Customized presentation of data

Abstract

Provided herein are various systems and methods for monitoring how users interact with medical imaging exams to automatically determine the view order and importance of various series within medical imaging exams as a function of a particular user, exam type, clinical information, and/or other characteristic of medical data.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of pre-loading a plurality of image series associated with a medical exam into a memory of a display computing device, the method comprising:
 determining, by one or more hardware computer processors executing computer-executable instructions stored on one or more non-transitory computer-readable mediums, a user or a user group for which the medical exam is to be transferred;   acquiring, by the one or more hardware computer processors, clinical information associated with the medical exam;   retrieving, by the one or more hardware computer processors, a list of the plurality of image series associated with the medical exam;   determining, by the one or more hardware computer processors, a series loading priority of the plurality of image series associated with the medical exam based on the clinical information associated with the medical exam; and   transferring at least a subset of the plurality of images series to the memory of the display computing device in an order based on the series loading priority.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein determining the series loading priority of the plurality of image series associated with the medical exam includes determining the series loading priority based on the clinical information associated with the medical exam and profile data associated with the user or the user group. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein determining the series loading priority of the plurality of image series associated with the medical exam includes determining the series loading priority based on the clinical information associated with the medical exam and a predefined priority for the user or the user group. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein determining the series loading priority of the plurality of image series associated with the medical exam includes determining the series loading priority based on the clinical information associated with the medical exam and a predefined priority for a site or a system associated with the user or the user group. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein determining the series loading priority of the plurality of image series associated with the medical exam includes determining the series loading priority based on the clinical information associated with the medical exam and information collected on the user or the user group. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein determining the series loading priority based on the information collected on the user or user group includes
 determining interaction data for the user or the user group, wherein the interaction data indicates for at least one of the one or more previous medical exams associated with the determined clinical information, indications of frequencies of images of each respective series type of the previous medical exam being marked as important by the user or the user group; and   determining the series loading priority based on the interaction data.   
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein an image marked as important is indicated by at least one of:
 the image being added to a montage;   the image being marked as a key image;   the image being selected for display in a particular order with respect to other images;   a measurement being performed on the image; or   the image being selected for inclusion in a report.   
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein determining the series loading priority based on the information collected on the user or user group includes
 determining interaction data including, for one or more previous medical exams associated with the clinical information, indications of frequencies of images of respective series types of the previous medical exams being marked as important by a user designated as an expert with respect to medical exams associated with the clinical information, wherein each respective series type indicates at least one of an imaging orientation, imaging modality, or an imaging plane;   determining, based on the interaction data and by the one or more hardware computing processors, a first series type of the respective series types having a highest frequency of images previously marked as important;   determining, based on the interaction data and by the one or more hardware computing processors, a second series type of the respective series types having a second highest frequency of images previously marked as important; and   determining, based on the interaction data and by the one or more hardware computing processors, the series priority loading priority of the respective series types having the second highest frequency of images previously marked as important.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein transferring at least a subset of the plurality of images series to the memory of the display computing device in an order based on the series loading priority includes transmitting a first image series included in the plurality of images series before transmitting a second image series included in the plurality of images series when the first image series is ordered before the second image series within the series priority loading priority. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein acquiring the clinical information associated with the medical exam includes acquiring one selected from a group consisting of a clinical indication and an exam type. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein transferring at least a subset of the plurality of images series to the memory of the display computing device includes transferring at least the subset of the plurality of images series from a server to the display computing device or a local area network. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising processing, by the one or more hardware computer processors, at least the subset of the plurality of images series in the order based on the series loading priority. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein processing at least the subset of the plurality of image series in the order based on the series loading priority includes processing at least the subset of the plurality of images series in the order based on the series loading priority prior to displaying at least one of the plurality of image series. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein processing at least the subset of the plurality of images series in the order based on the series loading priority includes performing one selected from a group consisting of image decompression, creation of multiplanar reconstruction images, and three-dimensional volumetric rendering in the order based on the series loading priority. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein processing at least the subset of the plurality of images series in the order based on the series loading priority includes processing, with computer aided diagnostics and by the one or more hardware computer processors, at least the subset of the plurality of image series in the order based on the series loading priority. 
     
     
         16 . A computing system for pre-loading a plurality of image series associated with a medical exam into a memory of a display computing device, the system comprising:
 one or more hardware computer processors configured to execute software instructions to at least:   determine a user or user group for which the medical exam is to be transferred;   acquire clinical information associated with the medical exam;   retrieve a list of the plurality of image series associated with the medical exam;   determining, by the one or more hardware computer processors, a series loading priority of the plurality of image series associated with the medical exam based on the clinical information associated with the medical exam; and   transfer at least a subset of the plurality of images series to the memory of the display computing device in an order based on the series loading priority.   
     
     
         17 . The computing system of  claim 16 , wherein the one or more hardware processors are included in the display computing device. 
     
     
         18 . The computing system of  claim 16 , wherein the one or more hardware processors are included in a picture archiving communication system or an electronic medical records system. 
     
     
         19 . The computing system of  claim 16 , wherein the one or more hardware processors are configured to determine the series loading priority of the plurality of image series associated with the medical image by
 determining interaction data for the user or the user group, wherein the interaction data indicates for at least one of the one or more previous medical exams associated with the determined clinical information, indications of frequencies of images of each respective series type of the previous medical exam being marked as important by the user or the user group; and   determining the series loading priority based on the interaction data.   
     
     
         20 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing software instructions that, in response to execution by a computer system having one or more hardware processors, configure the computer system to perform operations comprising:
 determining a user or a user group for which the medical exam is to be transferred;   acquiring clinical information associated with the medical exam;   retrieving a list of the plurality of image series associated with the medical exam;   determining a series loading priority of the plurality of image series associated with the medical exam based on the clinical information associated with the medical exam and data associated with the user or the user group; and   transferring at least a subset of the plurality of images series to the memory of the display computing device in an order based on the series loading priority,   wherein the data associated with the user or the user group includes one selected from a group consisting of   profile data associated with the user or the user group,   a predefined priority for the user or the user group,   a predefined priority for a site or a system associated with the user or the user group, and   interaction data for the user or the user group, wherein the interaction data indicates for at least one of the one or more previous medical exams associated with the determined clinical information, indications of frequencies of images of each respective series type of the previous medical exam being marked as important by the user or the user group.