Dual display CT scanner user interface

US9078566B2 · 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 G): Physics
• CPC primary: G09G5/00
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A CT user interface includes first and second displays that enable an operator to perform set-up and scanning tasks associated with performing CT scans and enable the operator to perform image post-processing tasks associated with the CT scans. A plurality of distinct display zones are selectively displayed on the first and second displays, with the first display displaying a zone enabling the operator to create a record for each of a plurality of patients, a task list zone displaying all steps and sub-steps of a CT scan to be performed for a selected patient based on a selected scan protocol, a settings zone and a scanning zone displaying and enabling operator selection of scan parameters related to the selected scan protocol for the selected patient, and a dose area zone displaying a relationship between the selected scan parameters and a radiation dosage experienced by the patient based thereon.