Ge Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC

General Electric Company Medical Systems

Elizabeth A Kuhn

Seth R Banks

David Littlejohn

Linda Marie Kohli

Kim Marie Ruchti

Thomas Matthew Hanson

Aaron Joseph Schmidt

James Kenneth Cavanaugh

William M Stoval

Stephen G Hushek

Michael R Figueira

William Murray Stovel, Iii

Carl S Winalski

A universal interface apparatus for use with any of several different imaging systems for facilitating a plurality of different imaging modalities, the interface including at least function icons in a function navigation space and a workspace, each of the function icons corresponding to a process which is common among all of the imaging modalities, the interface also accessing data tables corresponding to specific workflow protocols for medical facility radiologists and/or for a medical facility in general, the tables identifying function icons and other icons for guiding a technologist through a properly orchestrated imaging process.

Multiple modality interface for imaging systems

An imaging system coupled to a network, the network coupling imaging devices of at least first and second different imaging modalities, each modality including functions which are common to each of the first and second modalities, includes an imaging device, a network coupling the imaging device to a remote facility, an interface associated with the imaging device, and a pointing device for moving a pointer icon about the display and for selecting displayed icons. The network provides the imaging device with remote services from the remote facility. The interface includes a display and a programmed data processor for providing a uniform interface image on the display despite the specific modality. The uniform interface image includes a function navigation space including function icons corresponding to procedures which are common to both the first and second imaging modalities and a workspace adjacent the function navigation space for displaying, analyzing and manipulating images of a type consistent with the specific modality. When an icon is selected, the processor correlates the selected icon with a corresponding command and executes the command.

Multiple modality interface for imaging systems including remote services over a network

MRI images are acquired as the patient moves a joint through a range of motion. The angle of joined limbs is measured during the scan, and the measured angles are attached to corresponding images for display therewith. In one embodiment the angles are measured using interleaved navigator acquisitions from which limb orientation can be determined.

Method for measuring and adding limb angle indicia to MR images

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Wauwatosa, WI, United States of America

Elizabeth A Kuhn