Medical imaging device having a movable patient couch and a touch-sensitive and force-sensitive interface for controlling the movable patient couch, and method for operating a medical imaging device
AssigneeSiemens Healthcare GmbH
InventorsPhilipp Hoecht, Felix Wolf
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Abstract
A medical imaging device, such as a computed tomography device and/or a magnetic resonance device, includes at least one movable component. The at least one movable component can include a patient couch, and the medical image device can further include an operating device for controlling the operation of the at least one component. The operating device can include a touch-sensitive and force-sensitive interface (e.g. touchscreen display) having at least one touch sensor and at least one force sensor that measure the strength of a touch.
Claims19
A medical imaging device, comprising:
- a movable patient couch;
- a controller;
- and
- an operating interface assigned to the controller and configured to control an operation of the movable patient couch, wherein the operating interface includes a touch-sensitive and force-sensitive interface having at least one touch sensor and at least one force sensor configured to measure a strength of a touch.
A method for operating a medical imaging device having a movable component and a touch-sensitive and force-sensitive touchscreen display configured to control an operation of the movable component, the method comprising:
- measuring, using at least one touch sensor and at least one force sensor of the touch-sensitive and force-sensitive touchscreen display, a strength of a touch input on the touch-sensitive and force-sensitive touchscreen display;
- and
- controlling a movement of the movable component based on the measuring.
The method as claimed in 16, wherein the movable component is a patient couch, a light, an imaging device, or an air conditioner.
The method as claimed in 16, wherein the medical imaging device is a computed tomography device and/or a magnetic resonance device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.