Anatomic triangulation
AssigneeIntuitive Software, Inc.
InventorJ. Martin Pfaff
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Abstract
A method for providing image correlation between the images displayed on a PACS system, the method including the steps of: displaying a first image from a first stack of images and a second image from a second stack of images, each stack of images belonging to a different series of image captures for a subject from a particular orientation; determining a spatial location of each image in the first and second stacks of images; receiving a selection signal for an image in the first stack of images; determining a corresponding image in the second stack of images based on the selection signal and the spatial location of the corresponding image; and, displaying the corresponding image. An apparatus for displaying correlated images based on anatomic triangulation.
Claims23
A method comprising the steps of:
- displaying a first image from a first stack of images and a second image from a second stack of images, each stack of images belonging to a different series of image captures for a subject from a particular orientation;
- determining a spatial location of each image in the first and second stacks of images;
- receiving a selection signal for an image in the first stack of images;
- determining a corresponding image in the second stack of images based on the selection signal and the spatial location of the corresponding image;
- and,
- displaying the corresponding image.
A display system comprising:
- a display;
- a processor coupled to the display;
- and
- a memory coupled to the processor and configured to cause the processor to:
- display an image from a first series of images for a subject in a first orientation on the display;
- receive a selection signal directed to the image;
- and,
- display a corresponding image from a second series of images for the subject in a second orientation on the display based on the selection signal.
A computer usable medium having a computer readable program code contained therein, the computer readable program code comprising:
- computer readable code for displaying a first and second stacks of images, each stack of images belonging to a different series of image for a subject from a particular orientation;
- computer readable code for determining a spatial location of each image in the first and second stacks of images;
- computer readable code for receiving a selection signal for an image in the first stack of images;
- computer readable code for determining a corresponding image in the second stack of images based on the selection signal and the spatial location of the corresponding image;
- and,
- computer readable code for displaying the corresponding image.
An apparatus comprising:
- means for displaying a first image from a first stack of images and a second image from a second stack of images, each stack of images belonging to a different series of image captures for a subject from a particular orientation;
- means for determining a spatial location of each image in the first and second stacks of images;
- means for receiving a selection signal for an image in the first stack of images;
- means for determining a corresponding image in the second stack of images based on the selection signal and the spatial location of the corresponding image;
- and,
- means for displaying the corresponding image.
A method for displaying digital images on a PACS system, the images being correlated to each other, the method comprising anatomically triangulating between the images.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.