Systems and Methods for Automated Medical Image Identification for Protocols

1 ) A method of identifying medical image records, comprising:

receiving, at one or more computing devices, a plurality of medical image records;

receiving, at the one or more computing devices, a protocol, the protocol including a plurality of measurements having an order;

identifying, at the one or more computing devices, a first medical image record of the plurality of medical image records, wherein a first measurement of the plurality of measurements can be performed on the first medical image record;

displaying, at the one or more computing devices, the first medical image record;

receiving, at the one or more computing devices, the first measurement;

identifying, at the one or more computing devices, a second medical image record of the plurality of medical image records, wherein a second measurement of the plurality of measurements can be performed on the second medical image record;

displaying, at the one or more computing devices, the second medical image record; and

receiving, at the one or more computing devices, the second measurement.

2 ) The method of claim 1 , wherein each medical image record of the plurality of medical image records comprises a Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (“DICOM”) Service-Object Pair Instance.

3 ) The method of claim 1 , wherein each measurement of the protocol is associated with a view.

4 ) The method of claim 3 , wherein identifying the first medical image record is based at least in part on the view associated with the first medical image record; and wherein identifying the second medical image record is based at least in part on the view associated with the second medical image record.

5 ) The method of claim 1 , wherein each measurement of the protocol is associated with a cardiac cycle point.

6 ) The method of claim 5 , wherein identifying the first medical image record is based at least in part on the cardiac cycle point associated with the first measurement; and wherein identifying the second medical image record is based at least in part on the cardiac cycle point associated with the second measurement.

7 ) The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying the first medical image record is based at least in part on an image quality of the first medical image record; and wherein identifying the second medical image record is based at least in part on an image quality of the second medical image record.

8 ) One or more computer readable non-transitory storage media embodying software that is operable when executed to:

receive, at one or more computing devices, a plurality of medical image records;

receive, at the one or more computing devices, a protocol, the protocol including a plurality of measurements having an order;

identify, at the one or more computing devices, a first medical image record of the plurality of medical image records, wherein a first measurement of the plurality of measurements can be performed on the first medical image record;

display, at the one or more computing devices, the first medical image record;

receive, at the one or more computing devices, the first measurement;

identify, at the one or more computing devices, a second medical image record of the plurality of medical image records, wherein a second measurement of the plurality of measurements can be performed on the second medical image record;

display, at the one or more computing devices, the second medical image record; and

receive, at the one or more computing devices, the second measurement.

9 ) The media of claim 8 , wherein each medical image record of the plurality of medical image records comprises a Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (“DICOM”) Service-Object Pair Instance.

10 ) The media of claim 8 , wherein each measurement of the protocol is associated with n view.

11 ) The media of claim 10 , wherein the software is further operable to identify the first medical image record based at least in part on the view associated with the first medical image record; and wherein the software is further operable to identify the second digital image based at least in part on the view associated with the second digital image.

12 ) The media of claim 8 , wherein each measurement of the protocol is associated with a cardiac cycle point.

13 ) The media of claim 12 , wherein the software is further operable to identify the first digital image based at least in part on the cardiac cycle point associated with the first measurement; and wherein the software is further operable to identify the second digital image based at least in part on the cardiac cycle point associated with the second measurement.

14 ) The media of claim 8 , wherein the software is further operable to identify the first digital image based at least in part on an image quality of the first digital image; and wherein the software is further operable to identify the second digital image based at least in part on an image quality of the second digital image.

15 ) A system comprising: one or more processors; and a memory coupled to the processors comprising instructions executable by the processors, the processors being operable when executing the instructions to:

receive, at one or more computing devices, a plurality of medical image records;

receive, at the one or more computing devices, a protocol, the protocol including a plurality of measurements having an order;

identify, at the one or more computing devices, a first digital image of the plurality of digital images, wherein a first measurement of the plurality of measurements can be performed on the first digital image;

display, at the one or more computing devices, the first digital image;

receive, at the one or more computing devices, the first measurement;

identify, at the one or more computing devices, a second digital image of the plurality of digital images, wherein a second measurement of the plurality of measurements can be performed on the second digital image;

display, at the one or more computing devices, the second digital image; and

receive, at the one or more computing devices, the second measurement.

16 ) The system of claim 15 , wherein each medical image record of the plurality of medical image records comprises a Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (“DICOM”) Service-Object Pair Instance.

17 ) The system of claim 15 , wherein each measurement of the protocol is associated with n view.

18 ) The system of claim 17 , wherein the processors are further operable to identify the first digital image based at least in part on the view associated with the first digital image; and

wherein the processors are further operable to identify the second digital image based at least in part on the view associated with the second digital image.

19 ) The system of claim 15 , wherein each measurement of the protocol is associated with a cardiac cycle point.

20 ) The system of claim 19 , wherein the processors are further operable to identify the first digital image based at least in part on the cardiac cycle point associated with the first measurement; and wherein the processors are further operable to identify the second digital image based at least in part on the cardiac cycle point associated with the second measurement.

21 ) The system of claim 15 , wherein the processors are further operable to identify the first digital image based at least in part on an image quality of the first digital image; and wherein the processors are further operable to identify the second digital image based at least in part on an image quality of the second digital image.