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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 25, 1998
Seth R. Banks, Milwaukee, WI (US);
James K. Cavanaugh, Chesterton, IN (US);
Thomas M. Hanson, Waukesha, WI (US);
Linda M. Kohli, Waukesha, WI (US);
Elizabeth A. Kuhn, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
David A. Littlejohn, Wales, WI (US);
Kim M. Ruchti, Brookfield, WI (US);
Aaron J. Schmidt, Wales, WI (US);
William M. Stoval, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC, Waukesha, WI (US);
Abstract
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.