Multi-modality medical image viewing

US8971986B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8971986-B2
Application numberUS-201213593552-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateAug 24, 2012
Priority dateJun 14, 2006
Publication dateMar 3, 2015
Grant dateMar 3, 2015

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A medical imaging system ( 10 ) comprises one or more displays ( 66 ). A viewer device ( 86 ) generates an interactive user interface screen ( 80 ) on the display ( 66 ), which viewer device ( 86 ) enables a user to simultaneously inspect selected image data of multiple patients or multiple images.

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Having thus described the preferred embodiments, the invention is now claimed to be: 1. A medical imaging system comprising: one or more displays; a viewer device configured to generate an interactive user interface screen on the one or more displays, which viewer device enables a user to simultaneously inspect selected image data of multiple patients or multiple images; and a registration device configured to: select image data and identify a global reference image having a…

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What does patent US8971986B2 cover?
A medical imaging system ( 10 ) comprises one or more displays ( 66 ). A viewer device ( 86 ) generates an interactive user interface screen ( 80 ) on the display ( 66 ), which viewer device ( 86 ) enables a user to simultaneously inspect selected image data of multiple patients or multiple images.
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Zhu Yang-Ming, Wu Xiangyu, Nortmann Charles A, and 8 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06F19/321. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Mar 03 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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