Patent ID: 8677282

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for presenting image slices in a windowing environment by using multi-touch user input to identify an image viewing command and a mode thereof, the image slices generated by an imaging system, the method comprising: providing a series of image slices including a first image slice representing a view of an object; receiving multi-touch user input including at least one of a stationary digit and a gesture including one or more moving digits; programmatically identifying an image viewing command from a plurality of distinct image viewing commands, upon determining that the gesture matches a first predefined gesture of a plurality of distinct predefined gestures, each predefined gesture corresponding to a distinct image viewing command of the plurality of distinct image viewing commands, the image viewing command having a plurality of distinct modes of operation, wherein each mode is identified based on at least one of a distinct stationary digit position and a distinct count of moving digits represented in the gesture, wherein each stationary digit position represents the same digit and is measured relative to the gesture; and performing, by operation of one or more computer processors, the identified image viewing command on the first image slice of the series in the identified mode, to generate a graphical output to display responsive to the received multi-touch user input.