GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR OPERATING AN MRI

• US 20130079624A1
• Filed: 09/23/2011
• Published: 03/28/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Aspect Imaging Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Uri Rapoport
• Inventors: RAPOPORT, Uri
• Application Number:
  US13/241,393
• Publication Number:
  US 20130079624A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/410
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 33/546 Interface between the MR system and the user, e.g. for controlling the operation of the MR system or for the design of pulse sequences

Abstract

A method for scanning using an MRI, including: providing a display, MRI, object to be scanned in said MRI, and a GUI; connecting said display with said MRI; displaying said GUI on said display; displaying at at least one first region of said GUI, graphic visualization options relating to said object and scanning of object, said visualizations are selected from a group consisting of type of object, object orientation, preferred scanning region of object, preferred scanning quality of object, preferred scanning orientation, preferred scanning type, and a combination thereof; selecting said object characteristics and scanning characteristics via said GUI; scanning said object by means of said MRI in accordance with said determined characteristics; and optionally, selecting a presentation mode of said scanning from a group consisting of single image display, multi-image display, thumbnail display, comparative display and a combination thereof, and displaying the same on said display.

Claims

1. A method for scanning using an MRI, comprising:

a. providing a display, MRI, object to be scanned in said MRI, and a GUI;

b. connecting said display with said MRI;

c. displaying said GUI on said display;

d. displaying at at least one first region of said GUI, graphic visualization options relating to said object and scanning of object, said visualizations are selected from a group consisting of type of object, object orientation, preferred scanning region of object, preferred scanning quality of object, preferred scanning orientation, preferred scanning type, and a combination thereof;

e. selecting said object characteristics and scanning characteristics via said GUI;

scanning said object by means of said MRI in accordance with said determined characteristics; and

f. optionally, selecting a presentation mode of said scanning from a group consisting of single image display, multi-image display, thumbnail display, comparative display and a combination thereof, and displaying the same on said display.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said method additionally comprising in step (d), at least one step selected from a group consisting of:

a. selecting a type of object from a group consisting of kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species, subspecies and a combination thereof;

b. selecting a type of object from a group consisting of object identification number, type of experiment, type of disease, and a combination thereof;

c. selecting a object orientation from a group consisting of prone, supine, fetal position, recovery position, and a combination thereof;

d. selecting a preferred scanning quality of object from a group consisting of sharpness, noise, contrast, artifacts of MRI software, TI, automatic selection and a combination thereof;

e. selecting a preferred scanning quality according with said tumor characteristics;

f. selecting a preferred scanning orientation from a group consisting of horizontal plane, perpendicular plane, transverse plane, coronal plane, sagittal plane and any combination thereof; and

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g. selecting a preferred scanning type from a group consisting of two-dimensional scanning, three-dimensional scanning and a combination thereof.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein said method additionally comprising at least one step selected from a group consisting of:

a. providing a GUI with an additional save scan option, wherein said save scan option enables said GUI user to save a scanning;

b. providing a GUI with an additional export option, wherein said export option enables said GUI user to export any data from a scanning to any external program;

c. providing a GUI with an additional loading previous scan option, wherein said additional loading previous scan option enables said GUI user to upload previously saved scanning to said GUI;

d. providing a GUI with an additional scan compare option, wherein said scan compare option enables said GUI user to compare scanning; and

e. providing a GUI with an additional option of selecting tumor characteristics of object.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein said method additionally comprising in step (c) an additional step of scanning a new object with parameters of said loaded scan.

5. The method according to claim 1, additionally comprising step of selecting a comparative display from a group consisting of compare scanning performed at different time, compare scanning performed at different locations of an object, compare of different objects, and a combination thereof.

6. The method according to claim 2, additionally comprising step of selecting a tumor characteristics from a group consisting of small tumor, large tumor, intermediate size tumor, type of tumor, and a combination thereof.

7. The method according to claim 3, additionally comprising step of selecting a tumor characteristics from a group consisting of small tumor, large tumor, intermediate size tumor, type of tumor, and a combination thereof.

8. The method according to claim 6, additionally comprising step of selecting a type of tumor from a group consisting of carcinoma, sarcoma, lymphoma, melanoma, glyoma, hepatoma, germ cell tumor, blastoma and a combination thereof.

9. An MRI computerized operating system for scanning an object by an MRI, said system comprising:

a. a display operatively connected to an MRI;

b. object to be scanned within said MRI; and

c. a GUI presented on said display for interacting with said MRI,

wherein at at least one first region of said GUI, graphic visualization options relating to said object and scanning characteristics of said object are displayed, said visualization options selectable from a group consisting of type of object, object orientation, preferred scanning region of object, preferred scanning quality of object, preferred scanning orientation, preferred scanning type, and a combination thereof;

said display, is adapted via said GUI to enable selection of said object characteristics and scanning characteristics;

said MRI is adapted by means of interacting with said display for scanning said object according to said object characteristics and scanning characteristics.

10. The system according to claim 9, wherein one of the following is held true:

a. type of object is selected from a group consisting of kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species, subspecies and a combination thereof;

b. type of object is selected from a group consisting of object identification number, type of experiment, type of disease, and a combination thereof;

c. object orientation is selected from a group consisting of prone, supine, fetal position, recovery position, and a combination thereof;

d. preferred scanning quality of object is selected from a group consisting of sharpness, noise, contrast, artifacts of MRI software, TI and a combination thereof;

e. preferred scanning quality is selected automatically or non-automatically according to said tumor characteristics;

f. preferred scanning orientation is selected from a group consisting of horizontal plane, perpendicular plane, transverse plane, coronal plane, sagittal plane and any combination thereof; and

g. preferred scanning type is selected from a group consisting of two-dimensional scanning, three-dimensional scanning and a combination thereof.

11. The system according to claim 9, wherein said GUI comprises at least one icon selected from a group consisting of:

a. a save scan option, wherein said save scan option enables said GUI user to save a scanning;

b. an export option, wherein said export option enables said GUI user to export any data from a scanning to any external program;

c. a loading previous scan option, wherein said additional loading previous scan option enables said GUI user to upload previously saved scanning to said GUI;

d. a scan compare option, wherein said scan compare option enables said GUI user to compare scanning;

e. a tumor characteristic selection option object; and

f. a presentation mode of a scanning.

12. The system according to claim 11, wherein said GUI additionally comprising at least one icon for scan a new object using parameters of said loaded scan.

13. The system according to claim 11, wherein presentation mode is selected from a group consisting of single image display, multi-image display, thumbnail display, comparative display and a combination thereof, and displaying the same on said display.

14. The system according to claim 13, wherein said a comparative display is selected from a group consisting of compare scanning performed at different time, compare scanning performed at different locations of an object, compare of different objects, and a combination thereof.

15. The system according to claim 10, wherein a tumor characteristics are selected from a group consisting of small tumor, large tumor, intermediate size tumor, type of tumor, and a combination thereof.

16. The system according to claim 11, wherein a tumor characteristics are selected from a group consisting of small tumor, large tumor, intermediate size tumor, type of tumor, and a combination thereof.

17. The system according to claim 15, wherein a type of tumor is selected from a group consisting of carcinoma, sarcoma, lymphoma, melanoma, glyoma, hepatoma, germ cell tumor blastoma and a combination thereof.