant file other than the image field.
10. A method as recited in claim 9 , wherein the quantitative data comprises raw data used to create the report.
11. A method as recited in claim 9 , wherein the quantitative data comprises bone mineral density (BMD) data.
12. A method as recited in claim 9 , wherein the other form of data entry includes manual entry.
13. A method as recited in claim 9 , wherein the other field comprises an Image Comments field of the DICOM file.
14. A method as recited in claim 13 , wherein data in the Image Comments Field include parameters which control a process of report generation and customization of a report.
15. A method as recited in claim 9 , wherein the quantitative data includes analysis results in computer readable form.
16. A method as recited in claim 9 , wherein the quantitative data is in a form of at least one of HTML, XML and Java Script files.