System providing companion images
First Claim
1. A method for presenting a projection radiographic image of a subject, the method executed at least in part on a computer system, comprising:
- processing one single 2D projection radiographic image of the subject to generate a first and second images, wherein the first and second images are of a same view of the subject of the one single 2D projection image but each of the first and second images differ in global processing so as to provide different global presentations;
associating the first and second images as companion images;
displaying a first executable data link that relates to a first storage location of the first image and a second executable data link that relates to a second storage location of the second image, wherein the second executable data link includes an annotation indicating its companion image association;
responding to an operator selection of either of or both of the first and second executable data links by displaying either or both of the corresponding first or second images;
executing an operator command to modify the displayed first or second image; and
applying the operator modification to the companion images for a subsequent display of any one of the companion images.
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Abstract
A method for presenting radiographic images of a subject obtains, from the same radiographic image capture, at least a first image and a second image, wherein the at least first and second images differ in presentation. The method associates the at least first and second images as companion images according to one or more entered instructions. There is displayed at least a first executable data link that relates to a first storage location of the first image and a second executable data link that relates to a second storage location of the second image. In response to an operator selection of either of or both of the first and second executable data links, the method displays either the corresponding first or second image, or both companion images.
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17 Claims
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1. A method for presenting a projection radiographic image of a subject, the method executed at least in part on a computer system, comprising:
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processing one single 2D projection radiographic image of the subject to generate a first and second images, wherein the first and second images are of a same view of the subject of the one single 2D projection image but each of the first and second images differ in global processing so as to provide different global presentations; associating the first and second images as companion images; displaying a first executable data link that relates to a first storage location of the first image and a second executable data link that relates to a second storage location of the second image, wherein the second executable data link includes an annotation indicating its companion image association; responding to an operator selection of either of or both of the first and second executable data links by displaying either or both of the corresponding first or second images; executing an operator command to modify the displayed first or second image; and applying the operator modification to the companion images for a subsequent display of any one of the companion images. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 17)
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12. A method for presenting a projection radiographic image of a subject, the method executed at least in part on a computer system and comprising:
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acquiring a single primary image of the subject from a projection radiographic system, the single primary image of the subject comprising primary image data, the primary image data comprising a plurality of imaged features of the subject; generating one or more secondary images by globally processing the primary image data of the acquired single primary image, the generated one or more secondary images each comprising a different selected one of the plurality of imaged features of the subject having its contrast enhanced as compared with its contrast in the primary image data of the single acquired primary image; associating the primary and the one or more secondary images each with different presentations as companion images for the subject; displaying, for each individual companion image, a corresponding executable data link, wherein the executable data link relates to a storage address for the corresponding companion image; responding to an operator selection of one or more of the executable data links by displaying the corresponding companion image; executing an operator command to manipulate a current view of the displayed companion image; and applying the operator manipulation globally to the stored primary image and stored additional companion images of the displayed companion image to maintain the same current view of the displayed companion image and the stored primary image and the stored additional companion images during a plurality of operator commands to the displayed companion image, where the different presentations are different medical diagnostic interpretations. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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