Xuedong Chen
Heri Mariwa
Kimmy (Hsiang-ling) Lin
Rui Yu
Dr. Ethan Bolker
© 2005 The GODS Team
4.4 Adding mark-unrelated annotations
4.6 Creating a report in MS Word
5.4 Adding mark-unrelated annotations
GODS, Graphical Oncology Diagnostic System, is an application that allows
physicians to digitally annotate medical images for diagnostic and educational
purposes.
With GODS, physicians can draw markings on medical images like X-rays, sketches
or photographs and make diagnostic annotations relating to each marking. The
information can then be stored for future medical references or for the
physician's personal library.
GODS can also be used to capture images and manipulate their sizes and
resolutions. It further allows physicians to communicate images with each
another and exchange medical opinions. More importantly, included features of
GODS can be personalized to suit any physician's needs.
Currently, GODS is developed for Dr. Kevin Hughes of The Avon Foundation
Comprehensive Breast Evaluation Center at the Massachusetts General Hospital for
his diagnoses of breast cancer patients. This application first focuses on
mammogram processing. In the future, it will be adaptable in the diagnosis of
any part of the human body.
Follow the steps below to install GODS:
Download the Windows Installer "GODS_Version.exe".
Double-click on the Windows Installer and install GODS
Double-click on the GODS shortcut on your desktop to start.
You can run GODS in two modes -- Stand-alone or Invoked-from-Access.
In the stand-alone mode, you need to link to an Access database table. See Using
GODS -- Stand-alone for more detailed instructions.
In the invoked-from Access mode, you need to modify your Access database to invoke GODS. Besides, you can only work with one record at a time. See Invoking GODS from Access for more detailed instructions. Unless you understand programming with Visual Basic in Access, we recommend you using the stand-alone mode.
Follow the steps below to import a database into GODS:
Select "Options" in GODS menu and select "Link Database Table".
After a dialog shows up, select "Browse" button to select the Microsoft Access database you want to work on.
Enter the name of the Access database table you want to work on.
Fill in the field mappings between the patient database table and the fields that will be presented in GODS.
Select "OK" button to link the database table.
The first record of the database table will be loaded in GODS.
Follow the steps below to load a patient's record into GODS:
Click on the arrow button in "Name" value field and select the patient name from the drop-down list. Or
Click on the arrow button in "MRN" value field and select the patient's MRN (Medical Record Number) from the drop-down list.
Creating a mark on the medical image
Click and holds the mouse on a mark on the mark panel, drag it over to the
desired position on the image and release the mouse.
Selecting a mark on the medical image
Click and holds the mouse on a mark on the mark panel, drag it over to the
desired position on the image and release the mouse.
Moving a mark on the medical image
Click and hold the mouse on a mark on the medical image, drag it to the desired
position on the image and release the mouse.
Resizing a mark on the medical image
Select the mark you want to resize on the medical image and edit the "Mark
Dimension" field.
Adjusting the size of a mark relative to the medical image
Click on the "+" and "-" signs under the image panel and adjust the mark's size relative
to the medical image. Note that this doesn't change the physical size of the mark, only the relative size to the
medical image.
Editing comment for a mark from the medical image
Select the mark on the medical image and clicks the "Mark Comment" button, a dialog will show up for you to edit the comment.
Click on the "OK" or "Cancel" button to confirm or cancel the editing respectively.
Removing a mark from the medical image
Click and hold the mouse on a mark on the medical image and drag it to outside
the valid area of the image.
Creating an annotation unrelated to a mark
Click on the arrow button in the value field of a character. Select the value
from the drop-down list that shows all the possible values of that field.
Removing an annotation unrelated to a mark
Click on the arrow button in the value field of a character. Select the value
"none" from the drop-down list.
Follow the steps below to save a patient's record:
Click on the "Save" button on the top panel. Or
Select "File" from the menu and choose "Save".
A confirmation window will show up to confirm those annotations saved. If you don't want this confirmation window to show up every time you save a record, check "Don't show me again" in the window. To change this setting, go to "Preference" in the "Option" menu.
Import a Word Template (Optional)
Select "Options" in GODS menu and select "Import Report Template".
After a dialog shows up, select "Browse" button to select the Microsoft Word template you want to use..
Click on the "OK" button.
Now when you click on the
"Report" button, GODS will use the template you just specified
to
create the report.
Create the report
Click on the "Report" button on the top panel.
A MS Word document will appear with MRNO, Patient Name, the annotated medical image, and the summary.
Save the document in a directory of your choice.
Follow the steps below to exit GODS:
Click on clicks on the "X" on the application window. Or
Click on the "Exit" button on the top panel.
Select "File" from the menu and choose "Exit".
If you have record unsaved, you will be asked to save the record before you exit or abort.
Follow the steps below to create new a new form in Access:
Creating a new form
Use a form wizard to create a form from a table or a query. The VB script we provided
based on some pre-defined fields in the form:
Adding a button
On the form you just created, add a button to it. Copy and pase these text to the button's event.
Clicking the button
You should be able to invoke GODS by clicking on the button. The patient shows up in GODS is
the current patient in the form.
You can only select the patient via your Access form. GODS will load whatever patient on the form into its diagnostic panel.
If you are using mail merge to create a report for your patient, you can also include the annotated image and diagnostic summary to the merged document.
Select "Options" in GODS menu and select "Import Mail Merge Document".
After a dialog shows up, select "Browse" button to select the Microsoft Word merge document you want to use.
Click on the "OK" button.
Click on the "Mail Merge" button, GODS will execute the merge document you just imported and insert the annotated image and the diagnostic summary in a section called "Diagnoses from GODS".
Save the document in a directory of your choice.