Method and program product for producing medical findings on the basis of medical image data

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Patent No.: US 8,819,583
App. No.: 12/715,721
Filed: Mar 2, 2010
Granted: Aug 26, 2014
Kind: B2
Examiner: KEATON, SHERROD L
Art Unit: 2142
USPC: 715/810

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Abstract

In order to produce a set of medical findings based on image data which has been obtained by way of different imaging methods, a plurality of image viewer programs has hitherto been required. In at least one embodiment, a viewer device is to be provided, with which different image data can be viewed and with which it is simultaneously possible to produce a set of medical findings. According to at least one embodiment of the invention, a method is provided wherein a base page and at least one content page with display elements are selected and are loaded and activated by a program.

Claims (34)

1. A method for enabling the production of medical findings on the basis of medical image data, comprising:

providing separate self-contained program code package files for a base page and at least one content page, the program code package for the base page configured to activate display elements, the at least one program code package for the content page configured to provide the display elements for the base page, such that

the display elements are activateable with the base page for generating an image display on the basis of the medical image data, and

at least one display element is provideable for the base page with the at least one content page;

providing a loader program for forming an image viewer program from the plurality of separate program code packages, the loader program for loading and activating the program code package for the base page and for loading the at least one program code package for the content page;

loading the base page and the at least one content page using the loader program; and

activating the base page.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving an input for selection by a user on the basis of the base page, and

activating at least one display element of the at least one content page depending on the selection.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving at least one input for definition of a text by a user on the basis of the base page, and

storing the defined text.

4. A method for generating a program, which enables the production of medical findings, comprising:

providing at least one program code package for a base page, the at least one program code package for the base page configured to activate display elements;

providing at least one program code package for a content page, the at least one program code package for the content page configured to provide the display elements for the base page, the at least one program code package for the base page and the at least one program code package for the content page are separate, self-contained files;

providing a program code package for a loader program for loading and activating the at least one program code package for the base page and for loading the at least one program code package for the content page, the loader program being configured to form an image viewer program from the at least one program code package for the base page and the at least one program code package for the content page;

combining the at least one program code package for the base page, the at least one program code package for the content page and the program code package for the loader program in a computer readable form on at least one data medium of a data processing installation; and

selecting the base page and the at least one content page.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the selection is passed by way of a file in an XML format to the loader program for loading and activation.

6. The method as claimed in claim 4 , wherein for the at least one program code package for the content page, in addition, separate program code for processing data for an image display is provided, depending on a user input.

7. The method as claimed in claim 4 , wherein for the at least one program code package for the base page, in addition, separate program code for loading data to be used for an image display is provided.

8. The method as claimed in claim 4 , wherein for the at least one program code package for the base page, in addition, program code is provided, through which a position of activated display elements on at least one screen is defined depending on a user selection.

9. A computer program product having at least one non-transitory computer readable data medium, whereby at least the following are stored on the at least one non-transitory computer readable data medium:

a program code unit configured to load and to activate program code for at least one base page and also to load program code for at least one content page;

a program code unit configured to provide the at least one base page; and

a program code unit configured to provide the at least one content page, the program code unit for the base page configured to activate display elements, the at least one program code unit for the content page configured to provide the display elements for the base page, wherein the program code unit of the at least one base page and the program code unit of the at least one content page are each provided as a separate self-contained file and wherein the program code unit configured to load and activate the base page is configured to form an image viewer program from the separate program code units of one of said the at least one base page and from the at least one content page.

10. The method as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising:

receiving at least one input for definition of a text by a user on the basis of the base page, and

storing the defined text.

11. The method as claimed in claim 5 , wherein for the at least one program code package for the content page, in addition, separate program code for processing data for an image display is provided, depending on a user input.

12. A non-transitory computer readable medium including program segments for, when executed on a computer device, causing the computer device to implement the method of claim 1 .

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the program code package file for the base page and the program code package file for the content page include a front end and a back end, the front end of the program code package file for the base page being linked to the front end of the program code package file for the content page and the back end of the program code package file for the base page being linked to the back end of the program code package file for the content page.

14. The method of claim 4 , wherein each of the at least one program code package for the base page and the at least one program code package for the content page include a front end and a back end, the front end of the at least one program code package for the base page being linked to the front end of the at least one program code package for the content page and the back end of the at least one program code package for the base page being linked to the back end of the at least one program code package for the content page.