Patent ID: 7574371
Filing Date: 2009-08-11
Classification: A61B,G16H

Abstract:
1. A computerized medical imaging examination management system allowing a central operator to monitor and control a predetermined number of medical examination imaging instruments in real time, comprising: a central computer system comprising a data processor; a predetermined number of data interfaces each operatively coupled to the data processor and each data interface is configured to receive data from a respective medical examination imaging instrument in real time, wherein each imaging instrument is located at a different remote patient site and configured for displaying imaging data on a local monitor allowing a local operator to monitor the imaging instrument at a patient site during a patient's examination; a display unit operatively coupled to the data processor and configured to represent each local monitor simultaneously, wherein the display unit is further configured to display the imaging data in the same way as the respective local monitor, wherein a number of represented local monitors corresponds to the predetermined number of imaging instruments, and wherein the simultaneous representations of local monitors on the display unit allow the central operator to monitor and control the imaging instruments during patient examinations; and an input unit operatively coupled to the data processor and configured to allow the central operator to select an imaging instrument from the imaging instruments represented on the display unit, and to generate a control code for the selected imaging instrument, when a control instruction for actively controlling the selected imaging instrument is entered by the central operator through the input unit to enable active intervention in real time by the central operator during a patient's imaging examination, wherein the data interface automatically forwards the control code to the selected imaging instrument.