Timeline Screen Segmentation for Radiological Interpretation Requests
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Current remote radiological interpretation systems face challenges in visually distinguishing between radiological interpretation request information and result information, leading to user confusion when displaying a patient's medical history in a timeline format.
Innovation Solution
A system is developed that separates radiological interpretation request information and result information on a timeline screen using distinct display areas, with the request information displayed on one side and the interpretation result information on the other, both aligned along a timeline axis based on time-and-date information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If radiological interpretation request information and result information are displayed in a mixed manner on a timeline screen, then the system can display all medical events in a unified timeline format, but the user experience deteriorates due to visual confusion and difficulty in distinguishing between request and result information
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the timeline screen into distinct display regions: a first display region for radiological interpretation request information and a second display region for radiological interpretation result information. This segmentation allows both types of information to coexist in a unified timeline view while maintaining clear visual distinction, preventing user confusion about whether an event represents a request or a result
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies different display characteristics to different regions of the timeline screen. Request information and result information are presented with distinct visual properties (such as different icons, colors, or positioning relative to the timeline axis), allowing users to quickly identify the nature of each event without mixing up requests and results
2Reliability
If a unified timeline display method is applied to remote radiological interpretation systems, then the system can visualize patient medical history in chronological order, but the display quality deteriorates due to visual confusion from mixing request and result information
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the timeline display into separate regions for request information and result information, ensuring that each type of medical event is visually distinct. This maintains the reliability of medical history visualization by preventing misinterpretation of events while preserving the chronological organization that makes the timeline easy to understand
3Loss of information
If all radiological interpretation information is displayed together on a single timeline, then the completeness of medical history information is improved, but the visual clarity deteriorates due to mixing of different information types
Solution Approach 1:
The patent displays all radiological interpretation information (both requests and results) on a single timeline to maintain completeness, while simultaneously segmenting the display into separate regions for requests and results. This allows users to view the complete medical history chronologically while maintaining visual clarity through distinct regional presentation
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the display of request information and result information into a unified timeline view, ensuring all medical events are visible in chronological order. By combining these information types in a single coordinated display with clear segmentation, the system achieves both completeness and visual clarity
Data Source
AI summary
Display control is performed for generation of a timeline screen in such a way that requester-side event information corresponding to request information is to be displayed at one of display areas separated from each other by a timeline axis on the timeline screen and that interpreter-side event information corresponding to radiological interpretation result information is to be displayed at the other of the display areas on the timeline screen, wherein the timeline axis is generated on the basis of time-and-date information of the request information and of the radiological interpretation result information determined on the basis of patient information.