Camera view and screen scraping for information extraction from imaging scanner consoles

Abstract

An apparatus () provides remote assistance to a local operator of a medical imaging device () disposed in a medical imaging device bay () via a communication link () from a remote location () that is remote from the medical imaging device bay to the medical imaging device bay. The apparatus includes a workstation () disposed at the remote location including at least one workstation display (). At least one electronic processor () is programmed to, over the course of a medical imaging examination performed using the medical imaging device: extract successive image frames from video () or screen sharing () of a controller display (') of the medical imaging device; screen-scrape information related to the medical imaging examination from the successive image frames over the course of the medical imaging examination; maintain status information on the medical imaging examination at least in part using the screen-scraped information; and output an alert () perceptible at the remote location when the status information on the medical imaging examination satisfies an alert criterion.