USER INTERFACE FOR MEDICAL IMAGE REVIEW WORKSTATION

• US 20150302146A1
• Filed: 07/02/2015
• Published: 10/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hologic Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Hologic Incorporated
• Inventors: Marshall, Julian, Matuska, Brian T., Chang, Chinghsiang, Chen, Edgar W.
• Granted Patent: US 11,775,156 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04104 Multi-touch detection in digitiser, i.e. details about the simultaneous detection of a plurality of touching locations, e.g. multiple fingers or pen and finger
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• 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

Abstract

Methods, systems and computer program products for controlling display of different types of medical images and providing touchscreen interfaces for display on a mobile communication device and associated with different image types, e.g., different imaging modalities or different view modes. Detection of a multi-finger tap on the screen of the mobile communication device while viewing a first touchscreen interface for an image type invokes a second or auxiliary touchscreen interface for that image type having a subset of interface elements of the first touchscreen interface.

Claims

1-19. -19. (canceled)

20. A computer-implemented method for controlling display of medical images on a medical image review workstation using a mobile communication device operatively coupled to the workstation, the method comprising:

the mobile communication device displaying or invoking for display on a screen thereof a user interface for controlling display of a medical image on the review workstation, the user interface comprising a plurality of user interface elements displayed on the mobile communication device;

the mobile communication device detecting selection of a user interface element of the displayed plurality;

the mobile communication device sending an instruction to the review workstation to cause a change in the display of the medical image based on the selected user interface element.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the user interface is customizable to control display of medical images generated by different imaging modalities.

22. The method of claim 20, wherein the user interface is customizable to control display of medical images generated by different view modes.

23. The method of claim 20, wherein the user interface is customizable to control display of medical images generated by different imaging modalities and view modes.

24. The method of claim 20, wherein the user interface is customizable to control display of medical images generated by different imaging devices.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein the different imaging devices include a first imaging device made by a first manufacturer, and a second imaging device made by a second manufacturer different from the first manufacturer.

26. The method of claim 24, wherein the different imaging devices include a first imaging device having a first interface type displayed on the workstation, and a second imaging device having a second interface type displayed on the workstation, the first interface type being different from the second interface type.

27. The method of claim 20, further comprising the mobile communication device automatically customizing the user interface based on the displayed medical image.

28. The method of claim 27, wherein the user interface is automatically customized by the mobile communication device based on a view mode of the displayed medical image.

29. The method of claim 27, wherein the user interface is automatically customized by the mobile communication device based on an imaging modality of the displayed medical image.

30. The method of claim 27, wherein automatically customizing the user interface comprises changing the plurality of interface elements displayed on the mobile communication device.

31. The method of claim 30, wherein changing the plurality of user interface elements displayed on the mobile communication device comprises changing a characteristic selected from the group consisting of number, shape and spatial arrangement of the displayed user interface elements.

32. The method of claim 27, further comprising the mobile communication device automatically customizing the user interface in real time based on the displayed medical image.

33. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereupon a sequence of instructions which, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform a process for controlling display of medical images on a review workstation using a mobile communication device operatively coupled to the review workstation, the process comprising:

the mobile communication device displaying or invoking for display, on a screen thereof, a user interface for controlling display of a medical image on the review workstation, the user interface comprising a plurality of user interface elements displayed on the mobile communication device;

the mobile communication device detecting selection of a user interface element of the displayed plurality;

the mobile communication device sending an instruction to the review workstation, the instruction to cause a change in the display of the medical image based on the selected user interface element.