Transparent Display Screen for Medical Image Correlation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current mobile electronic devices with transparent display screens lack functionality in correlating anatomy using electromagnetic spectrum images with non-optical images, particularly in medical imaging applications, where accuracy and depth perception are crucial.
Innovation Solution
A method and system utilizing multiple layered transparent display screens on mobile devices, incorporating 3D cameras, RF, Bluetooth, and NFC sensors, along with software algorithms, to align and overlay electromagnetic imaging data, such as X-ray and MRI images, with real-time anatomical views, enabling enhanced augmented and mixed reality visualizations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If transparent display screens are used in mobile devices, then visibility and transparency are improved, but functionality for correlating anatomical images is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The transparent display screen is designed to perform multiple functions: it serves as both a transparent viewing surface and a display medium for overlaying electromagnetic spectrum images (such as X-ray, MRI, or CT scans) onto the real-world anatomical view. This multi-functionality allows the device to maintain transparency while enabling comprehensive medical imaging correlation capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The system overlays two-dimensional electromagnetic spectrum images onto the three-dimensional real-world view through the transparent display. This dimensional integration allows medical professionals to see both the physical anatomy and the internal structures simultaneously, creating a correlated multi-dimensional view that enhances diagnostic capability.
2Adaptability or versatility
If electromagnetic spectrum images are overlaid on transparent display, then anatomical correlation capability is improved, but alignment accuracy and depth perception deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system employs feedback mechanisms where the position markers detected in the real-world view are used to dynamically adjust and refine the alignment of the overlaid electromagnetic spectrum images. This iterative alignment process ensures that the images remain accurately positioned relative to the anatomical structures even as the device moves or the anatomy shifts.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical alignment methods with automated computational algorithms that use position markers and coordinate systems to achieve precise alignment. This substitution of mechanical adjustment with computational processing significantly improves alignment accuracy and consistency.
3Measurement precision
If multiple layered transparent display screens are used, then depth perception is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The multiple layered transparent display screens create a multi-dimensional display architecture where different layers can show different electromagnetic spectrum images or different aspects of the anatomical correlation. This dimensional layering enhances depth perception and allows for more comprehensive visualization of internal structures at different depths.
Solution Approach 2:
The display system is segmented into multiple independent transparent layers, each capable of displaying specific information. This segmentation allows for optimized design of each layer and enables selective activation of different layers based on the specific imaging needs, managing complexity through modular organization.
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AI summary
Method and system form a correlated view of human or other animal anatomy using at least one transparent display screen associated with an electronic mobile device. The view relates an optical view with other electromagnetic spectrum images with a non-optical electromagnetic image of selected portions of human or other animal anatomy. At least three visible position markers associate with selected positions of a predetermined portion of human or other animal anatomy. The disclosure forms a correlated view of the predetermined portion of human or other animal anatomy by relating said at least one non-optical electromagnetic image of the at least three visible position markers with a visual image of said at least three visible position markers. The view correlates the size and dimensions of the optical view and non-optical electromagnetic image of the predetermined portion of human or other animal anatomy.