System and method for selection of points of interest during quantitative analysis using a touch screen display

1. A system for selecting points of interest on an anatomical image, the system comprising:

a main image display;

a touch-screen display presenting one or more user selectable thumbnail images of images presented in the main image display enabling a user to select an image displayed in the main image display for concurrent display on the touch-screen display;

a processing unit; and

a network configured to interface the main image display with the processing unit and configured to interface the touch-screen display with the processing unit,

wherein the system is configured such that an image displayed on the main display is concurrently displayed on the touch-screen display via the processing unit interfacing the main image display with the touch-screen display through the network,

wherein the system is configured such that the touch-screen display and the main image display concurrently display anatomical points of interest and the touch-screen display is configured to enable selecting at least one anatomical point of interest by touching the at least one point of interest on the touch-screen display, and wherein the system is configured such that in response to user selection of at least one anatomical point of interest for calculation of quantitative results for a given image, the main image display presents the quantitative results of that image in a first mode and the touch-screen display presents a display in a second mode previously presented prior to the display of the anatomical points of interest.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the touching of the at least one point of interest on the touch-screen display is effected by one of (a) a stylus; (b) a light pen: (c) a mouse; (d) a track ball; (e) a joystick control; and (f) the touch-screen display being touched by a user.

3. The system according to claim 1 , wherein

the system is configured such that following selection of the at least one anatomical point of interest, the main display displays quantitative results of the at least one anatomical point of interest on the at least one image.

4. The system according to claim 1 , further comprising a patient bed wherein the touch-screen display is positioned in proximity to the patient bed.

5. A method for selecting points of interest on an anatomical image, the method comprising the steps of

providing:

a main image display; and

a touch-screen display;

displaying concurrently an image displayed on the main display on the touch-screen display;

presenting one or more user selectable thumbnail images of images presented in the main image display enabling a user to select an image displayed in the main image display for concurrent display on the touch-screen display;

displaying concurrently anatomical points of interest on the image;

selecting at least one anatomical point of interest by touching the at least one point of interest on the touch-screen display; and

in response to user selection of at least one anatomical point of interest for calculation of quantitative results for a given image, the main image display presents the quantitative results of that image in a first mode and the touch-screen display presents a display in a second mode previously presented prior to the display of the anatomical points of interest.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the touching of the at least one point of interest on the touch-screen display is effected by touching the touch-screen display via one of (a) a stylus; (b) a light pen: (c) a mouse; (d) a track ball; (e) a joystick control, and (f) touching by a user.

7. The method according to claim 5 , further comprising the step of

following selecting the at least one anatomical point of interest, displaying quantitative results of the at least one anatomical point of interest on the at least one image on the main display.

8. A touch-screen display system for selecting points of interest on an anatomical image, comprising

a touch-screen display configured to interface with

a main image display;

a processing unit, said touch-screen display presenting one or more user selectable thumbnail images of images presented in the main image display enabling a user to select an image displayed in the main image display for concurrent display on the touch-screen display; and

a network configured to interface the main image display with the processing unit and configured to interface the touch-screen display with the processing unit,

wherein the touch-screen display is configured such that an image displayed on the main display is concurrently displayed on the touch-screen display via the processing unit interfacing the main image display with the touch-screen display through the network,

wherein the touch-screen display is configured such that the touch-screen display and the main image display concurrently display anatomical points of interest and the touch-screen display is configured to enable selecting at least one anatomical point of interest by touching the at least one anatomical point of interest on the touch-screen display, and

wherein the system is configured such that in response to user selection of at least one anatomical point of interest for calculation of quantitative results for a given image, the main image display presents the quantitative results of that image in a first mode and the touch-screen display presents a display in a second mode previously presented prior to the display of the anatomical points of interest.

9. The touch-screen display according to claim 8 , wherein the touching of the at least one point of interest on the touch-screen display is effected by one of (a) a stylus; (b) a light pen: (c) a mouse; (d) a track ball; (e) a joystick control; and (f) the touch-screen display being touched by a user.

10. The touch-screen display according to claim 8 , wherein

the touch-screen display is configured such that following selection of the at least one anatomical point of interest, the main display displays quantitative results of the at least one anatomical point of interest on the at least one image.

11. The touch-screen display according to claim 8 , wherein the touch-screen display is positioned in proximity to a patient bed.

12. A system for selecting points of interest on an anatomical image, the system comprising:

a main image display;

a touch-screen display presenting one or more user selectable thumbnail images of images presented in the main image display enabling a user to select an image displayed in the main image display for concurrent display on the touch-screen display;

a processing unit;

a network configured to interface the main image display with the processing unit and configured to interface the touch-screen display with the processing unit,

wherein the system is configured such that an image displayed on the main display is concurrently displayed on the touch-screen display via the processing unit interfacing the main image display with the touch-screen display through the network,

wherein the system is configured such that the touch-screen display and the main image display concurrently display anatomical points of interest and the touch-screen display is configured to enable selecting at least one anatomical point of interest by touching the at least one point of interest on the touch-screen display,

wherein the system is configured such that in response to user selection of at least one anatomical point of interest for calculation of quantitative results for a given image, the main image display presents the quantitative results of that image in a first mode and the touch-screen display presents a display in a second mode previously presented prior to the display of the anatomical points of interest; and

a mouse configured to interface concurrently with a main display and a touch-screen display via a processing unit and via a network configured to interface the main image display with the processing unit and configured to interface the touch-screen display with the processing unit.