Context-Sensitive Display Layouts for Remote Imaging Assistance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing ROCC systems for remote medical imaging assistance face challenges such as complex visual presentations leading to mistakes and inefficiencies due to the need to navigate between multiple views, which can impede the effectiveness of remote expert assistance.
Innovation Solution
A context-sensitive display system that determines the context of the local operator's workspace and automatically configures the user interface view on the remote expert's workstation based on this context, using video and audio feeds to provide a customized and efficient display.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple standard views (enterprise view, site view, room view) are provided to accommodate remote experts assisting multiple imaging bays, then the system can support remote assistance across different sites and bays, but the visual presentation becomes complicated and navigation between views impedes efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The interface is segmented into multiple hierarchical levels (enterprise level, site level, bay level), allowing the remote expert to view only the relevant segment based on current assistance needs, rather than displaying all information simultaneously
Solution Approach 2:
The interface dynamically adapts its content and structure based on the current assistance context, automatically transitioning between different view levels as the assistance scenario evolves, making the system versatile without requiring manual navigation
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple standard views are provided to cover different assistance scenarios, then the system can handle diverse assistance needs, but mistakes such as viewing the wrong imaging bay may occur
Solution Approach 1:
The system incorporates audio and video feeds from the local operator's workspace that provide real-time feedback about the current assistance context, allowing the remote expert to verify they are viewing the correct imaging bay and scenario
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-configures context-specific view templates that automatically activate based on detected assistance scenarios, ensuring the correct imaging bay and parameters are displayed before the expert begins assistance
3Adaptability or versatility
If the remote expert must manually navigate between enterprise, site, and room views, then the system provides comprehensive oversight, but the efficiency of assistance is impeded
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically manages the view hierarchy and transitions based on the assistance context, eliminating the need for the expert to manually navigate between views, thereby maintaining comprehensive oversight while improving efficiency
Solution Approach 2:
The system prepares and automatically switches to the appropriate view configuration in advance based on detected assistance needs, so the expert immediately sees the relevant information without manual navigation delays
Data Source
AI summary
A non-transitory computer readable medium (34) stores instructions executable by at least one electronic processor (32) to perform a method (100) for supporting remote experts (RE) in assisting local operators (LO) of respective medical imaging devices (2) during medical imaging examinations. The method includes: determining, in response to a calling local operator placing a call to a called remote expert, a context of the calling local operator based on at least one feed (15, 17, 17W, 18) of a workspace of the calling local operator; retrieving, from a database (34), a view configuration (36) for a determined user interface (UI) view based on the determined context; and controlling a display device (24) to display the determined UI view based on the retrieved view configuration.