GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE (GUI), DISPLAY MODULE AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING AND COMPARING SKIN FEATURES

• US 20090327890A1
• Filed: 06/26/2008
• Published: 12/31/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Raytheon Company (Rtx Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Raytheon Company (Rtx Corporation)
• Inventors: Solima, Paula J., Bowersox, Clayton W., Francis, Robert J., Mertz, Frederick C., Seybold, Karleen
• Application Number:
  US12/147,081
• Publication Number:
  US 20090327890A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/716
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2200/24 involving graphical user interfaces [GUIs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/30088 Skin; Dermal
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/0012 Biomedical image inspection
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/20 for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/40 for processing medical images, e.g. editing
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 80/00 ICT specially adapted for facilitating communication between medical practitioners or patients, e.g. for collaborative diagnosis, therapy or health monitoring

Abstract

Embodiments of a graphical user interface (GUI), display module, and method for displaying and comparing skin features are generally described herein. A pose panel may display a body outline or thumbnail image of one of several body poses and may identify one or more alerts. Each alert may identify skin features that have been identified as changed. An alert image panel may display a higher-resolution image of the alert selected in the pose panel showing identified skin features. An alert information panel may display alert data associated the alerts and may indicate a review status associated with the alerts. An alert notes panel may display notes associated with a selected alert. The GUI may be configured to systematically display the alerts associated with the poses in sequence to automate and help expedite the process of reviewing identified skin-features.

Claims

1. A graphical user interface (GUI) comprising:

a pose panel to display a pose image of one of a plurality of body poses, the pose panel further to identify one or more alerts, each alert identifying one or more skin features on the pose image;

an alert image panel to display a higher resolution portion of a body image corresponding to one of the alerts selected in the pose panel, the alert image panel to show skin features identified by the selected alert; and

an alert information panel to display alert data associated with one or more of the alerts,

wherein the selection of an alert in one of the panels causes the GUI to display data or images relevant to the selected alert in the other panels.

2. The GUI of claim 1 further comprising an alert notes panel to display notes associated with a selected alert in a text form,

wherein the pose image comprises either a body outline or a thumbnail image, and

wherein the alert information panel includes a reviewed status box to indicate a review status associated with one or more of the alerts, the reviewed status box being configured to display one of a plurality of concern levels selected for the associated alert.

3. The GUI of claim 2, wherein the GUI is configured to display a comparison between corresponding skin features of a reference image and a later-captured image based on change-detection files for review and concern-level identification by an analyst, the corresponding skin featuring having been aligned and registered by a skin-feature change detection system.

4. The GUI of claim 2 wherein the pose panel, the alert image panel, the alert information panel, and the alert notes panel are configured to systematically display alerts associated with the body poses for expedited review by an analyst.

5. The GUI of claim 2 wherein each alert identified on the pose panel outlines a region on the pose image associated with one or more skin features that have been identified as changed,

wherein the alert image panel includes a toggle feature to allow toggling between corresponding portions of the body image associated with a selected alert from the reference image and the later-captured image for comparison of corresponding skin features, and

wherein the alert image panel includes a zoom feature to expand the region associated with the selected alert.

6. The GUI of claim 2 further comprising a verification pair panel to display corresponding portions of the reference image and the later-capture image associated with a selected alert in a side-by-side manner, the verification pair panel configured to operate as a pop-up panel when selected.

7. The GUI of claim 1 wherein the portion of the body image displayed in the alert image panel is selectable by selection of an associated one of the alerts in the pose panel.

8. The GUI of claim 1 the GUI is generated by a display module configured to generate the pose image from a body-outline coordinate file for either a reference image or a later archived image.

9. The GUI of claim 2 the reviewed status box is configured to indicate a color for each of the concern levels associated with the alert,

wherein the concern levels comprise a higher concern level, a lower concern level and an unconcerned level, and

wherein the reviewed status box indicates a review status of not reviewed prior to a review of an associated alert.

10. The GUI of claim 2 further comprising a spotlight-notes dialog panel comprising a pop-up window to be displayed when one of the alerts within the alert information panel is selected, the spotlight-notes dialog panel to allow selection of one of the concern levels and to allow an addition of notes in a notes portion of the spotlight notes dialog panel,

wherein the GUI further comprises an alert notes panel to display the notes from the note portion of the spotlight-notes dialog panel associated with the alert currently selected.

11. The GUI of claim 2 wherein the GUI wherein the pose panel, the alert image panel, the alert information panel, and alert notes panel are displayed concurrently in different non-overlapping portions on a display, and

wherein when one of the panels is closed, another of the panels is configured to expand to fill-in a portion previously covered by the closed panel.

12. The GUI of claim 1 wherein the alert data displayed by the alert information panel includes:

a change type field to indicate whether the associated alert had been identified as having a color, a shape, or an area change;

a feature size field to indicate an approximate area of a skin feature associated with an alert; and

a circumference field to indicate an approximate circumference of a skin feature associated with an alert.

13. A display module comprising one or more processing elements configured to generate a graphical user interface (GUI) comprising:

a pose panel to display a pose image of one of a plurality of body poses, the pose panel further to identify one or more alerts, each alert identifying one or more skin features on the pose image;

an alert image panel to display a higher resolution portion of a body image corresponding to one of the alerts selected in the pose panel, the alert image panel to show skin features identified by the selected alert; and

an alert information panel to display alert data associated with one or more of the alerts,

wherein the selection of an alert in one of the panels causes the GUI to display data or images relevant to the selected alert in the other panels.

14. The display module of claim 13 further configured to generate an alert notes panel as part of the GUI, the alert notes panel configured to display notes associated with a selected alert in a text form,

wherein the pose image comprises either a body outline or a thumbnail image, and

wherein the alert information panel includes a reviewed status box to indicate a review status associated with one or more of the alerts, the reviewed status box being configured to display one of a plurality of concern levels selected for the associated alert.

15. The display module of claim 14, wherein the GUI is configured to display a comparison between corresponding skin features of a reference image and a later-captured image based on change-detection files for review and concern-level identification by an analyst, the corresponding skin featuring having been aligned and registered by a skin-feature change detection system.

16. The display module of claim 14 wherein the pose panel, the alert image panel, the alert information panel, and the alert notes panel are configured to systematically display alerts associated with the body poses for expedited review by an analyst.

17. The display module of claim 14 comprising a plurality of software-configured processing elements configured to generate and concurrently display the pose panel, the alert image panel, the alert information panel, and the alert notes panel, and configured to expand to fill-in a portion on a display previously covered by a closed panel when one of the panels is closed.

18. A method of generating a graphical user interface (GUI) to display corresponding skin features comprising:

generating a pose panel to display a pose image of one of a plurality of body poses, the pose panel further to identify one or more alerts, each alert identifying one or more skin features on the pose image;

generating an alert image panel to display a higher resolution portion of a body image corresponding to one of the alerts selected in the pose panel, the alert image panel to show skin features identified by the selected alert; and

generating an alert information panel to display alert data associated with one or more of the alerts,

wherein the selection of an alert in one of the panels causes the GUI to display data or images relevant to the selected alert in the other panels.

19. The method of claim 18 further comprising generating an alert notes panel to display notes associated with a selected alert in a text form,

wherein the pose image comprises either a body outline or a thumbnail image, and

wherein the alert information panel is generated to include a reviewed status box to indicate a review status associated with one or more of the alerts, the reviewed status box being configured to display one of a plurality of concern levels selected for the associated alert.

20. The method of claim 19 wherein the GUI is configured to display a comparison between corresponding skin features of a reference image and a later-captured image based on change-detection files for review and concern-level identification by an analyst, the corresponding skin featuring having been aligned and registered by a skin-feature change detection system.

21. The method of claim 19 comprising systematically displaying alerts associated with the body poses for expedited review by an analyst in the pose panel, the alert image panel, the alert information panel, and the alert notes panel.

22. A computer-readable medium that stores instructions for execution by one or more processors to generate a graphical user interface by performing operations comprising:

generating a pose panel to display a pose image of one of a plurality of body poses, the pose panel further to identify one or more alerts, each alert identifying one or more skin features on the pose image;

generating an alert image panel to display a higher resolution portion of a body image corresponding to one of the alerts selected in the pose panel, the alert image panel to show skin features identified by the selected alert; and

generating an alert information panel to display alert data associated with one or more of the alerts.

23. The computer-readable medium of claim 22 wherein the instructions, when further implemented causes the one or more possessors to perform operations comprising generating an alert notes panel to display notes associated with a selected alert in text form,

wherein the pose image comprises either a body outline or a thumbnail image, and

wherein the alert information panel is generated to include a reviewed status box to indicate a review status associated with one or more of the alerts, the reviewed status box being configured to display one of a plurality of concern levels selected for the associated alert.

24. The computer-readable medium of claim 23 wherein the GUI is configured to display a comparison between corresponding skin features of a reference image and a later-captured image based on change-detection files for review and concern-level identification by an analyst, the corresponding skin featuring having been aligned and registered by a skin-feature change detection system.

25. The computer-readable medium of claim 23 wherein the instructions, when further implemented causes the one or more possessors to perform operations comprising systematically displaying alerts associated with the body poses for expedited review by an analyst in the pose panel, the alert image panel, the alert information panel, and the alert notes panel, and

wherein the selection of an alert in one of the panels causes the GUI to display data or images relevant to the selected alert in the other panels.