Systems and methods to deliver point of care alerts for radiological findings
Apparatus, systems, and methods to deliver point of care alerts for radiological findings are disclosed. An example imaging apparatus includes an image data store, an image quality checker, and a training learning network. The example image data store is to store image data acquired using the imaging apparatus. The example image quality checker is to evaluate image data from the image data store in comparison to an image quality measure. The example trained learning network is to process the image data to identify a clinical finding in the image data, the identification of a clinical finding to trigger a notification at the imaging apparatus to notify a healthcare practitioner regarding the clinical finding and prompt a responsive action with respect to a patient associated with the image data.
1. A mobile imaging apparatus comprising:
wheels;
a source;
a detector; and
a housing including:
an image data store to store image data acquired at a location using the mobile imaging apparatus; and
at least one processor to facilitate acquisition of the image data and to process the image data acquired at the location according to an image quality measure, the image quality measure selected based on an analysis of at least one of digital imaging and communication in medicine (DICOM) header information or other DICOM metadata, the at least one processor to implement:
a trained learning network to process, when the image data satisfies the selected image quality measure, the image data while at the location to identify a clinical finding in the image data, the identification of a clinical finding to trigger a notification at the mobile imaging apparatus via an output to notify a healthcare practitioner regarding the clinical finding and prompt a responsive action with respect to a patient associated with the image data.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is to implement an image quality checker to evaluate the image data from the image data store in comparison to the image quality measure using an artificial intelligence model operating on the mobile imaging apparatus at the location.
3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the image quality checker selects the image quality measure based on the analysis of the at least one of the DICOM header information or other DICOM metadata.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the image quality measure includes analysis of at least one of DICOM header information or other DICOM metadata to confirm at least one of protocol or anatomy in the image data.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the mobile imaging apparatus is a mobile x-ray imaging apparatus.
6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the output includes a display, wherein the notification is output via a graphical user interface displayed via the display at the mobile imaging apparatus.
7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein presentation of the notification corresponds to a criticality of the clinical finding.
8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the trained learning network includes a deep learning network trained on reference image data and associated findings and deployed to the mobile imaging apparatus.
9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is to implement a pre-processor to prepare the image data for processing by the trained learning network after evaluation according to the image quality measure.
10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is to implement an image enhancer to process the image data to enhance the clinical finding in a displayed image resulting from the image data.
11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium in a mobile imaging apparatus including wheels, a source, a detector, and a housing including the computer-readable storage medium and at least one processor, the computer-readable storage medium to store image data acquired at a location using the mobile imaging apparatus and to include instructions which, when executed, cause the at least one processor in the mobile imaging apparatus to at least facilitate acquisition of the image data and to process the image data acquired at the location according to an image quality measure, the image quality measure selected based on an analysis of at least one of digital imaging and communication in medicine (DICOM) header information or other DICOM metadata, the instructions, when executed, to cause the at least one processor to implement a trained learning network to process, when the image data satisfies the selected image quality measure, the image data while at the location to identify a clinical finding in the image data, the identification of a clinical finding to trigger a notification at the mobile imaging apparatus via an output to notify a healthcare practitioner regarding the clinical finding and prompt a responsive action with respect to a patient associated with the image data.
12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the at least one processor to implement an image quality checker to evaluate the image data in comparison to the image quality measure using an artificial intelligence model operating on the mobile imaging apparatus at the location.
13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12 , wherein the image quality checker selects the image quality measure based on the analysis of the at least one of the DICOM header information or other DICOM metadata.
14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the image quality measure includes analysis of at least one of DICOM header information or other DICOM metadata to confirm at least one of protocol or anatomy in the image data.
15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the mobile imaging apparatus is a mobile x-ray imaging apparatus.
16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the output includes a display, wherein the notification is output via a graphical user interface displayed via the display at the mobile imaging apparatus.
17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein presentation of the notification corresponds to a criticality of the clinical finding.
18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the trained learning network includes a deep learning network trained on reference image data and associated findings and deployed to the mobile imaging apparatus.
19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the at least one processor to implement a pre-processor to prepare the image data for processing by the trained learning network after evaluation according to the image quality measure.
20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the at least one processor to implement an image enhancer to process the image data to enhance the clinical finding in a displayed image resulting from the image data.