Dual display CT scanner user interface

US9025728B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• General Electric Company · US

Inventors

• Mark Vincent Profio · Elm Grove, US
• Holly Ann McDaniel · Waukesha, US
• Cheryl Ruth Jones · Richfield, US
• Tabb Alan Patz · New Berlin, US
• Megan Wimmer · Milwaukee, US
• Amanda Jean Fox · Glendale, US
• Jon V. Wettersten · Chicago, US
• Simon J. King · Chicago, US
• Stina Maria Jonsson · Chicago, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 4, 2012
• Grant date: May 5, 2015
• Expiry date: May 17, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B6/541
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A CT user interface includes first and second displays that selectively display distinct display zones thereon. The first display includes a zone enabling the operator to create a record for each of a plurality of patients and an exam set-up and a protocol selection zone enabling the operator to select a scan protocol for performing a CT scan on a selected patient. A task list zone on the first display displays all steps and sub-steps of a CT scan for a selected patient based on the selected scan protocol, and a settings zone and a scanning zone on the first display displays and enables operator selection of a plurality of scan parameters related to the selected scan protocol. Any general user interface elements not needed for the selected scan protocol are not displayed on the first and second displays, so as to simplify the user interface for the operator.