Remote Console Integration for Diagnostic Imaging Procedures
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing diagnostic imaging systems lack efficient integration and remote control capabilities for power fluid injectors and imaging scanners, leading to suboptimal procedure execution and patient safety concerns.
Innovation Solution
A remote console system with a user interface and processor that integrates with injection and imaging systems, enabling data exchange, display generation, and user input for controlling operations, including alerts and authorization levels, to enhance procedure management and safety.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a remote console system is implemented to enable remote monitoring and control of injection and imaging systems, then patient safety and procedure standardization are improved, but device complexity and integration requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The remote console acts as an intermediary device that receives data from multiple sources (injection system, imaging system, cameras, sensors) and provides a unified interface for remote monitoring and control. This mediator approach allows integration of complex systems without requiring direct connections between all components, thereby improving patient safety through centralized oversight while managing system complexity through modular architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The remote console is designed as a multi-functional system that can monitor injection parameters, control imaging sequences, receive video feeds from multiple cameras, process sensor data, and communicate with various medical devices through standardized interfaces. This universal design consolidates multiple functions into a single platform, improving reliability through comprehensive monitoring while avoiding the complexity of multiple separate control systems.
2Loss of information
If multiple data sources including cameras, sensors, and user interfaces are integrated into the remote console, then procedure monitoring capability is improved, but information processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The remote console processes information from multiple data sources by segmenting the processing into dedicated modules: camera feed processing, sensor data analysis, user interface communication, and coordination with injection/imaging systems. Each module handles specific data types independently, then integrates results through a central control algorithm. This segmentation allows comprehensive procedure monitoring while managing information processing complexity through modular, specialized processing paths.
3Productivity
If remote control capabilities are added to enable operation without local expertise, then accessibility and procedure efficiency are improved, but control precision and authorization management become more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The remote console implements preliminary authorization verification before allowing control operations. User credentials, authorization levels, and procedural permissions are validated in advance before the procedure begins and before critical operations are executed. This preliminary action ensures that only authorized users can perform specific actions, maintaining control precision and security while enabling remote operation efficiency without requiring complex real-time authorization checks during the procedure.
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AI summary
A system, method, and computer program product for implementing a remote console for use in diagnostic imaging may include a user interface and/or at least one processor programmed and/or configured to: receive, from at least one of an injection system including an injector configured to deliver fluid to a patient and an imaging system including a scanner configured to scan the patient, procedure data associated with a procedure for the patient, at least one of the injection system and the imaging system including at least one further user interface different than the user interface, and the injection system being in communication with the imaging system; provide, via the user interface, a display, the display being generated based on the procedure data; receive, via the user interface, user input; and control, based on the user input, an operation of at least one of the injection system and the imaging system.