Integrated fluoroscopic surgical navigation and workstation with command protocol
First Claim
1. In a medical diagnostic imaging system, a communication protocol for providing bi-directional communication between a medical imaging subsystem and a medical navigational subsystem, the communication protocol comprising:
- a plurality of navigation subsystem to imaging subsystem messages; and
a Begin Imaging and an End Imaging message for synchronizing image acquisition with navigation coordinate determination, the Begin Imaging and End Imaging messages included in imaging subsystem to the navigation subsystem messages.
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Abstract
In a medical diagnostic imaging system, a communication protocol for providing bi-directional communication between a medical imaging subsystem and a medical navigational subsystem, the communication protocol including a plurality of navigation subsystem to imaging subsystem messages; and a Begin Imaging and an End Imaging message for synchronizing image acquisition with navigation coordinate determination, the Begin Imaging and End Imaging messages included in imaging subsystem to the navigation subsystem messages.
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20 Claims
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1. In a medical diagnostic imaging system, a communication protocol for providing bi-directional communication between a medical imaging subsystem and a medical navigational subsystem, the communication protocol comprising:
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a plurality of navigation subsystem to imaging subsystem messages; and
a Begin Imaging and an End Imaging message for synchronizing image acquisition with navigation coordinate determination, the Begin Imaging and End Imaging messages included in imaging subsystem to the navigation subsystem messages. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for communication in a bi-directional diagnostic imaging system between a medical imaging subsystem and a medical navigational subsystem, the method comprising:
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realizing in a navigation subsystem a plurality of navigation subsystem to imaging subsystem messages;
realizing in the imaging subsystem a Begin Imaging and an End Imaging message for synchronizing image acquisition with navigation coordinate determination, the Begin Imaging and End Imaging messages included in imaging subsystem to navigation subsystem messages; and
formatting the End Imaging message according to a predetermined message header format common to a plurality of the navigation subsystem to imaging subsystem messages and the imaging subsystem to navigation subsystem messages; and
transmitting the End Imaging message from the imaging subsystem to the navigation subsystem. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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