System for manipulation and display of medical images
First Claim
1. A system for manipulation and display of image files, comprising:
- an interpretation unit comprising a computer system, said computer system being provided with at least one image display unit, random access memory, means for digital data storage;
said image display unit being provided with a main viewer and at least one auxiliary clipboard viewer;
a handheld controller, said controller having a finger operated image display control for generating commands for controlling display of medical radiographic image files in said image display unit, a finger operated dictation control for generating commands for controlling recording and playback of audio dictation, and means for communicating said commands for controlling display of different medical radiographic image files, said commands for controlling recording and playback of audio dictation to said computer system;
means for displaying a series of image files in said main viewer; and
means for selecting an image file displayed in said main viewer and displaying said image file in said clipboard viewer.
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Abstract
A system for manipulation and display of medical images, comprises an interpretation unit comprising a computer system with an image display unit(s) providing a main viewer and at least one auxiliary clipboard viewer; and a handheld controller. The controller has finger operated dictation and display controls to operate display a series of images in the main viewer. Dictation may be entered in a microphone contained in the controller and digitally recorded in the computer system. A handheld controller for selecting an image displayed in the main viewer and displaying the image in the clipboard viewer are provided to permit assembly of summary studies of medical images, display of side by side comparisons of different series of images. The stored dictation may be synchronized with the images displayed at the time of dictation to provide for a multimedia playback of the dictation and images.
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39 Claims
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1. A system for manipulation and display of image files, comprising:
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an interpretation unit comprising a computer system, said computer system being provided with at least one image display unit, random access memory, means for digital data storage;
said image display unit being provided with a main viewer and at least one auxiliary clipboard viewer;
a handheld controller, said controller having a finger operated image display control for generating commands for controlling display of medical radiographic image files in said image display unit, a finger operated dictation control for generating commands for controlling recording and playback of audio dictation, and means for communicating said commands for controlling display of different medical radiographic image files, said commands for controlling recording and playback of audio dictation to said computer system;
means for displaying a series of image files in said main viewer; and
means for selecting an image file displayed in said main viewer and displaying said image file in said clipboard viewer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for manipulation and display of image files, comprising:
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an interpretation unit comprising three networked computer systems, said computer systems being provided an image display unit, random access memory, means for digital data storage, one of said computer systems acting as master computer and two of said computers acting as slave computers;
said image display units comprising a main viewer associated with said master computer and auxiliary clipboard viewers associated with said slave computers;
a handheld controller, said controller having a finger operated image display control for generating commands for controlling display of radiographic medical image files in at least one said image display unit, a microphone for receiving audio dictation and generating electrical signals corresponding to said audio dictation, a finger operated dictation control operable to generate commands for recording and playback of audio dictation received in said microphone, converted to said electrical signals, and digitally stored in one of said computer systems, and means for communicating said commands for controlling display of image files, said commands for controlling recording and playback of audio dictation, and said electrical signals corresponding to said audio dictation to said master computer;
said image display control and said dictation control having multiple functions, at least some of said functions of said image display control and said dictation control being both accomplished through commands generated by actuation of one or more switch elements, the particular control function provided by a switch element or combination of switch elements being dependent on a mode of dictation or a mode of image display or combination of modes of dictation and image display at the time of operation of said one or more switch elements;
means for displaying a series of different radiographic medical image files in said main viewer, said displaying means displaying said image files one file at a time in a serial order during at least an initial display of said image files; and
means for selecting an image file displayed in said main viewer and displaying said image file in at least one said clipboard viewer. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A system for manipulation and display of image files, comprising:
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an interpretation unit comprising a computer system, said computer system being provided with at least one image display unit, random access memory, means for digital data storage;
said image display unit being provided with a main viewer and at least one auxiliary clipboard viewer;
a handheld controller, said controller having a finger operated image display control for generating commands for controlling display of image files in said image display unit, means for communicating said commands for controlling display of image files to said computer system;
means for displaying a series of image files in said main viewer. means for selecting an image different radiographic medical file displayed in said main viewer and displaying said image file in said clipboard viewer. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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