Medical measuring system and method
First Claim
1. A method of performing measurements on medical images with a bedside controller, the method comprising:
- receiving, through a touch-sensitive display on the bedside controller, a user measurement input on an intravascular image displayed on the display, the intravascular image obtained in real time by an intravascular imaging device within a vessel of a patient, the intravascular imaging device including at least one of an ultrasound transducer and an optical coherence tomography (OCT) component, wherein the intravascular imaging device is controlled by the bedside controller, and wherein the user measurement input includes a start point on the intravascular image defined by a point of initial contact with the touch-sensitive display and an end point on the intravascular image defined by a point of last contact with the touch-sensitive display;
selecting a measurement mode from a group of measurement modes including a diameter measurement mode, an area-point measurement mode, and an area-draw measurement mode based on the user measurement input without requiring a user to select the measurement mode prior to making the user measurement input on the touch-sensitive display, wherein selecting the measurement mode includes;
determining if a distance between the start point and the end point is less than a threshold distance;
selecting an area-point measurement if the distance between the start point and the end point is less than the threshold distance;
determining, when the distance between the start point and the end point is greater than a threshold distance, if any intervening points along the user measurement input between the start point and the end point fall outside of a boundary threshold;
selecting the diameter measurement mode if none of the intervening points fall outside of the boundary threshold; and
selecting the area-draw measurement mode if at least one intervening point falls outside of the boundary threshold;
calculating a measurement value associated with the user measurement input based on the selected measurement mode; and
displaying the calculated measurement value on the touch-sensitive display.
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Abstract
A method of performing measurements on medical images with a bedside controller includes receiving, through a touch-sensitive display on the bedside controller, a user measurement input on an image displayed on the display, the user measurement input including a start point defined by a point of initial contact with the touch-sensitive display and an end point defined by a point of last contact with the touch-sensitive display. The method also includes selecting a measurement mode based on a shape of the user measurement input and calculating a measurement value associated with the user measurement input based on the measurement mode.
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22 Claims
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1. A method of performing measurements on medical images with a bedside controller, the method comprising:
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receiving, through a touch-sensitive display on the bedside controller, a user measurement input on an intravascular image displayed on the display, the intravascular image obtained in real time by an intravascular imaging device within a vessel of a patient, the intravascular imaging device including at least one of an ultrasound transducer and an optical coherence tomography (OCT) component, wherein the intravascular imaging device is controlled by the bedside controller, and wherein the user measurement input includes a start point on the intravascular image defined by a point of initial contact with the touch-sensitive display and an end point on the intravascular image defined by a point of last contact with the touch-sensitive display; selecting a measurement mode from a group of measurement modes including a diameter measurement mode, an area-point measurement mode, and an area-draw measurement mode based on the user measurement input without requiring a user to select the measurement mode prior to making the user measurement input on the touch-sensitive display, wherein selecting the measurement mode includes; determining if a distance between the start point and the end point is less than a threshold distance; selecting an area-point measurement if the distance between the start point and the end point is less than the threshold distance; determining, when the distance between the start point and the end point is greater than a threshold distance, if any intervening points along the user measurement input between the start point and the end point fall outside of a boundary threshold; selecting the diameter measurement mode if none of the intervening points fall outside of the boundary threshold; and selecting the area-draw measurement mode if at least one intervening point falls outside of the boundary threshold; calculating a measurement value associated with the user measurement input based on the selected measurement mode; and displaying the calculated measurement value on the touch-sensitive display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A bedside controller, comprising:
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a housing, the housing including self-contained mounting structure; a touch-sensitive display disposed within the housing and configured to display real-time intravascular images obtained by an intravascular imaging device disposed within a vessel of the patient and receive user input on the touch-sensitive display, wherein the intravascular imaging device includes at least one of an ultrasound transducer and an optical coherence tomography (OCT) component; a processor disposed within the housing; a communication module disposed within the housing, communicatively coupled to the processor and the intravascular imaging device disposed within the vessel, and configured to transmit and receive medical data from a processing system, the medical data including the real-time intravascular images obtained by the intravascular imaging device; and a non-transitory computer readable storage module disposed within the housing, communicatively coupled to the processor, and including a plurality of instructions stored therein and executable by the processor, the plurality of instructions including; instructions for receiving, through the touch-sensitive display, a user measurement input on an intravascular image displayed on the display, the user measurement input including a start point on the intravascular image defined by a point of initial contact with the touch-sensitive display and an end point on the intravascular image defined by a point of last contact with the touch-sensitive display; instructions for selecting a measurement mode based on the user measurement input without requiring a user to select the measurement mode prior to making the user measurement input on the touch-sensitive display, wherein the measurement mode is selected from a group of measurement modes including a diameter measurement mode, an area-point measurement mode, and an area-draw measurement mode by; determining if a distance between the start point and the end point is less than a threshold distance; selecting an area-point measurement if the distance between the start point and the end point is less than the threshold distance; determining, when the distance between the start point and the end point is greater than a threshold distance, if any intervening points along the user measurement input between the start point and the end point fall outside of a boundary threshold; selecting the diameter measurement mode if none of the intervening points fall outside of the boundary threshold; and selecting the area-draw measurement mode if at least one intervening point falls outside of the boundary threshold; instructions for calculating a measurement value associated with the user measurement input based on the selected measurement mode; and instructions for displaying the calculated measurement value on the touch-sensitive display. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A medical measuring system, comprising:
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a medical sensor device configured to gather intravascular medical data from a patient; a processing system communicatively coupled to the medical sensor device and operable to receive the intravascular medical data from the medical sensor device, wherein the medical sensor device includes at least one of an ultrasound transducer and an optical coherence tomography (OCT) component, the processing system being further operable to transform the intravascular medical data into real-time intravascular medical images representative of the patient; and a bedside controller communicatively coupled to the processing system and operable to receive the real-time intravascular medical images from the processing system and display the real-time intravascular medical images on a touch-sensitive display, the bedside controller being further configured to; receive, through the touch-sensitive display, a user measurement input on a intravascular medical image displayed on the display, the user measurement input including a start point on the intravascular medical image defined by a point of initial contact with the touch-sensitive display and an end point on the intravascular medical image defined by a point of last contact with the touch-sensitive display; select a measurement mode from a group of measurement modes including a diameter measurement mode, an area-point measurement mode, and an area-draw measurement mode based on the user measurement input without requiring a user to select the measurement mode prior to making the user measurement input on the touch-sensitive display, wherein selecting the measurement mode includes; determining if a distance between the start point and the end point is less than a threshold distance; selecting an area-point measurement if the distance between the start point and the end point is less than the threshold distance; determining, when the distance between the start point and the end point is greater than a threshold distance, if any intervening points along the user measurement input between the start point and the end point fall outside of a boundary threshold; selecting the diameter measurement mode if none of the intervening points fall outside of the boundary threshold; and selecting the area-draw measurement mode if at least one intervening point falls outside of the boundary threshold; and calculate a measurement value associated with the user measurement input based on the selected measurement mode. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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