Method and apparatus for displaying medical thumbnail objects in a browsing component

A system for browsing individual medical thumbnail objects of fixed proportions, comprising:

• a processor that executes computer executable instructions;
• a monitor as a graphical user interface operable by the processor and wherein individual thumbnail objects displayed in an original size window are to be displayed in a changed size window on the monitor in a non-overlapping non-obscuring manner;
• said processor, by executing said executable instructions, performing the steps of:
• determining widow display dimensions of the original size window, determining said fixed proportions for each of the individual thumbnail objects, determining a display pattern of said thumbnail objects displayed in said original size window, determining a number of the thumbnail objects in said pattern, determining an amount of space between the individual thumbnail objects, and determining a margin between the displayed pattern and edges of the original size window;
• automatically calculating respective thumbnail object display dimensions of each of the individual thumbnail objects based on said fixed proportions of the thumbnail objects, based on said dimensions of the original size window, based on said pattern, based on said number of thumbnail objects within said pattern, based on said amount of space between the thumbnail objects, and based on said margin;
• upon receipt of a user input, scaling window display dimensions for said changed size window, automatically resizing the thumbnail objects while retaining said fixed proportions of the thumbnail objects, retaining said same display pattern, and retaining the same number of original thumbnail objects in said display pattern;
• and
• displaying, in said changed size window in said non-overlapping and non-obscured manner, the resized thumbnail objects with the same display pattern, with the same number of individual thumbnail objects in said display pattern, and with said same fixed proportions of the individual thumbnail objects.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer program code with instructions that are executable on a computer for browsing individual medical objects of fixed proportions on a monitor wherein the thumbnail objects displayed in an original size window are to be displayed in a changed size window on the monitor in a non-overlapping non-obscuring manner, the computer program code, when the storage medium is loaded in the computer, causes the computer to perform the steps of:

• determining widow display dimensions of the original size window, determining said fixed proportions for each of the individual thumbnail objects, determining a display pattern of said thumbnail objects displayed in said original size window, determining a number of the thumbnail objects in said pattern, determining an amount of space between the individual thumbnail objects, and determining a margin between the displayed pattern and edges of the original size window;
• automatically calculating respective thumbnail object display dimensions of each of the individual thumbnail objects based on said fixed proportions of the thumbnail objects, based on said dimensions of the original size window, based on said pattern, based on said number of thumbnail objects within said pattern, based on said amount of space between the thumbnail objects, and based on said margin;
• upon receipt of a user input, scaling window display dimensions for said changed size window, automatically resizing the thumbnail objects while retaining said fixed proportions of the thumbnail objects, retaining said same display pattern, and retaining the same number of original thumbnail objects in said display pattern;
• and
• displaying, in said changed size window in said non-overlapping and non-obscured manner, the resized thumbnail objects with the same display pattern, with the same number of individual thumbnail objects in said display pattern, and with said same fixed proportions of the individual thumbnail objects.