Medical Image Input Device for Large Display Configuration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current medical imaging systems require multiple dedicated displays for different imaging techniques, leading to a confusing and inflexible setup that is difficult to scale, and physicians must manually arrange images according to medical criteria, wasting time and effort.
Innovation Solution
An input device selects and configures medical image combinations for display on a large screen, allowing physicians to choose pre-optimized configurations for medical procedures, with the ability to adapt and arrange images using conventional input devices, ensuring essential data is maintained and allowing for flexible image management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If multiple dedicated displays are used for different imaging techniques, then each image can be displayed with appropriate quality, but the setup becomes confusing and inflexible
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple dedicated displays into a single large display screen, merging the functionality of multiple separate image reproduction devices. This allows different imaging techniques (X-ray, CT, ultrasound, ECG) to be displayed on one unified screen, eliminating the confusion of multiple separate displays while maintaining the ability to show high-quality images of different types simultaneously.
Solution Approach 2:
The single large display is designed to serve multiple functions by displaying different types of medical images and data from various imaging techniques. The display system can switch between showing X-ray images, CT scans, ultrasound videos, ECG traces, and other medical data, making it a universal replacement for multiple dedicated displays.
2Manufacturing precision
If multiple dedicated displays are used for different imaging techniques, then each image can be displayed with appropriate quality, but the system becomes difficult to scale up
Solution Approach 1:
By merging multiple dedicated displays into one large display system, the patent reduces the number of individual devices that need to be managed, installed, and maintained. This single large display can accommodate multiple imaging techniques without requiring proportional increases in the number of separate display units, thereby simplifying system scalability.
3Ease of operation
If physicians manually arrange images according to medical criteria, then images can be optimally positioned, but time and effort are wasted
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary arrangement of images according to medical criteria before the physician needs to view them. Pre-defined templates and automated positioning algorithms prepare the image layout in advance, so that when the physician accesses the images, they are already optimally arranged, eliminating the need for manual repositioning and saving valuable time.
Solution Approach 2:
The image arrangement system serves itself by automatically optimizing the positioning of different imaging techniques based on medical criteria. The system independently determines the best layout without requiring continuous physician intervention, allowing the arrangement to be optimized while the physician focuses on patient care rather than image management.
4Device complexity
If a single large display is used for all imaging techniques, then the setup is simplified and scalable, but image arrangement becomes challenging
Solution Approach 1:
To address the challenge of arranging images on a single large display, the system provides pre-configured templates and automated positioning that prepare the layout in advance. This preliminary arrangement handles the complexity of optimizing multiple imaging techniques on one screen, making the process easier while maintaining simplicity.
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AI summary
An input device for the selection of medical images for representation on a large display is provided. An image configuration can be selected for display on the large display from a plurality of image configurations by the input device. Selecting the image configuration enables a plurality of images for display on the large display and their arrangement on the display to be determined. The image configuration is created according to requirements of a medical workflow associated with the image configuration. A representation suitable for a medical workflow may be displayed on the large display.