SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGE MAPPING AND INTEGRATION

• US 20100254607A1
• Filed: 04/02/2009
• Published: 10/07/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/02/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ELLKAY LLC
• Original Assignee: ELLKAY LLC
• Inventors: Patel, Kamal, Hod, Lior
• Application Number:
  US12/417,339
• Publication Number:
  US 20100254607A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/180
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 15/04 Texture mapping
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/20 Editing of 3D images, e.g. changing shapes or colours, aligning objects or positioning parts
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2200/16 involving adaptation to the client's capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2200/24 involving graphical user interfaces [GUIs]

Abstract

A system and method for data processing and presentation which allows a user to define segments of a digital image, to associate appropriate labels to the defined segments and optionally to link other images to the defined segments is provided. The digital image can be maintained on a server which is accessible by a client-side application over a network such as the Internet. The client-side application according to an illustrative embodiment of the invention includes tools which allow a user to quickly and easily identify boundaries of image segments to which the user can define a label, for example by using a computer mouse to identify vertices of a polygon bounding a selected area. The application can send a definition of the boundaries along with the segment label to a server side application which can store the segment identification information along with the image.

Claims

1. A computer implemented system for mapping data, the system comprising:

a server computer in communication with a computer network;

a first digital image stored on the server computer, the first digital image representing a physical entity;

a database on the server system, the database including user definable image segment boundaries and user definable image segment labels associated with said image segment boundaries; and

a processor on the server system programmed to communicate the first digital image to a user via the computer network and to receive said user definable image segment boundaries and said image segment labels from said user via said computer network, said processor being programmed to transform said first digital image to include said image segment boundaries and said segment labels.

2. The computer implemented system of claim 1:

wherein said database includes a user definable second digital image associated with said user definable segment boundaries.

3. The computer implemented system of claim 2:

wherein said processor is programmed to communicate said second digital image to said user via the computer network in response to the processor receiving an indication of a selection by said user of a segment defined by segment boundaries associated with the second digital image.

4. The computer implemented system of claim 3:

wherein said selection is a mouse-click on said first digital image within said segment boundaries by said user.

5. The computer implemented system of claim 1:

wherein said first digital image is a selectable one of a plurality of 2-dimensional views of a 3-dimensional image stored on said server computer.

6. The computer implemented system of claim 1:

wherein said physical entity is a human body.

7. A method for providing a user segmentable image the method comprising:

communicating a first digital image from a server system to a user via a computer network, the first digital image representing a physical entity;

receiving user defined image segment boundaries from said user;

receiving a user defined image segment label associated with said image segment boundaries from said user; and

transforming said first digital image on said server system to include said image segment boundaries and said image segment label.

8. The method of claim 7, comprising:

storing said first digital image on said server system.

9. The method of claim 7:

wherein said first digital image is a selectable one of a plurality of 2-dimensional views of a 3-dimensional image stored on said server system.

10. The method of claim 7, comprising:

associating on said server system a user definable second digital image with said user definable segment boundaries.

11. The method of claim 10, comprising:

communicating a second digital image to said user via the computer network in response to receiving an indication of a selection by said user of a segment defined by segment boundaries associated with the second digital image.

12. The method of claim 7, comprising:

communicating said image segment label to a user application in response to receiving an indication of a selection by said user of a segment defined by segment boundaries associated with the image segment label.

13. The method of claim 11 or 12, wherein said selection is a mouse-click on said first digital image within said segment boundaries by said user.

14. The method of claim 7, wherein said first digital image represents a human body.

15. The method of claim 7,

wherein said image segment boundaries are identified as corners of a user drawn polygon.

16. A method for integrating a mapped image into a user application, comprising:

communicating a first digital image from a server system to a user via a computer network, the first digital image representing a physical entity;

receiving user defined image segment boundaries from said user;

receiving a user defined image segment label associated with said image segment boundaries from said user;

transforming said first digital image on said server system to include said image segment boundaries and said image segment label to generate said mapped image;

communicating said image segment label to a user application in response to receiving an indication of a selection by said user of a segment defined by segment boundaries associated with the image segment label.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

integrating said mapped image with said user application.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein said mapped image includes anatomical images having segments defined in accordance with corresponding anatomical labels.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein said application is a medical order form in which fields are filled with said anatomical labels in response to said user selecting said corresponding anatomical image segments.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein said application is a medical laboratory requisition.

21. A method for integrating a mapped image into a user application, comprising:

defining segment boundaries, by said user, on a digital image of a physical object;

assigning segment labels, by said user, to corresponding ones of said segment boundaries;

transforming data representing said digital image by including said segment boundaries and said segment labels in said data to generate said mapped image; and

integrating said mapped image with a user application, wherein selection of said image segments on said image causes entry of corresponding segment labels in one or more data fields of said application.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein said mapped image includes anatomical images having segments defined in accordance with corresponding anatomical labels.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein said application is a medical order form in which said fields are filled with said anatomical labels in response to said user selecting said corresponding anatomical image segments by a mouse click within said segment boundaries on said image.