Medical Image Orientation Standardization via Stored Display Specifications
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
In medical imaging, the inconsistent orientation and positioning of image series during acquisition and reconstruction lead to difficulties in comparative studies and evaluations, reducing efficiency and diagnostic quality.
Innovation Solution
A method where medical image data sets are acquired with a medical imaging apparatus, and display specifications are retrieved from a data processing device to standardize the orientation, allowing adaptation and representation of the images according to predefined specifications, ensuring consistent and standardized image evaluation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If image series are stored and displayed in the same sequence as acquisition without standardization, then the workflow is simple and direct, but the orientation and position vary between different examinations making comparative evaluation difficult and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary standardization by storing display specifications (orientation, position, anatomical landmarks) in the databank during image acquisition. When images are later retrieved for comparison, the stored specifications enable automatic alignment without requiring manual searching or adjustment, thus resolving the contradiction between simple workflow and time consumption.
2Adaptability or versatility
If different views of the same organ are shown in different image series without standardization, then each examination can be performed independently, but the comparative evaluation of subsequent examinations becomes cumbersome and diagnostic quality decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system changes the parameter of image orientation by applying stored display specifications that define standard anatomical orientations (e.g., sagittal, coronal, axial views with specific positioning). This ensures that all image series are transformed to consistent orientations before display, enabling reliable comparative evaluation while maintaining examination independence during acquisition.
3Measurement precision
If manual searching and adjustment of image orientations is performed to achieve standardized views, then accurate comparative evaluation can be achieved, but the process becomes very difficult and cumbersome reducing efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements self-service by automatically retrieving stored display specifications and applying them to orient and position images correctly during display. This eliminates the need for manual searching and adjustment by examiners, achieving both high orientation accuracy and evaluation efficiency through automated image alignment based on pre-stored anatomical reference data.
Data Source
AI summary
In a method for acquisition, analysis and representation of at least one medical image data set created in a medical examination, an image data set of an examination region of an examination subject is acquired with a medical imaging apparatus, at least one display specification regarding an orientation to be retained in a graphical representation of the acquired image data set is retrieved from a data processing device in which it is stored, the image data set is checked with regard to the display specification by the data processing device, and of at least one part of the image data set is adapted and displayed corresponding to the display specification, dependent on the check result.