Radiation imaging apparatus, display processing method of the same, and computer-readable storage medium

• US 8,966,385 B2
• Filed: 04/20/2010
• Issued: 02/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Sako, Tsukasa, Takekoshi, Koji
• Primary Examiner(s): Hur, Ece
• Application Number:
  US12/763,835
• Publication Number:
  US 20100299622A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,771 Days
• Field of Search: 715/764, 715/709, 715/861, 705/2, 705/3, 705/301, 705/924
• US Class Current: 715/764
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/055 involving electronic [EMR] or nuclear [NMR] magnetic resonance, e.g. magnetic resonance imaging
• CPC Class Codes: G01T 1/161 Applications in the field of nuclear medicine, e.g. in vivo counting apparatus for radiation diagnosis A61B6/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• 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

A radiation imaging apparatus for imaging a radiation image inputs an operation instruction from a user and performs display control of a screen that has an input region in which one or more information input regions for having various types of information input thereto are disposed, and a workflow region in which workflow information related to imaging of the radiation image is disposed. Here, when a confirmation instruction indicating confirmation of an operation is input, the radiation imaging apparatus moves the one or more information input regions of the input region toward a prescribed region of the workflow region, and performs display using animation that sequences the movement of the one or more information input regions.

Claims

1. A radiation imaging apparatus for imaging a radiation image, comprising:

a display control unit configured to display protocol buttons in an information input region for inputting information for radiation imaging, and a workflow region in which workflow information related to imaging of the radiation image is disposed, and

a selection unit configured to select one of the protocol buttons in the information input region,

wherein the display control unit displays movement of the selected protocol button in the information input region toward the workflow region using animation for changing a format of the selected protocol button if the protocol button is selected, and

wherein the protocol button moved from the information input region to the workflow region is sorted such that the protocol buttons corresponding to types of sensors for imaging radiation images are arranged, and

wherein the display control unit includes an attribute change unit configured to change the selected protocol button to an input-disabled button, when changing the format of the selected protocol button.

2. The radiation imaging apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the display control unit changes a format of one or more information input regions while performing display, when moving the one or more information input regions using the animation, and

wherein the display control unit includes an attribute change unit configured to change the one or more information input regions to an input-disabled region, when changing the format of the one or more information input regions.

3. The radiation imaging apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the display control unit changes a format of one or more information input regions while performing display, when moving the one or more information input regions using the animation, and

wherein the one or more information input regions are one or more patient information input regions for having patient information input thereto,

the prescribed region of the workflow region is a patient information display region for having patient information based on the one or more patient information input region displayed therein, and

the display control unit, during movement of the one or more patient information input regions or after movement of the one or more patient information input regions has ended, displays, in the input region, a protocol selection region for selecting an imaging technique for imaging the radiation image.

4. The radiation imaging apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the display control unit changes a format of one or more information input regions while performing display, when moving the one or more information input regions using the animation, and

wherein the one or more information input regions are one or more buttons for selecting a protocol,

the prescribed region of the workflow region is a protocol list region for having a list of protocols selected using the one or more buttons displayed therein, and

the display control unit, during movement of the one or more buttons or after movement of the one or more buttons has ended, displays a display region for having the radiation image displayed therein.

5. The radiation imaging apparatus according to claim 4,

wherein the display control unit displays, in the display region for having the radiation image displayed therein, information related to imaging, in a relatively large size compared with other information on the screen, and clears the display when the imaging ends.

6. The radiation imaging apparatus according to claim 4,

wherein in the protocol list region, the selected protocols are arrayed in a prescribed direction in order of imaging, and

the display control unit displays, in the protocol list region, a sort button for instructing a change in the order of the array based on an attribute of the protocols.

7. A display processing method of a radiation imaging apparatus for imaging a radiation image, comprising:

displaying, by a display control unit, protocol buttons in an information input region for inputting information for radiation imaging, and a workflow region in which workflow information related to imaging of the radiation image is disposed, and selecting one of the protocol buttons in the information input region, wherein the display control unit displays movement of the selected protocol button in the information input region toward the workflow region using animation for changing a format of the selected protocol button if the protocol button is selected, and wherein the protocol button moved from the information input region to the work flow region is sorted such that the protocol buttons corresponding to types of sensors for imaging radiation images are arranged, wherein the display control unit includes an attribute change unit configured to change the selected protocol button to an input-disabled button, when changing the format of the selected protocol button.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for causing a computer to function as:

a display control unit configured to display protocol buttons in an information input region for inputting information for radiation imaging, and a workflow region in which workflow information related to imaging of the radiation image is disposed; and

a selection unit configured to select one of the protocol buttons in the information input region, wherein the display control unit displays movement of the selected protocol button in the information input region toward the workflow region using animation for changing a format of the selected protocol button if the protocol button is selected, and wherein the protocol button moved from the information input region to the workflow region is sorted such that the protocol buttons corresponding to types of sensors for imaging radiation images are arranged, and wherein the display control unit includes an attribute change unit configured to change the selected protocol button to an input-disabled button, when changing the format of the selected protocol button.

9. A radiation imaging apparatus for imaging a radiation image, comprising:

a display control unit configured to display protocol buttons in an information input region and a workflow region in which workflow information related to imaging of the radiation image is disposed; and

a selection unit configured to select one of the protocol buttons in the information input region,

wherein the display control unit displays movement of the selected protocol button in the information input region toward the workflow region using animation for transforming the shape of the information input region to the shape of the workflow region if the protocol button is selected, and

wherein the display control unit changes a format of the selected protocol button while performing display, when moving the selected protocol button using the animation,

wherein the protocol button moved from the information input region to the workflow region is sorted such that the protocol buttons corresponding to types of sensors for imaging radiation images are arranged,

wherein the display control unit includes an attribute change unit configured to change the selected protocol button to an input-disabled button, when changing the format of the selected protocol button.