Ge Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC

Linda Marie Kohli

Seth R Banks

David Littlejohn

Elizabeth A Kuhn

Aaron Joseph Schmidt

James Kenneth Cavanaugh

Kim Marie Ruchti

Thomas Matthew Hanson

Ianne Mae Howards Koritzinsky

Deborah Ann Babula

Leo Michael Kucek

William M Stoval

Cyrillus Tamsil Steven Kunta Hutabarat

Gregory John Derzay

David Alan Swierczek

Michael Thomas Sucheki

William Murray Stovel, Iii

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

A user interface is disclosed for interactively exchanging service data between medical diagnostic systems and remote field service facilities. The interface provides a series of user-viewable pages for the display and input of service requests, service reports, messages, protocols, and so forth. The user interface may further include on-screen input devices, such as graphical buttons, for executing service requests, accessing service messages and reports, and so forth. The user interface is uniform over a variety of system modalities, including magnetic resonance imaging systems, computed tomography systems, x-ray systems, and so forth, facilitating the exchange of service data despite differences in the modality system configurations.

Medical imaging system with integrated service interface

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Waukesha, WI, United States of America

Linda Marie Kohli