Method and apparatus for user preferences configuring in an image handling system
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsAlpesh P. Patel, Roland Lamer
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Abstract
An image handling system configured to provide configurable user preferences is disclosed herein. The image handling system includes an imaging device, an image manager, and an image workstation. The system is configured to permit a user of the image workstation to specify user preferences of a graphical user interface (GUI). The user preferences are stored in the image manager such that subsequent access to the image workstation using a user identifier causes the image workstation to automatically retrieve and configure the user preferences on that image workstation.
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A method of providing a customized set of tools represented by icons in an image handling system, comprising:
- receiving a selection of at least one tool represented by an icon, the at least one tool relating to access and navigation of information available in the image handling system;
- storing the selection of the at least one tool in the customized set of tools in an image manager, wherein the customized set of tools is associated with a user identifier;
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- configuring an image workstation with the customized set of tools, the customized set of tools being selectively retrieved from the image manager in response to the user identifier being provided to the image workstation, wherein the customized set of tools is a subset of default commands for the image workstation, and wherein configuring the image workstation includes displaying at least one icon representative of the at least one tool at the image workstation.
A medical image handling system, comprising:
- a medical imaging device configured to generate an image data set representative of a medical image;
- an image manager coupled to the medical imaging device and configured to store a customized set of tools including a selection of at least one tool represented by an icon and the image data set, wherein the customized set of tools is associated with a user identifier;
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- an image workstation coupled to the image manager and including a graphical user interface (GUI), wherein the image workstation is configured to permit a user to select an interface tool from the GUI and store the selected interface tool in a customized set of tools in the image manager, and to retrieve the customized set of tools from the image manager for presentation on the image workstation as at least one icon when the user identifier is provided to the image workstation in a subsequent session on the image workstation.
An image handling system, comprising:
- means for acquiring an image of a subject of interest;
- means for representing the image in an image data set;
- means for receiving a customized set of tools including a selection of at least one tool represented by an icon from a graphical user interface (GUI);
- means for storing the customized set of tools communicated by an image workstation and the image data set communicated by the means for acquiring and representing, wherein the means for storing is coupled to the means for acquiring and representing;
- means for selectively retrieving the customized set of tools and the image data set from the means for storing, wherein the image workstation automatically configures the GUI to incorporate the customized set of tools based in part on a user identifier information inputted to the image workstation, and wherein the customized set of tools comprises interface tools selected by a user relating to access and navigation within the image workstation;
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- means for displaying at least one icon representative of the customized set of tools at the image workstation.
A graphical user interface (GUI) for an image handling system, the image handling system including a workstation, the GUI comprising:
- a first interface tool configured by a user of the image handling system to access data on the workstation;
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- a second interface tool configured by the user of the image handling system to navigate data on the workstation, wherein each of the first and second interface tools permits the user to access or navigate the data, respectively, without using a default access or navigation tool included in the GUI, the data being selected from a group including patient information and patient images, at least one of the first interface tool and the second interface tool being displayed as an icon on the workstation, and at least one of the first interface tool and the second interface tool being associated with a user identifier information.
A method for configuring a graphical user interface (GUI) for a medical image handling system, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving an operator selection of an interface command from the GUI;
- storing the interface command;
- retrieving the interface command in accordance with a user identifier associated with the selected interface command;
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- customizing the GUI with the interface command, wherein the customizing step includes displaying an icon representative of the selected interface command on the GUI.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.