# US 2014/0155728 A1 · Control apparatus operatively coupled with medical imaging apparatus and medical imaging apparatus having the same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0155728 A1 - Document ID: US20140155728A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/095,133 - Filed: 2013-12-03 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2012-12-03 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. - Inventors: Jong Kee LEE; Na Ri KIM; Olivia LEE; Ja Youn LEE; Yun Su KIM - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140155728A1 ## CPC - A61B 6/54: {Control of apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis} - A61B 5/055: involving electronic [EMR] or nuclear [NMR] magnetic resonance, e.g. magnetic resonance imaging - A61B 5/704: {Tables} - A61B 5/7445: {Display arrangements, e.g. multiple display units} - A61B 5/7475: {User input or interface means, e.g. keyboard, pointing device, joystick} - A61B 5/748: {Selection of a region of interest, e.g. using a graphics tablet} - A61B 6/462: {characterised by constructional features of the display} - A61B 6/467: {characterised by special input means} - A61B 6/548: {Remote control of the apparatus or devices} - G01R 33/283: {Intercom or optical viewing arrangements, structurally associated with NMR apparatus} - G01R 33/546: {Interface between the MR system and the user, e.g. for controlling the operation of the MR system or for the design of pulse sequences} - A61B 6/032: {Transmission computed tomography [CT]} - A61B 6/0407: {Supports, e.g. tables or beds, for the body or parts of the body} - A61B 6/469: {for selecting a region of interest [ROI]} - A61B 6/56: {Details of data transmission or power supply, e.g. use of slip rings} - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) - G01R: MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES (indicating correct tuning of resonant circuits H03J3/12) ## Abstract The medical imaging apparatus includes a scanner configured to scan the object to image the internal area of the object; a patient table configured to convey the object to the scanner; an imager which is mounted on the scanner and configured to capture an image of the object on the patient table; and a mobile display device configured to display the image of the object captured by the imager. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A medical imaging apparatus to image an internal area of an object, the apparatus comprising: a scanner configured to scan the object to image the internal area of the object; a patient table configured to convey the object to the scanner; an imager which is mounted on the scanner and configured to capture an image of the object on the patient table; and a mobile display device configured to display the image of the object captured by the imager. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The medical imaging apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an input device coupled with the mobile display device by wire or wirelessly. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The medical imaging apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a controller to control the patient table, the controller being operatively coupled with the mobile display device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The medical imaging apparatus according to claim 3, wherein, when a control command signal for a movement of the patient table is transferred from the input device, the mobile display device transmits the transferred control command signal to the controller. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The medical imaging apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the controller controls the patient table so that the patient table is moved in response to the control command signal. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The medical imaging apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the input device comprises a jog shuttle moved forward or backward by an external force and then returning to an original position thereof. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The medical imaging apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the jog shuttle inputs a control command for the movement of the patient table, wherein the controller controls the patient table so that a movement direction of the patient table coincides with a movement direction of the jog shuttle. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The medical imaging apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the controller controls the patient table so that the patient table is moved to a preset scan position at once, when the jog shuttle is moved forward to the end. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The medical imaging apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the controller controls the patient table so that the patient table is moved to a preset home position at once, when the jog shuttle is moved backward to the end. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The medical imaging apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the controller controls the patient table so that the patient table is laterally set to align a center of the object with a center of the scanner, when the jog shuttle is pressed down. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The medical imaging apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the controller sets and stores the scan position by scan regions of the object. ### Claim 12 (depends on 5) The medical imaging apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the input device comprises a touch panel. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The medical imaging apparatus according to claim 12, wherein, when a drag signal from one point of a predefined area of the touch panel to another point of the predefined area is input, the controller controls the patient table so that the patient table is moved in a direction corresponding to a direction from the one point to the another point. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The medical imaging apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the controller controls the patient table so that the patient table is moved by an amount corresponding to a distance between the one point and the another point. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The medical imaging apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the touch panel comprises at least one input unit to input a control command, the input unit being settable and changeable by a user. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The medical imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the imager comprises a wide-angle camera or a face-tracking camera. ### Claim 17 (depends on 2) The medical imaging apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the mobile display device comprises: a display configured to recognize a touch signal; and a mobile controller configured to control the display or the imager. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The medical imaging apparatus according to claim 17, wherein, when a user selection for a region of interest (ROI) of the object is input through the display, the mobile controller controls the imager to zoom in the ROI. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The medical imaging apparatus according to claim 18, wherein, when a drag signal corresponding to a predefined shape is input through the display, the mobile controller controls the imager to zoom in on a center of an area corresponding to the drag signal by a preset magnification. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The medical imaging apparatus according to claim 18, wherein, when a touch signal on one point is input through the display, the mobile controller controls the imager to zoom in centering on the one point by a preset magnification. ### Claim 21 (depends on 17) The medical imaging apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the mobile controller controls the display to display a language selection menu for providing of a breathing guide to the object, and provides the breathing guide in a language selected through the display. ### Claim 22 (depends on 17) The medical imaging apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the mobile controller recognizes a motion of the object from the image of the object captured by the imager. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) The medical imaging apparatus according to claim 22, wherein the mobile controller outputs a warning visually or audibly upon recognizing the motion of the object. ### Claim 24 (depends on 17) The medical imaging apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the mobile controller controls the display to display a blind control menu for control of blinds disposed between a scan room in which the scanner is located and a control room in which the mobile display device is located, and controls the blinds to move down or up in response to a control command for the blinds input through the display or the input device docked with the mobile display device. ### Claim 25 (depends on 3) The medical imaging apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the controller controls a scan operation performed by the scanner. ### Claim 26 (depends on 25) The medical imaging apparatus according to claim 25, wherein the input device comprises: a scan start key configured to input a command for start of the scan operation of the scanner; and a scan stop key configured to input a command for stop of the scan operation of the scanner. ### Claim 27 (depends on 26) The medical imaging apparatus according to claim 26, wherein the mobile display device transmits a control command signal corresponding to the start of the scan operation to the controller when the command for the start of the scan operation is input from the input device. ### Claim 28 (depends on 27) The medical imaging apparatus according to claim 27, wherein the mobile display device transmits a control command signal corresponding to the stop of the scan operation to the controller when the command for the stop of the scan operation is input from the input device. ### Claim 29 (depends on 2) The medical imaging apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the mobile display device comprises: a display configured to display the image of the object; and a mobile controller configured to control the display. ### Claim 30 (depends on 29) The medical imaging apparatus according to claim 29, wherein the mobile controller controls the display to display the image of the object or a breathing guide image to be provided to the object in a state in which the mobile display device and the input device are undocked from each other. ### Claim 31 (depends on 30) The medical imaging apparatus according to claim 30, wherein the mobile controller controls the display to display a mode selection menu when the mobile display device and the input device are docked with each other. ### Claim 32 (depends on 30) The medical imaging apparatus according to claim 30, wherein the mobile controller makes a change to a table control mode when the mobile display device and the input device are docked with each other in a state in which the image of the object is displayed on the display. ### Claim 33 (depends on 30) The medical imaging apparatus according to claim 30, wherein the mobile controller controls the display to display the image of the object when the mobile display device and the input device are docked with each other in a state in which the breathing guide image is displayed on the display. ### Claim 34 A medical imaging apparatus to image an internal area of an object, the apparatus comprising: a scanner which is located in a scan room and configured to scan the object to image the internal area of the object; a patient table configured to convey the object to the scanner; an imager which installed in the scan room and configured to capture an image of the object; and a mobile display device configured to display the image of the object captured by the imager. ### Claim 35 (depends on 34) The medical imaging apparatus according to claim 34, further comprising an input device coupled with the mobile display device by wire or wirelessly. ### Claim 36 (depends on 34) The medical imaging apparatus according to claim 34, wherein the mobile display device comprises: a display configured to display the image of the object; and a mobile controller configured to control the display. ### Claim 37 (depends on 36) The medical imaging apparatus according to claim 36, wherein the mobile controller controls the display to display a mode selection menu on one side of the display. ### Claim 38 (depends on 37) The medical imaging apparatus according to claim 37, wherein the mobile controller makes a change to a mode in the displayed mode selection menu when a user selection for the mode is input. ### Claim 39 A control apparatus operatively coupled with a medical imaging apparatus which includes a patient table to convey an object, and an imager to capture an image of the object, the control apparatus comprising: a mobile display device configured to display the image of the object captured by the imager; and an input device coupled with the mobile display device by wire or wirelessly. ### Claim 40 (depends on 39) The control apparatus according to claim 39, wherein the mobile display device outputs a control command signal for a movement of the patient table transferred from the input device to the medical imaging apparatus. ### Claim 41 (depends on 40) The control apparatus according to claim 40, wherein the mobile display device converts a format of the control command signal into a format transmittable to the medical imaging apparatus and outputs a format-converted control command signal to the medical imaging apparatus. ### Claim 42 (depends on 40) The control apparatus according to claim 40, wherein the input device comprises a jog shuttle moved forward or backward by an external force and then returning to an original position thereof. ### Claim 43 (depends on 42) The control apparatus according to claim 42, wherein the jog shuttle inputs a control command for the movement of the patient table, wherein the mobile display device outputs the control command signal to move the patient table based on a movement direction of the jog shuttle. ### Claim 44 (depends on 40) The control apparatus according to claim 40, wherein the input device comprises a touch panel. ### Claim 45 (depends on 44) The control apparatus according to claim 44, wherein, when a drag signal from one point of a predefined area of the touch panel to another point of the predefined area is input, the mobile display device outputs the control command signal to move the patient table in a direction corresponding to a direction from the one point to the another point. ### Claim 46 (depends on 44) The control apparatus according to claim 44, wherein the touch panel comprises at least one input unit to input a control command, the input unit being settable and changeable by a user. ### Claim 47 (depends on 39) The control apparatus according to claim 39, wherein the mobile display device comprises: a display configured to recognize a touch signal; and a mobile controller configured to control the display. ### Claim 48 (depends on 47) The control apparatus according to claim 47, wherein, when a user selection for a region of interest (ROI) of the object is input through the display, the mobile controller controls the imager to zoom in the ROI. ### Claim 49 (depends on 47) The control apparatus according to claim 47, wherein, when a drag signal corresponding to a predefined shape is input through the display, the mobile controller controls the imager to zoom in on a center of an area corresponding to the drag signal by a preset magnification. ### Claim 50 (depends on 47) The control apparatus according to claim 47, wherein, when a touch signal on one point is input through the display, the mobile controller controls the imager to zoom in centering on the one point by a preset magnification. ### Claim 51 (depends on 47) The control apparatus according to claim 47, wherein the mobile controller controls the display to display a language selection menu for providing of a breathing guide to the object, and provides the breathing guide in a language selected through the display. ### Claim 52 (depends on 47) The control apparatus according to claim 47, wherein the mobile controller recognizes a motion of the object from the image of the object captured by the imager. ### Claim 53 (depends on 52) The control apparatus according to claim 52, wherein the mobile controller outputs a warning visually or audibly upon recognizing the motion of the object. ### Claim 54 (depends on 47) The control apparatus according to claim 47, wherein the mobile controller controls the display to display a blind control menu for control of blinds disposed between a scan room in which a scanner is located and a control room in which the mobile display device is located, and controls the blinds to move down or up in response to a control command for the blinds input through the display or the input device docked with the mobile display device.