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Medical image display system and method

  • US 10,169,534 B2
  • Filed: 09/30/2013
  • Issued: 01/01/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A display system for collaboratively displaying a plurality of separate medical images across a plurality of separate display devices, the system comprising:

  • processing circuitry connected to the plurality of separate display devices and configured toprovide a hanging protocol specifying the plurality of separate medical images to be displayed and a relative position in which each of the separate medical images is to be displayed;

    obtain, from each of the plurality of separate display devices, consent to join a collaboration with other of the plurality of separate display devices, in order to display the plurality of separate medical images across the plurality of separate display devices, wherein establishment of the collaboration is dependent on at least one of user preference, group preference, a person using at least one of the separate display devices, and particular protocols used;

    automatically assign each of the plurality of separate medical images to one of the plurality of separate display devices according to the hanging protocol; and

    in response to receiving the consent to join the collaboration from each of the plurality of separate display devices, display the plurality of separate medical images concurrently on the plurality of separate display devices to obtain a collaborative display of the medical images across the plurality of separate display devices,wherein at least one of the plurality of separate display devices comprises a mobile display device, andthe processing circuitry is further configured toautomatically detect a physical location of each of the plurality of separate display devices,select, based on the detected physical location of each of the separate display devices, at least one device out of the detected plurality of separate display devices, andafter receiving the consent from the selected at least one device, assign at least one of the plurality of separate medical images for display on the selected at least one device, based on the hanging protocol and at least one of the detected location and an orientation of the selected at least one device with respect to the mobile display device.

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