Dual display CT scanner user interface

US9078565B2 · 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: Jul 14, 2015
• Expiry date: May 18, 2033

Classification

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

Abstract

A user interface for a CT imaging system is disclosed. The user interface includes a first display configured to enable an operator to perform set-up and scanning tasks associated with performing a CT exam on one or more patients, with the set-up and scanning tasks including acquiring and verifying scan image data. The user interface also includes a second display configured to enable the operator to perform image post-processing tasks associated with the CT exams on the one or more patients, with the image post-processing tasks including performing image reconstructions and reformats. Each of the first display and the second display are operable independent from one another to provide for parallel workflows between the first display and second display and between the patient set-up and scanning tasks and the post-processing tasks.