General Electric Company

Ge Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC

William James Balloni

Josef P Debbins

Richard J Prorok

Paul Edgar Licato

Robert H Haworth

Mark T Radick

Kristine Gould

Bipin Salunkhe

Jamon Lewis

Yawar Murad

Graeme Colin McKinnon

Lawrence E Ploetz

Bo Pettersson

Monitoring system configured to provide a health chart on an operator display. The health chart includes a plurality of indicators that identify patient parameters. The plurality of indicators form a column that extends parallel to a first axis. The health chart also includes linear projections that are aligned with respective indicators and extend parallel to a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis. The linear projections represent values of the patient parameters that correspond to the respective indicators. The values are determined by the physiological data obtained from corresponding sensors. The patient monitoring system is configured to determine lengths of the linear projections based on the physiological data. The lengths extend from proximal ends of the linear projections to distal ends of the linear projections. The distal ends move parallel to the second axis toward or away from the respective indicators to change the length.

Monitoring systems and methods for monitoring a condition of a patient

A method of acquiring a graphic prescription from an operator of an imaging device comprises displaying a first two-dimensional view of a first localizer image and a second two-dimensional view of a second localizer image, and displaying a three-dimensional view of the first and second localizer images. The first and second two-dimensional views of the first and second localizer images are displayed in first and second viewing regions of a graphic prescription interface. The three-dimensional view shows the first and second localizer images relative to each other in overlapping fashion in a common viewing region of the graphic prescription interface. The method also allows a previous prescription to be displayed as a cross reference, and allows a prescription to fallback to any localizer image in a sequence of localizer images.

Multi-plane graphic prescription interface and method

A method and apparatus for providing a &ldquo;just-in-time&rdquo; localizer image of an object of interest from which a high resolution image can be based is disclosed herein. The &ldquo;just-in-time&rdquo; localizer image is acquired based on at least one of a default localizer image of the object of interest, a precursor image of the object of interest, and a representation of a three-dimensional volume data set associated with the object of interest. The &ldquo;just-in-time&rdquo; localizer image and the high resolution image are prescribed, acquired, and displayed within a single graphical prescription environment.

Apparatus and method for just-in-time localization image acquisition

A medical imaging system includes a workstation for receiving operator inputs that prescribe a scan and a plurality of servers which control the acquisition of image data and the reconstruction of prescribed images. Tag routers in the workstation and each server enable data in the form of tagged data objects to be exchanged during performance of a scan.

Data transfer system in multi-server medical imaging systems

A magnetic resonance (MR) imaging system equipped with real-time imaging capability and methods of interactively prescribing geometry to excitation profiles of structure of interest, are disclosed herein. The MR imaging system includes a graphical user interface for displaying and receiving prescription commands, a display screen for displaying MR images and the graphical user interface, and an input device for inputting prescription commands. The MR imaging system allows an operator to prescribe the boundary geometry of a subsequent imaging volume and to rapidly view the prescribed boundary imaging sections prior to committing to the subsequent imaging volume acquisition. The MR imaging system also allows the operator to retrieve boundary geometry of a previously prescribed imaging volume and to rapidly view the imaging sections corresponding to the retrieved boundary geometry prior to initiating the image volume acquisition.

MR imaging system with interactive MR geometry prescription control

A method for prescribing geometry of an imaging volume of a structure of interest positioned in a magnetic resonance (MR) imaging system. The method includes (a) establishing a communication connection over a network between the MR imaging system and a remote facility to provide remote services to the MR imaging systems; (b) selecting a first boundary plane of the structure of interest, wherein the first boundary plane is prescribed by a first imaging section of the structure of interest; (c) determining a first geometry information corresponding to the first imaging section of the structure of interest; (d) storing the first geometry information in the MR imaging system; (e) selecting a second boundary plane of the structure of interest, wherein the second boundary plane is prescribed by a first imaging section of the structure of interest; (f) determining the second geometry information corresponding to the second imaging section of the structure of interest; (g) storing the second geometry information in the MR imaging system; and (h) applying the first and second geometry information of the first and second imaging sections, respectively, to prescribe a boundary geometry defining a subsequent imaging volume of the structure of interest. At least one of steps (b) through (h) is done remotely.

MR imaging system with interactive MR geometry prescription control over a network

A medical imaging system includes a workstation for receiving operator inputs that prescribe a scan and a plurality of servers which control the acquisition of image data and the reconstruction of prescribed images. The workstation is programmed in Java&trade; to produce scan descriptions that are downloaded to the servers prior to run time using a serialization mechanism.

System architecture for medical imaging systems

A method and apparatus for producing an imaging plane on a primary, real-time image of a structure positioned in a MRI system having a display screen and an input device. An operator interactively acquires the primary, real-time image of a planar section of the structure of interest, such as an anatomical structure. Using an input device, the operator initiates the acquisition of a first localizer data set from the same orientation as the primary, real-time image of the structure under study. The present invention then acquires such data as a first localizer image and displays such image along side the primary, real-time image on a display screen of the MRI system. The present invention then acquires a second and third localizer data sets which are orthogonal to the primary, real-time image and to each other and generating and displaying said second and third localizer image. All three localizer images are displayed in three separate displays along side the primary, real-time image of the structure of interest with each localizer image having a graphic cross-reference, typically a line, which depicts the intersection of the primary, real-time image in each of the mutually orthogonal localizer images. The operator of the present invention may then see the relative position of the primary, real-time image plane of the structure of interest relative to the mutually orthogonal views of such structure of interest.

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William James Balloni