Multi-Sensor Medical Display Control via Data Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing multi-modality medical processing systems face challenges in managing display clutter and distractions, necessitating improved mechanisms for user customization and control over the presentation of medical data to enhance diagnostic accuracy.
Innovation Solution
The system allows users to specify display attributes for medical data sets, enabling selective acquisition, processing, and presentation of relevant data, reducing screen clutter and conserving system resources by processing only the data needed for display.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If multi-modality medical data is collected and processed, then diagnostic information completeness is improved, but display clutter and operator distractions increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments medical data into multiple hierarchical groups (e.g., primary, secondary, tertiary data groups) that can be independently controlled and displayed. This allows the system to organize comprehensive multi-modality data while presenting only relevant portions to the operator, reducing display clutter while maintaining information completeness.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dynamic display attributes that can be adjusted in real-time based on procedural context, data relevance, and operator preferences. Display parameters such as visibility, emphasis, and detail level are dynamically modified to optimize the balance between information completeness and operator focus during different phases of a medical procedure.
2Measurement precision
If comprehensive medical data is processed, then diagnostic accuracy is improved, but system resource consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies partial processing by selectively acquiring and processing only the most relevant data subsets based on display attributes and procedural needs. Rather than processing all available multi-modality data uniformly, the system identifies and processes only the necessary portions, reducing computational resource consumption while maintaining diagnostic accuracy for critical parameters.
3Ease of operation
If display customization options are increased, then operator control is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments display control functionality into hierarchical levels (e.g., global display settings, modality-specific settings, individual data parameter settings). This segmented approach allows operators to access and modify only the specific display attributes relevant to their needs without being overwhelmed by the complete set of available options, simplifying the user interface while maintaining comprehensive control capabilities.
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AI summary
Systems and methods for user control over the acquisition, processing, and presentation of medical data are provided. Some embodiments are particularly directed to controlling the display of multi-modality medical data in a multi-modality processing system. In one embodiment, a medical imaging system receives a set of medical data including a first data subset collected using a first sensor and a second data subset collected using a second sensor, where the first sensor and the second sensor are different. A display attribute to be applied to the first data subset independent of the second data subset is received. An instruction is generated that affects the processing of the first data subset based on the display attribute. The first data subset is processed according to the instruction. The processed first data subset is displayed according to the display attribute, and the second data subset is displayed independent of the display attribute.