Method and apparatus featuring simple click style interactions according to a clinical task workflow
First Claim
1. A computer-aided method comprising:
- alternating between one or more of (i) navigational tasks and (ii) measuring, qualification, and quantification tasks of a clinical task in accordance with defined user click interactions, wherein the defined user click interactions are based upon a user domain knowledge that includes (i) details of an anatomy and (ii) details of a workflow of the clinical task associated with the anatomy, wherein the workflow includes a plurality of steps; and
responsive to execution of a one-dimensional user click interaction within a current view and without any further user interaction, and further in accordance with a corresponding navigational task or measuring, qualification, or quantification task, transitioning within the clinical task and each new step in its workflow between one or more of (a) a first measurement point and a next measurement point within the current view or (b) the current view and a next view, wherein the user click interaction comprises only a single click wherein the view geometry is updated automatically each time a workflow task is performed.
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Abstract
A computer-aided method (30) comprises alternating between one or more of (i) navigational tasks and (ii) measuring, qualification, and quantification tasks of a clinical task in accordance with defined simple click style user interactions. The defined simple click style user interactions are based upon a domain knowledge (34) that includes (i) details of an anatomy and (ii) details of a clinical measurement, quantification, or workflow of the clinical task associated with the anatomy. Responsive to execution of a simple click style user interaction within a current view (36), and further in accordance with a corresponding navigational task or measuring, qualification, or quantification task, the method transitions within the clinical task and its workflow between one or more of (a) a first measurement point and a next measurement point within the current view (36) or (b) the current view (36) and a next view (38).
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21 Claims
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1. A computer-aided method comprising:
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alternating between one or more of (i) navigational tasks and (ii) measuring, qualification, and quantification tasks of a clinical task in accordance with defined user click interactions, wherein the defined user click interactions are based upon a user domain knowledge that includes (i) details of an anatomy and (ii) details of a workflow of the clinical task associated with the anatomy, wherein the workflow includes a plurality of steps; and responsive to execution of a one-dimensional user click interaction within a current view and without any further user interaction, and further in accordance with a corresponding navigational task or measuring, qualification, or quantification task, transitioning within the clinical task and each new step in its workflow between one or more of (a) a first measurement point and a next measurement point within the current view or (b) the current view and a next view, wherein the user click interaction comprises only a single click wherein the view geometry is updated automatically each time a workflow task is performed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer aided method comprising:
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alternating between one or more of (i) navigational tasks and (ii) measuring, qualification, and quantification tasks of a clinical task in accordance with defined user click interactions, wherein the defined user click interactions are based upon a user domain knowledge that includes (i) details of an anatomy and (ii) details of a clinical measurement, quantification, or workflow of the clinical task associated with the anatomy; and responsive to execution of a one-dimensional user click interaction within a current view and without any further user interaction, and further in accordance with a corresponding navigational task or measuring, qualification, or quantification task, transitioning within the clinical task and its workflow between one or more of (a) a first measurement point and a next measurement point within the current view or (b) the current view and a next view, wherein the user click interaction comprises only a single click; rendering a first view geometry on a projection plane, wherein the first view geometry comprises one of an initial view geometry or initial view geometries determined as a function of (i) domain knowledge and (ii) volume data provided by an image modality; alternating between (i) navigational tasks or (ii) measuring, qualification and quantification tasks for the prescribed clinical measurement in connection with (a) the first view geometry or (b) a subsequent view geometry, wherein alternating is in response to a user click interaction with the projection plane; rendering a subsequent view geometry on a subsequent projection plane further in response to another user click interaction with the projection plane; and repeating the alternating and rendering of the subsequent view geometry on the subsequent projection plane for a duration of processing according to the requirements of a given clinical task. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A clinical task apparatus comprising:
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a display; a computer/control unit coupled to the display, wherein the computer/control unit provides data to the display for rendering a projection view; and an input device coupled to the computer/control unit for providing user inputs to the computer/control unit, wherein the computer control unit is programmed with instructions for carrying out a method, comprising, alternating between one or more of (i) navigational tasks and (ii) measuring, qualification, and quantification tasks of a clinical task in accordance with defined user click interactions received from the input device, wherein the defined user click interactions are based upon a user domain knowledge that includes (i) details of an anatomy and (ii) details of a workflow of the clinical task associated with the anatomy, wherein the workflow includes a plurality of steps; and responsive to execution of a one-dimensional user click interaction with the input device within a current view, and further in accordance with a corresponding navigational task or measuring, qualification, or quantification task, automatically transitioning within the clinical task and each new step in its workflow between one or more of (a) a first measurement point and a next measurement point within the current view or (b) the current view and a next view, wherein the user click interaction comprises only a single click wherein the view geometry is updated automatically each time a workflow task is performed.
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21. A computer program product comprising:
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computer readable media having a set of instructions that are executable by a computer for carrying out a method, comprising, alternating between one or more of (i) navigational tasks and (ii) measuring, qualification, and quantification tasks of a clinical task in accordance with defined user click interactions, wherein the defined user click interactions are based upon a user domain knowledge that includes (i) details of an anatomy and (ii) details of a workflow of the clinical task associated with the anatomy, wherein the workflow includes a plurality of steps; and responsive solely to execution of a single one-dimensional user click interaction within a current view, and further in accordance with a corresponding navigational task or measuring, qualification, or quantification task, automatically transitioning within the clinical task and each new step in its workflow between one or more of (a) a first measurement point and a next measurement point within the current view or (b) the current view and a next view, wherein the user click interaction comprises only a single click wherein the view geometry is updated automatically each time a workflow task is performed.
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