Context-Dependent Medical Tool Interface Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
In medical facilities, the abundance of medical tools on computer-based systems leads to inefficiencies in accessing necessary tools due to overcrowding on user interfaces, where context-dependent tools are not adequately displayed, making quick and efficient data editing difficult, and often obscuring medical images.
Innovation Solution
A context-dependent 'instrument panel' is generated within the user interface, automatically arranging activation elements based on captured medical data, using a directory structure or database queries to group tools by medico-technical tasks or indications, ensuring that required tools are prominently displayed without overlapping with image data.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If all activation elements are displayed on the user interface, then tool accessibility is improved, but the user interface becomes overcrowded and medical images are obscured
Solution Approach 1:
The user interface is segmented into multiple pages, with each page displaying a specific subset of activation elements relevant to a particular medical indication or task. This allows comprehensive tool availability while maintaining a clean, non-overcrowded display area for medical images on each page.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically generates and switches between different user interface pages based on the current medical context, patient data, and required tools. This dynamic adaptation ensures that only relevant activation elements are displayed at any given time, optimizing both space utilization and tool accessibility.
2Speed
If frequently used tools are displayed on the user interface, then quick access is improved, but less frequently used tools become harder to find
Solution Approach 1:
Activation elements are segmented into different pages based on their relevance to specific medical indications or tasks. Frequently used tools appear on the current context-relevant page for quick access, while other tools are organized on separate pages that can be accessed when needed, ensuring both speed and discoverability.
Solution Approach 2:
A context-aware intermediary system automatically determines which tools should be displayed on which pages based on the current medical situation, patient data, and workflow context. This intermediary manages the organization and presentation of tools without requiring manual user configuration.
3Ease of operation
If the user interface is customized for each user, then user preference is improved, but system complexity and configuration time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically adapts the user interface to each user's needs by dynamically generating context-relevant pages based on the current medical situation, patient data, and required tools. This self-adapting capability eliminates the need for manual user configuration while still providing personalized, preference-aligned interfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary analysis of the medical context, patient data, and required tools before generating the user interface. This preliminary action allows the system to pre-organize activation elements into context-relevant pages, eliminating the need for user configuration and reducing system complexity.
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AI summary
A method is disclosed for controlling the display of activation elements for tools for editing medical data on a user interface in a computer-based, medico-technical system. In at least one embodiment, the activation elements are displayed in an activation element area, divided into various segments, of the user interface on the basis of the medical context. The doctor is thus able to select the tools clearly on a task- or indication-specific basis without an image data area of the user interface being concealed by the activation elements.