Contactless control of medical systems
AssigneeTriple Ring Technologies, Inc.
InventorsSteve Denis Burion, Henry Hong Lin Liu
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Abstract
The present invention pertains to a method and apparatus for contactless control of a medical imaging system. A medical image can be acquired and displayed, and an aspect of the image can be altered based on a tracked position of a user body part. The user can be sensed by a sensing device, and the user body part tracked by a tracking unit in a first processing unit. A second processing unit can be coupled to the first processing unit and can have a control unit for controlling the medical imaging system.
Claims20
A method of contactless control of a medical imaging system comprising:
- acquiring a medical image from said medical imaging system;
- displaying said medical image;
- tracking a first position of a first body part of a user;
- and
- altering the medical image based on said first position.
A contactless control system for a medical system comprising:
- a sensing device configured to sense a user of the medical system;
- a first processing unit coupled to said sensing device;
- a tracking unit in said first processing unit for determining a first position of a first body part of said user;
- a second processing unit coupled to said first processing unit;
- a medical system coupled to said second processing unit;
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- a control unit in said second processing unit for controlling said medical system based on said first position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.