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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2012
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Mark Vincent Profio, Elm Grove, WI (US);
Holly Ann McDaniel, Waukesha, WI (US);
Cheryl Ruth Jones, Hubertus, WI (US);
Tabb Alan Patz, New Berlin, WI (US);
Megan Elizabeth Wimmer, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Amanda Jean Fox, Fox Point, WI (US);
Jon V. Wettersten, Chicago, IL (US);
Simon J. King, Chicago, IL (US);
Stina Maria Jonsson, Chicago, IL (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A CT user interface includes first and second displays that selectively display distinct display zones thereon. The first display includes a zone enabling the operator to create a record for each of a plurality of patients and an exam set-up and a protocol selection zone enabling the operator to select a scan protocol for performing a CT scan on a selected patient. A task list zone on the first display displays all steps and sub-steps of a CT scan for a selected patient based on the selected scan protocol, and a settings zone and a scanning zone on the first display displays and enables operator selection of a plurality of scan parameters related to the selected scan protocol. Any general user interface elements not needed for the selected scan protocol are not displayed on the first and second displays, so as to simplify the user interface for the operator.