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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2006
Method and apparatus featuring simple click style interactions according to a clinical task workflow
Raymond J.e. Habets, Eindhoven, NL;
Rutger Nijlunsing, Veldhoven, NL;
Frans A. Gerritsen, Oisterwijk, NL;
Raymond J.E. Habets, Eindhoven, NL;
Rutger Nijlunsing, Veldhoven, NL;
Frans A. Gerritsen, Oisterwijk, NL;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A computer-aided method () comprises alternating between one or more of (i) navigational tasks and (ii) measuring, qualification, and quantification tasks of a clinical task in accordance with defined simple click style user interactions. The defined simple click style user interactions are based upon a domain knowledge () that includes (i) details of an anatomy and (ii) details of a clinical measurement, quantification, or workflow of the clinical task associated with the anatomy. Responsive to execution of a simple click style user interaction within a current view (), and further in accordance with a corresponding navigational task or measuring, qualification, or quantification task, the method transitions within the clinical task and its workflow between one or more of (a) a first measurement point and a next measurement point within the current view () or (b) the current view () and a next view ().