METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING MEDICAL IMAGE

• US 20150052470A1
• Filed: 04/11/2014
• Published: 02/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Hei-soog, CHO, Hyug-rae, SHIN, Jong-hyun
• Application Number:
  US14/250,795
• Publication Number:
  US 20150052470A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/771
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/055 involving electronic [EMR] or nuclear [NMR] magnetic resonance, e.g. magnetic resonance imaging
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/463 characterised by displaying multiple images or images and diagnostic data on one display
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/467 characterised by special input means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/532 Query formulation, e.g. graphical querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/54 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems

Abstract

A method for displaying a medical image includes: displaying a slide bar including a speed adjustment button; receiving a selection input and a drag input for the speed adjustment button from a user; determining a search direction and a search speed for the medical images based on the drag input; and searching for all or some of the medical images according to the determined search direction and search speed, and displaying the medical images which have been searched for.

Claims

1. A method of displaying medical images, the method comprising:

displaying a slide bar including a speed adjustment button;

receiving a selection input and a drag input for the speed adjustment button from a user;

determining a search direction and a search speed for the medical images based on the drag input; and

searching for all or some of the medical images according to the determined search direction and search speed, and displaying the medical images which have been searched for.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the search direction and the search speed comprises:

when the speed adjustment button moves in a first direction according to the drag input, determining the search direction as a forward direction of an order in which the medical images are arranged; and

when the speed adjustment button moves in a second direction, determining the search direction as a reverse direction of the order in which the medical images are arranged.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the search direction and the search speed comprises:

receiving the drag input corresponding to moving the speed adjustment button disposed from a first position of the slide bar to a second position of the slide bar; and

determining the search speed based on a distance between the first position and the second position.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

stopping searching for the medical images when the drag input ends.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a first medical image of the medical images; and

overlapping and displaying a total number of the medical images and an order position at which the first medical image is arranged within the medical images, on the speed adjustment bar.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

receiving an input of an arbitrary integer N from the user; and

displaying a medical image arranged at an Nth-order position within the medical images.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the speed adjustment button includes a first sub-button and a second sub-button, and the method further comprises:

displaying a first medical image of the medical images;

receiving the user'"'"'s selection input for the first sub-button or the second sub-button; and

displaying a second medical image arranged at a position preceding the first medical image within the medical images based on the user'"'"'s selection input for the first sub-button, or displaying a third medical image arranged at a position subsequent to the first medical image within the medical images based on the user'"'"'s selection input for the second sub-button.

8. The method of claim 2, wherein the first direction includes an up direction, a down direction, a left direction, or a right direction, and

the second direction includes a direction opposite to the first direction.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to execute the method of claim 1.

9. An apparatus for displaying medical images, the apparatus comprising:

a display apparatus that displays a slide bar including a speed adjustment button;

a user input receiver that receives a selection input and a drag input for the speed adjustment button from a user; and

a controller that determines a search direction and a search speed for the medical images based on the drag input, and controls the display apparatus to search for all or some of the medical images according to the determined search direction and search speed, and to display the medical images which have been searched for.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein, when the speed adjustment button moves in a first direction according to the drag input, the controller determines the search direction as a forward direction of an order in which the medical images are arranged, and

when the speed adjustment button moves in a second direction, the controller determines the search direction as a reverse direction of the order in which the medical images are arranged.

11. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the drag input indicates movement of the speed adjustment button from a first position of the slide bar to a second position of the slide bar, and

the controller determines the search speed based on a distance between the first position and the second position.

12. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the display apparatus stops searching for the medical images when the drag input ends.

13. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the display apparatus displays a first medical image of the medical images, and overlaps and displays a total number of the medical images and an order position in which the first medical image is arranged within the medical images, on the speed adjustment bar.

14. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the apparatus receives an input of an arbitrary integer N from the user, and displays a medical image arranged at an Nth-order position within the medical images.

15. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein:

the speed adjustment button includes a first sub-button and a second sub-button, and

the apparatus displays a first medical image of the medical images, receives the user'"'"'s selection input for the first sub-button or the second sub-button, and displays a second medical image arranged at a position preceding the first medical image within the medical images based on the user'"'"'s selection input for the first sub-button, or displays a third medical image arranged at a position subsequent to the first medical image within the medical images based on the user'"'"'s selection input for the second sub-button.

16. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein:

the first direction includes an up direction, a down direction, a left direction, or a right direction, and

the second direction includes a direction opposite to the first direction.