Medical diagnosis management system
First Claim
1. A computerized medical imaging examination management system allowing a central operator to monitor and control a predetermined number of medical examination imaging instruments in real time, comprising:
- a central computer system comprising a data processor;
a predetermined number of data interfaces each operatively coupled to the data processor and each data interface is configured to receive data from a respective medical examination imaging instrument in real time, wherein each imaging instrument is located at a different remote patient site and configured for displaying imaging data on a local monitor allowing a local operator to monitor the imaging instrument at a patient site during a patient'"'"'s examination;
a display unit operatively coupled to the data processor and configured to represent each local monitor simultaneously, wherein the display unit is further configured to display the imaging data in the same way as the respective local monitor, wherein a number of represented local monitors corresponds to the predetermined number of imaging instruments, and wherein the simultaneous representations of local monitors on the display unit allow the central operator to monitor and control the imaging instruments during patient examinations; and
an input unit operatively coupled to the data processor and configured to allow the central operator to select an imaging instrument from the imaging instruments represented on the display unit, and to generate a control code for the selected imaging instrument, when a control instruction for actively controlling the selected imaging instrument is entered by the central operator through the input unit to enable active intervention in real time by the central operator during a patient'"'"'s imaging examination, wherein the data interface automatically forwards the control code to the selected imaging instrument.
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Abstract
A computerized medical diagnosis management system includes a central computer system comprising a data processor; at least one data interface operatively coupled to the data processor and configured to receive data from two or more diagnosis instruments, wherein each diagnosis instrument is configured for displaying measurement data and/or diagnosis data on a local monitor; an input unit operatively coupled to the data processor and configured to select a diagnosis instrument from the two or more diagnosis instruments and to generate a control code for the selected diagnosis instrument, when a control instruction is entered through the input unit; and a display unit operatively coupled to the data processor and configured to display the received data simultaneously or successively, wherein the data interface automatically forwards the control code to the selected diagnosis instrument. A method and a computer program product for using the system.
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1. A computerized medical imaging examination management system allowing a central operator to monitor and control a predetermined number of medical examination imaging instruments in real time, comprising:
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a central computer system comprising a data processor; a predetermined number of data interfaces each operatively coupled to the data processor and each data interface is configured to receive data from a respective medical examination imaging instrument in real time, wherein each imaging instrument is located at a different remote patient site and configured for displaying imaging data on a local monitor allowing a local operator to monitor the imaging instrument at a patient site during a patient'"'"'s examination; a display unit operatively coupled to the data processor and configured to represent each local monitor simultaneously, wherein the display unit is further configured to display the imaging data in the same way as the respective local monitor, wherein a number of represented local monitors corresponds to the predetermined number of imaging instruments, and wherein the simultaneous representations of local monitors on the display unit allow the central operator to monitor and control the imaging instruments during patient examinations; and an input unit operatively coupled to the data processor and configured to allow the central operator to select an imaging instrument from the imaging instruments represented on the display unit, and to generate a control code for the selected imaging instrument, when a control instruction for actively controlling the selected imaging instrument is entered by the central operator through the input unit to enable active intervention in real time by the central operator during a patient'"'"'s imaging examination, wherein the data interface automatically forwards the control code to the selected imaging instrument. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computerized method for managing a predetermined number of medical examination imaging instruments located at remote patient sites in real time, comprising:
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receiving at a central computer system via a plurality of data interfaces imaging data from the remotely located imaging instruments in real time, wherein each data interface is assigned to one of the imaging instruments, and wherein each imaging instrument is located at a different remote patient site and configured for displaying imaging data on a local monitor allowing a local operator to monitor the imaging instrument at a patient site during a patient'"'"'s examination; simultaneously displaying on a display unit operatively coupled to a data processor of the central computer system a number of representations of the local monitors to allow the central operator to monitor and control the remotely located imaging instruments in real time during patient examinations, wherein the number of represented local monitors corresponds to the predetermined number of imaging instruments, and wherein the display unit displays the imaging data in the same way as the respective local monitor; selecting an imaging instrument from the imaging instruments represented on the display unit for active control by the central operator when the central operator enters an input into the data processor; converting the entered input into a control code for the selected imaging instrument to enable active intervention by the central operator in real time during a patient'"'"'s examination; forwarding the control code in real time from the central computer system to the selected imaging instrument; and controlling the imaging instrument in real time via user instructions delivered at an input unit operatively coupled to the central computer system. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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