Medical Imaging System Supplementary Data Interface

Solution Overview

Problem

Current medical imaging devices generate supplementary data that is not accessible to external processing devices, limiting the ability of external algorithms and applications to further process this data, which is crucial for advanced image processing and AI performance.

Innovation Solution

A medical imaging system with separate programming interfaces for transferring image data and supplementary data, allowing external processing devices to retrieve and process both, enabling further processing and recalculation of the supplementary data.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If supplementary data is processed internally in the medical imaging device, then the device maintains data security and system simplicity, but external processing devices cannot access the data for advanced algorithms and applications

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaccessibility of supplementary data to external devicesVSAvoiddata transfer interface complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the data transfer functionality by providing two separate programming interfaces: a first programming interface for image data and a second programming interface for supplementary data. This segmentation allows external devices to access supplementary data independently without requiring complex integrated data structures, thereby improving adaptability while managing interface complexity through functional separation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The medical imaging device implements multiple programming interfaces that serve different functions: the first interface handles standard image data transfer while the second interface enables access to supplementary data for advanced algorithms. This multi-functionality approach allows the same device to serve both traditional imaging needs and emerging AI applications without requiring separate systems.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Productivity

If only standardized image reconstructions are provided for external processing, then the system maintains simplicity and reliability, but external algorithms cannot utilize supplementary data for improved processing performance

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveexternal data processing capabilityVSAvoidsupplementary data accessibility

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements preliminary action by pre-processing and organizing supplementary data within the medical imaging device before external access. The device prepares dual-energy classes, spectral imaging data, iterative reconstruction data, and labeled data in structured formats that can be directly utilized by external algorithms, eliminating the need for external devices to perform complex data preparation and enabling immediate productivity enhancement.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Reliability

If supplementary data is not transferred to external processing devices, then the medical imaging device maintains system simplicity, but the performance of data-dependent applications and AI algorithms is limited

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedata quality for external algorithmsVSAvoidprogramming interface structure

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the data transfer functionality by providing two separate programming interfaces: a first programming interface for image data and a second programming interface for supplementary data. This segmentation allows external devices to access supplementary data independently without requiring complex integrated data structures, thereby improving adaptability while managing interface complexity through functional separation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS10540480B2Medical imaging system

Publication Date: 2020.01.21 SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS AG

AI summary

A medical imaging system includes a medical imaging device for generating image data. The medical imaging device includes a first programming interface for transferring the image data and a second programming interface for transferring the supplementary data. The medical imaging system further includes a processing device for retrieving the image data and the associated supplementary data from the medical imaging device and for carrying out a further processing based upon the image data and the supplementary data.