Patent ID: 6322502
Filing Date: 2001-11-27
Classification: G06Q,G16H,Y10S

Abstract:
A multiple image medical information system, comprising:A. a display device responsive to display signals for generating n medical data images in an image field, where n is an integer, each of said images being in an associated one of n regions of said image field,B. a multitasking display controller for generating said display signals, including:i. data device for generating patient data representative of patient-related information, said patient data including m subsets of said patient data, where m is an integer greater than n,ii. user select device responsive to user action to select k of said m subsets of said patient data, where k is an integer greater than 1 m and less than or equal to n,iii. display signal generator responsive to said user select device for generating k of said display signals, each of said k display signals being representative of an associated one of said selected subsets of patient data and being associated with one of said regions of said image field,whereby said k medical data images corresponding to said k selected subsets of said patient data are displayed on said display devices in the respective associated regions of said image field, andwherein one of said regions associated with one of said subsets is a split-screen region having a first subregion and a second subregion, andwherein said display signal generator effects display of said subset of patient data in tabular form in said first subregion, andwherein said display signal generator is responsive to a user drag-and-drop action and a selected portion of said data in tabular form to effect a graphical display of said selected portion in said second subregion.