'NOTIFYME': AUTONOMOUS REAL-TIME REMOTE NOTIFICATION OF INDIVIDUAL SCAN PROTOCOL STATUS AND MRI EXAM PROGRESS

摘要

To enhance user experience and improve patient workflow, data collection and patient imaging protocols are monitored, and real-time notifications are triggered, generated, and provided to end users (e.g. Radiologists, Technologists, service personnel, hospital management, etc.) autonomously, remotely, and in real-time, when a customizable condition is met such as when a scan protocol is finished and reconstructed successfully. The notifications are sent from a scanner host computer or an analysis system and received via email, instant message, etc., and can be pulled into an independent mobile application. Progress indicators are provided, which facilitate informing an attending physician of a predicted scan completion time so that the physician can prepare (e.g. get to the reading room, scanner room, log into mobile reviewing device, etc.) to review the scan results immediately. The user can choose to see aborted, finished, or in-progress scans for any patient, patient group, medical device, or any selected hospital.