Real-time integration and recording of surgical image data

• US 7,787,699 B2
• Filed: 08/17/2005
• Issued: 08/31/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Mahesh, Prakash, Morita, Mark M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ahmed; Samir A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): RASHIDIAN, MOHAMMAD M
• Application Number:
  US11/205,632
• Publication Number:
  US 20070041660A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,840 Days
• Field of Search: 382/100, 382128-133, 382/168, 382/173, 382/181, 382/184, 382/189, 382/203, 382/232, 382/256, 382/270, 382/274, 382/276, 382/305, 434/262, 600/300, 600/301, 430/7, 128/901, 128/903, 128/904, 128920-925, 705 2- 3, 707/104.1, 707100-103
• US Class Current: 382/232
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/40 relating to mechanical, radiation or invasive therapies, e.g. surgery, laser therapy, dialysis or acupuncture
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

Certain embodiments of the present application provide a method for imaging in a healthcare environment including receiving in an application a first feed, the first feed including historical patient image data; receiving in the application a second feed, the second feed including substantially live patient image data; and integrating in real-time in the application the first feed and the second feed to form a display representation, the display representation displayable on a display, and the display representation simultaneously including data corresponding to the first feed and the second feed.

Claims

1. A healthcare imaging system comprising:

a first image feed comprising at least one historical image;

a second image feed comprising at least one substantially live image;

a compliance module configured to conform said at least one substantially live image to a format compliant with the Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine standard (DICOM); and

an application configured to be executed on a Picture Archiving and Communication System workstation;

wherein said application is configured to process in real-time said first image feed and said second image feed, and is configured to provide an integrated display of both said historical and substantially live images; and

wherein said at least one substantially live image represents data obtained by at least one of an ultrasound system, an endoscope, a C-arm;

a guided surgical unit, or a robotic sensor.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said integrated display is configured to be customizable.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one historical image is DICOM-compliant.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one substantially live image is DICOM-compliant.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein said second image feed is configured to be recorded by said application to form a recorded feed.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein said recorded feed is DICOM-compliant.

7. A method for imaging in a healthcare environment comprising:

receiving in an application a first feed, said first feed comprising historical patient image data;

receiving in said application a second feed, said second feed comprising substantially live patient image data;

integrating in real-time in said application said first feed and said second feed to form a display representation, wherein said display representation simultaneously includes data corresponding to said first feed and said second feed; and

converting said substantially live patient image data into a format compliant with the Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine standard (DICOM);

wherein said substantially live patient image data represents data from at least one of an ultrasound system, an endoscope, a C-arm, a guided surgical unit, or a robotic sensor.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising executing said application on a Picture Archiving and Communication System workstation.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising customizing said display representation.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein said historical patient image data comprises a DICOM-compliant format.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein said substantially live patient image data comprises a DICOM-compliant format.

12. The method of claim 7, further comprising recording said second feed in a DICOM-compliant format.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including a set of instructions for a computer, the set of instructions comprising:

a first receiving routine configured to receive a first feed, said first feed comprising historical patient image data;

a second receiving routine configured to receive a second feed, said second feed comprising substantially live patient image data;

a processing routine configured to integrate data in real-time corresponding to said first feed and said second feed to form an integrated display representation; and

a translation routine configured to provide said substantially live patient image data in a format compliant with the Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine standard (DICOM);

wherein said substantially live patient image data represents data from at least one of an ultrasound system, an endoscope, a C-arm, a guided surgical unit, or a robotic sensor.

14. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 further comprising a recording routine configured to record at least a portion of said second feed.

15. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein at least one of said first receiving routine, second receiving routine, processing routine, and recording routine are configured to execute on a Picture Archiving and Communication System workstation.

16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein a layout of said integrated display representation is configured to be customized.