US 7,593,913 B2
Systems and method for integrative medical decision support
Lu-yong Wang, Plainsboro, N.J. (US); Daniel Fasulo, Titusville, N.J. (US); and Dorin Comaniciu, Princeton Junction, N.J. (US)
Assigned to Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, Pa. (US)
Filed on Jan. 05, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/620,095.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/757976, filed on Jan. 11, 2006.
Prior Publication US 2007/0168308 A1, Jul. 19, 2007
Int. Cl. G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 15/18 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 706—62 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for providing medical decision support for diagnosis and treatment of disease, comprising:
a medical knowledge database comprising medical information, the medical information including probabilities of disease outcomes for a disease of interest;
a memory device for storing a program;
a processor in communication with the memory device, the processor operative with the program to:
obtain patient information and in vitro test results for specimens derived from a patient; and
automatically generate a recommendation for a medical test based on a combination of the patient information, the in vitro test results, and medical information from the medical knowledge database.