Mobile Apparatus Control for Medical Imaging Data Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Medical apparatuses such as ultrasound, X-ray, and MRI machines have low mobility and difficulty in displaying various types of information due to constraints in their display systems, making it inconvenient for users who move or travel to diagnose and access medical data.
Innovation Solution
A method is provided to increase the usability of medical apparatuses by connecting a mobile device to them, allowing the mobile device to control and display information from the medical apparatuses, including determining operation modes based on displacement and performing functions such as controlling the medical apparatus or displaying medical records and images.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If medical apparatuses are used with built-in display apparatuses, then medical images can be displayed, but the display capability is limited and various types of information cannot be displayed
Solution Approach 1:
A mobile terminal acts as an intermediary device between the medical apparatus and the user. The mobile terminal receives medical image data from the medical apparatus via communication modules and displays it on its own display apparatus, thereby overcoming the limitations of the built-in display while maintaining system simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The medical image data is copied from the medical apparatus to the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal creates a duplicate copy of the medical image data and displays it on its display apparatus, enabling versatile display capabilities without modifying the original medical apparatus.
2Ease of operation
If medical apparatuses are designed for stationary use, then they provide stable medical imaging functions, but they have low mobility and are inconvenient for users who move or travel
Solution Approach 1:
The mobile terminal serves as a portable intermediary that allows users to access medical image data anywhere. The medical apparatus remains stationary to maintain imaging stability, while the mobile terminal transports the copied medical image data to wherever the user needs to view it.
Solution Approach 2:
The medical image data is extracted from the stationary medical apparatus and transferred to the mobile terminal. This separation allows the medical apparatus to remain in its optimal stationary position for stable imaging, while the extracted data can be viewed on the mobile terminal during movement or travel.
3Ease of operation
If mobile apparatuses are used to display medical data, then usability is improved, but the mobile apparatus needs to establish communication links and detect operation modes
Solution Approach 1:
The mobile terminal autonomously detects its own operation mode (first or second mode) based on its orientation or usage state. This self-detection eliminates the need for complex manual configuration and allows the terminal to automatically adapt its display and interaction behavior, simplifying the user experience despite the underlying complexity.
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AI summary
A method of controlling a medical apparatus which includes: establishing, by a mobile apparatus, a communication link between the mobile apparatus and the medical apparatus; when the communication link is established, detecting an operation mode of the mobile apparatus; determining a function corresponding to the detected operation mode from functions provided by the medical apparatus; and performing the determined function.