Method and apparatus for displaying medical information

• US 20050234320A1
• Filed: 03/22/2005
• Published: 10/20/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company LLC (GE Healthcare Technologies, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company LLC (GE Healthcare Technologies, Inc.)
• Inventors: Balasubramanian, Arun
• Application Number:
  US11/085,997
• Publication Number:
  US 20050234320A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/407
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/055 involving electronic [EMR] or nuclear [NMR] magnetic resonance, e.g. magnetic resonance imaging
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/00 Apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis; Apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis combined with radiation therapy equipment instruments measuring radiation intensity for application in the field of nuclear medicine, e.g. in vivo counting, G01T1/161; apparatus for taking X-ray photographs G03B42/02
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/465 adapted to display user selection data, e.g. graphical user interface, icons or menus
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/468 allowing annotation or message recording
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/566 involving communication between diagnostic systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/00 Manipulating 3D models or images for computer graphics
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2200/24 involving graphical user interfaces [GUIs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2219/004 Annotating, labelling
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/20 for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

To provide an apparatus for displaying medical information, which facilitates recognizing any accompanying information, a medical image along with text information is displayed on a graphic display. Text information is provided as a voice presentation when the user points the text with a pointing device. The present invention allows hiding the text information on the screen, in which the text information is provided as the voice presentation when the user points the text field of the text information that should be there. The medical image may be taken by an X-ray CT or MRI apparatus.

Claims

1. A method for displaying medical information, which displays a medical image in combination with text information in a graphic display device, comprising:

providing text information as a voice presentation when an operator points the text information with a pointing device.

2. A method of displaying medical information according to claim 1, wherein:

the display of only said text information is disabled; and

text information is provided as the voice presentation when an operator points the display area of text information in a state in which the text information is not displayed.

3. A method of displaying medical information according to claim 1, wherein:

said medical image is an image taken by an X-ray CT apparatus.

4. A method of displaying medical information according to claim 1, wherein:

said medical image is an image taken by an MRI apparatus.

5. An apparatus for displaying medical information, which displays a medical image in combination with character information on a graphic display device, comprising:

a display device for providing text information as the voice presentation when an operator points the text information with a pointing device.

6. An apparatus for displaying medical information according to claim 5, further comprising:

a display disabling device for disabling the display of only said text information; and

a display device for providing said text information as the voice presentation when an operator points the display area of said text information with a pointing device in a state in which the text information is not displayed.

7. An apparatus for displaying medical information according to claim 5, wherein:

said medical image is an image taken by an X-ray CT apparatus.

8. An apparatus for displaying medical information according to claim 5, wherein:

said medical image is an image taken by an MRI apparatus.