Indication-dependent control elements
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsSusanne Bay, Christoph Braun, Hanna Köhler, Marcela De Castro Esteves
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Abstract
A method is disclosed for controlling the display of activation elements for tools for editing medical data on a user interface in a computer-based, medico-technical system. In at least one embodiment, the activation elements are displayed in an activation element area, divided into various segments, of the user interface on the basis of the medical context. The doctor is thus able to select the tools clearly on a task- or indication-specific basis without an image data area of the user interface being concealed by the activation elements.
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A method for dynamically generating a user interface in a computer-based, medico-technical system including at least one image data area for displaying medical data and at least one activation element area, divided into segments, for displaying a multiplicity of activation elements divided into groups, wherein a respective segment of the activation element area is associated with a respective group of activation elements on the basis of a configurable association mechanism, an activation element being intended for activating at least one tool associated with it, the method comprising:
- capturing medical data relating to a patient;
- determining which different tools are required for processing the captured medical data;
- and
- dynamically generating the user interface by presenting selected activation elements associated with control of the different required tools in the segment of the activation element area of the user interface associated with the selected activation elements, the division of the activation elements being based on division of the tools associated with the respective selected activation elements, the tools being divided in respect of at least one of medico-technical tasks and an indication, wherein
- the determination of the required tools is implemented by a database query in a database, wherein, in the database, a respective group of at least one of activation elements and tools has at least one associated data item from the medical data via an identifier.
A user interface (UI) controller for controlling a user interface in a computer-based, medico-technical system, the user interface including at least one image data area for displaying medical data and at least one activation element area, divided into segments, for displaying a multiplicity of activation elements divided into groups, wherein a respective segment of the activation element area is associated with a respective group of activation elements on the basis of a configurable association mechanism, with an activation element being intended for activating at least one tool associated with it, the UI controller comprising:
- a processor coupled to a memory;
- a determination module that determines which different tools are required for processing the captured data;
- and
- a presentation module that, in response to the determined tools required for processing the captured data, presents the activation elements associated with the different required tools in that segment of the activation element area in the user interface associated with these activation elements, wherein
- the division of the activation elements is based on division of the tools associated with the respective activation elements, the division of the tools being in respect of at least one of medico-technical tasks and an indication and being implemented by a directory structure in which the tools are stored, and
- the determination of the required tools is implemented by a database query in a database, wherein, in the database, a respective group of at least one of activation elements and tools has at least one associated data item from the medical data via an identifier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.