Systems and Methods for Using Structured Libraries of Gestures on Multi-Touch Clinical Systems

• US 20110214055A1
• Filed: 02/26/2010
• Published: 09/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Kemper, Erik, Gautham, Sardar Mal, Avinash, Gopal, Deaven, David, Georgiev, Emil, Mohan, Ananth
• Application Number:
  US12/713,974
• Publication Number:
  US 20110214055A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/702
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

Systems, methods and computer-readable storage mediums encoded with instructions for providing touch-driven controls in a clinical setting are provided. Certain embodiments provide a system that includes a clinical system and a customizable structured library of functions. The structured library can include a function associated with a clinical context. The function can be associated with a user input requiring the use of a touch driven interface with multi-touch gestures. The user input can provide for immediate execution of the associated function. The structured library can be loaded onto the clinical system as a driver such that the function is made available based on the associated clinical context. Certain embodiments can include a user interface configured to allow a user to add or delete a function or modify the user input associated with a function. Certain embodiments can include a user interface that provides instruction as to using a function.

Claims

1. A system for providing touch-driven controls in a clinical setting, the system comprising:

a clinical system comprising a processing device operably connected to a storage medium and a touch-driven interface; and

a customizable structured library of functions including a function associated with a clinical context, the function associated with a user input requiring the use of the touch driven interface with multi-touch gestures, the user input providing for immediate execution of the associated function, the structured library loaded onto the storage medium as a driver such that the function is made available based on the associated clinical context.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the clinical context includes a clinical application in a clinical area.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the clinical area includes at least one of:

radiology, surgery, interventional radiology, patient monitoring, neurology, cardiology, vascular, oncology, or musculoskeletal.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the clinical application includes at least one of:

visualization, analysis, quantitation, detection, monitoring or differential diagnosis.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the clinical context includes a stage in a technology workflow using a technology enabler.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the stage in the technology workflow includes at least one of:

screening, scheduling, image acquisition, data reconstruction, image processing, image display, image analysis, image storage, image retrieval, diagnosis, report creation, or result dissemination.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the technology enabler includes at least one of:

review, segmentation, registration, selection, marking, or annotation.

8. The system of claim 1, further comprising a user interface configured to allow:

a function to be added to the structured library, a function to be deleted from the structured library, and a user input associated with a function to be modified.

9. The system of claim 1, further comprising a user interface configured to provide instruction as to using a function in the structured library.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the touch-driven interface comprises at least one of:

a touch-screen, or a touch-pad.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the touch-driven interface comprises a multi-touch interface configured to receive a plurality of simultaneous inputs from a plurality of users, and wherein the user input requires that the plurality of simultaneous inputs from the plurality of users be received at the touch-driven interface.

12. A method for providing touch-driven controls in a clinical setting, the method comprising:

using a processing device to load a customizable structured library of functions onto a storage medium in a clinical system that comprises a touch-driven interface, the structured library of functions including a function associated with a clinical context, the function associated with a user input requiring the use of the touch driven interface with multi-touch gestures, the user input providing for immediate execution of the associated function, the structured library loaded onto the storage medium as a driver such that the function is made available based on the associated clinical context.

13. The method of claim 12, further including using a user interface to customize the structured library of functions.

14. The method of claim 12, further including executing a function at the clinical system when a user input is received at the touch driven interface.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the touch-driven interface comprises a multi-touch interface configured to receive a plurality of simultaneous inputs from a plurality of users, and wherein the user input received at the touch-driven interface is the plurality of simultaneous inputs from the plurality of users.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein the touch-driven interface comprises at least one of:

a touch-screen, or a touch-pad.

17. The method of claim 12, further including using a user interface to provide instruction as to using a function in the structured library.

18. A computer-readable storage medium encoded with a set of instructions for execution on a processing device and associated processing logic, wherein the set of instructions includes:

a first routine configured to load a customizable structured library of functions onto a storage medium in a clinical system that comprises a touch-driven interface, the structured library of functions including a function associated with a clinical context, the function associated with a user input requiring the use of the touch driven interface with multi-touch gestures, the user input providing for immediate execution of the associated function, the structured library loaded onto the storage medium as a driver such that the function is made available based on the associated clinical context.

19. The computer-readable storage medium encoded with a set of instructions of claim 18, further including a second routine configured to allow the structured library to be customized.

20. The computer-readable storage medium encoded with a set of instructions of claim 18, further including a second routine configured to provide instruction as to using a function in the structured library.