METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CREATION OF HANGING PROTOCOLS USING GRAFFITI-ENABLED DEVICES

• US 20080120576A1
• Filed: 11/22/2006
• Published: 05/22/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Kariathungal, Murali Kumanran, Mahesh, Prakash, Morita, Mark, Roehm, Stephen P.
• Granted Patent: US 7,694,240 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/863
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

Certain embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems for hanging protocol generation using gesture recognition. Certain embodiments provide a method for creating a hanging protocol based on gesture input in a clinical environment. The method includes specifying a hanging protocol specification using gesture-based input. The method also includes translating the gesture-based input into a hanging protocol. The method further includes facilitating display of clinical information based on the hanging protocol. Certain embodiments provide a gesture detection system. The system includes a sensor surface configured to detect gesture-based input made on the sensor surface. The gesture-based input specifies a hanging protocol layout. The system also includes a processor configured to identify the gesture-based input and translate the gesture to a corresponding hanging protocol definition for display of image and clinical data.

Claims

1. A method for creating a hanging protocol based on gesture input in a clinical environment, said method comprising:

specifying a hanging protocol specification using gesture-based input;

translating said gesture-based input into a hanging protocol; and

facilitating display of clinical information based on said hanging protocol.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said specifying step further comprises drawing a hanging protocol layout using said gesture-based input.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said hanging protocol specification comprises an image box type and at least one parameter.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said gesture-based input includes a gesture component and at least one of a size component and a position component modifying said gesture component.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said gesture-based input corresponds to a sequence of healthcare application functions for execution at a remote system.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said gesture-based input includes a pressure component comprising at least one of a pressure applied to an instrument used to make said gesture and a pressure applied to a sensor surface.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising customizing a translation between said gesture-based input describing said hanging protocol specific and said hanging protocol for at least one of a user and a group of users.

8. A computer-readable medium having a set of instructions for execution on a computer, said set of instructions comprising:

a sensor routine for detecting gesture-based input for a hanging protocol specification; and

a translation routine for translating said gesture-based input to a corresponding hanging protocol definition.

9. The set of instructions of claim 8, further comprising a display routine facilitating display of clinical information based on said hanging protocol definition.

10. The set of instructions of claim 8, wherein said gesture-based input comprises a drawing of a hanging protocol layout.

11. The set of instructions of claim 8, wherein said hanging protocol specification comprises an image box type, an upcount, a modality, a body part, a list of one or more procedures, a comparison indication and one or more series selection parameters.

12. The set of instructions of claim 8, wherein said gesture-based input further includes a characteristic associated with said gesture-based input.

13. The set of instructions of claim 12, wherein said translation routine modifies said hanging protocol definition corresponding to said gesture-based input using said characteristic associated with said gesture-based input.

14. The set of instructions of claim 12, wherein said characteristic includes at least one of a position and a size of said gesture-based input.

15. A gesture detection system, said system comprising:

a sensor surface configured to detect gesture-based input made on said sensor surface, said gesture-based input specifying a hanging protocol layout;

a processor configured to identify said gesture-based input and translate said gesture to a corresponding hanging protocol definition for display of image and clinical data.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein said gesture-based input specifying said hanging protocol layout comprises an image box type, an upcount, a modality, a body part, a list of one or more procedures, a comparison indication and one or more series selection parameters.

17. The system of claim 15, further comprising a graffiti input instrument for generating said gesture-based input on said sensor surface.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein at least one of a pressure exerted on said sensor surface and a pressure exerted on said instrument modifies said gesture-based input.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein said gesture-based input further includes a characteristic associated with said gesture-based input, said characteristic modifying said hanging protocol definition corresponding to said gesture-based input.

20. The system of claim 15, further comprising a display for displaying at least one of images and clinical data according to said hanging protocol definition.