Medical Image Display Geometry Information Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Medical imaging systems face challenges in effectively displaying and transmitting information about objects within medical images, making it difficult for users to accurately diagnose and treat patients.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that display geometry information, including position and size information of objects, on a predetermined fixed region of the screen, which remains unaffected by zooming or image movement, allowing continuous display even when the object is partially or fully zoomed out, and updates in real-time as the object is moved.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If geometry information is displayed on the medical image itself, then the information is directly associated with the object, but the information becomes invisible when the image is zoomed out or moved
Solution Approach 1:
The display area is segmented into two independent regions: the medical image display area and a fixed geometry information display area. This segmentation allows the geometry information to be displayed separately from the medical image, so that zooming or moving the image does not affect the visibility of the geometry information.
Solution Approach 2:
A fixed region on the screen acts as an intermediary area that always displays the geometry information regardless of image transformations. This mediator region ensures continuous visibility of critical measurement data while allowing free manipulation of the medical image in the main display area.
2Loss of information
If the screen displays only the medical image, then the image quality is maximized, but additional geometry information cannot be displayed without overlapping or reducing image quality
Solution Approach 1:
The geometry information is displayed in a fixed region that exists in the same two-dimensional screen space but is positioned independently from the medical image. This creates a layered display arrangement where the geometry information occupies a separate dimensional space on the screen, allowing both the medical image and measurement data to be visible simultaneously without competing for the same display area.
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AI summary
A method and an apparatus are provided for displaying a medical image. The method includes displaying a first medical image on a screen, based on a first input that zooms in on or zooms out from a first object in the first medical image, determining first geometry information comprising either one or both of position information and size information of the first object, and displaying the first geometry information on a predetermined fixed region of the screen.