Comparative Image Review System Automation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional medical image display systems require significant user input for configuring screen layouts, study view modes, and hanging protocols, which is time-consuming and inefficient, especially for radiologists who need to review numerous patient images daily.
Innovation Solution
A comparative image review system that automatically determines and applies screen layouts, study view modes, and hanging protocols to display medical images across multiple monitors, reducing user input by using a processor to manage display slots and navigation based on predefined modes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If manual configuration of screen layouts, study view modes, and hanging protocols is used, then display flexibility and customization are improved, but user input time and operational complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system stores multiple pre-configured display templates in advance, each template containing complete screen layout, study view mode, and hanging protocol settings. When a template is selected, all these parameters are automatically applied without requiring user configuration, thus resolving the contradiction between display flexibility and user input time.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically determines and applies the appropriate display template based on the imaging modality and study type, without requiring manual user intervention. The system serves itself by auto-configuring display parameters, reducing user input time while maintaining adaptability through predefined templates.
2Manufacturing precision
If multiple display parameters are manually selected, then display precision and review quality are improved, but device complexity and ease of operation worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges multiple display parameters (screen layout, study view mode, hanging protocol) into integrated display templates. Each template combines these parameters as a unified configuration, allowing precise display setup to be achieved through simple template selection rather than configuring each parameter separately, thus improving ease of operation while maintaining display precision.
Solution Approach 2:
The display templates are designed to be universal and applicable across different imaging modalities and study types. Each template can serve multiple functions by automatically adapting to different clinical scenarios, reducing the need for complex manual configuration while maintaining precise display settings for various review scenarios.
3Productivity
If automated display template application is used, then user input time is reduced, but display adaptability and customization may be limited
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides dynamic switching between automated template application and manual parameter adjustment. Users can start with automated templates for quick setup, then dynamically modify specific parameters if needed for particular review scenarios, thus achieving both high productivity through automation and maintained adaptability through optional customization.
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AI summary
A comparative review system for displaying views associated with studies on first and second display areas according to a screen layout, a study view mode, and a hanging protocol. The screen layout is used to determine the number of display slots to display in the first and second display areas. This determination along with the study view mode is then used to determine whether to display a study in corresponding display slots associated with the first and second display areas. The number of display slots displayed, whether studies are displayed in corresponding display slots across displays, and the hanging protocol are used to determine which views to display within display slots. Each screen layout, study view mode and hanging protocol is associated with a comparative review mode, which in turn are combined into a comparative review sequence. The comparative review sequence allows for display and navigation through the various modes.