Medical instrument with multiple displays for controlling a treatment system

1. A medical instrument comprising:

a first display device;

a second display device;

a database;

a memory for storing machine executable instructions;

a processor for an execution of the machine executable instructions,

wherein the execution of the machine executable instructions causes the processor to:

receive a medical image;

display the medical image on a physician graphical user interface using the first display device;

display the medical image on a technician graphical user interface using the second display device;

wherein the execution of the machine executable instructions causes the processor to repeatedly:

receive planning data from the physician graphical user interface, wherein the planning data is descriptive of a location in the medical image;

display the planning data on the technician graphical user interface;

receive treatment plan data from the technician graphical user interface;

store the treatment plan data in the database;

generate, using the treatment plan data in the database, treatment system control data for controlling a treatment system; and

wherein the execution of the machine executable instructions further causes the processor to modify the treatment system control data for controlling the treatment system by operations including: dividing at least a portion of the medical image into treatment cells,

dividing the treatment system control data with reference to each of the treatment cells,

wherein the treatment cells comprises a first treatment cell and a second treatment cell, and

wherein the divided treatment system control data comprises first treatment cell control data of the first treatment cell and second treatment cell control data of the second treatment cell;

receiving a selection of the first treatment cell,

wherein the selection of the first treatment cell is based on the treatment plan data;

locking the first treatment cell control data of the first treatment cell in the database to restrict modification of the first treatment cell control data to using only the treatment plan data;

modifying the first treatment cell control data using only the treatment plan data;

unlocking the first treatment cell control data after the modification of the first treatment cell control data;

after unlocking the first treatment cell control data, receiving a selection of the second treatment cell,

wherein the selection of the second treatment cell is based on the planning data;

locking the second treatment cell control data in the database to limit modification of the second treatment cell control data to using only the planning data;

modifying, using only the planning data, the second treatment cell control data; and

unlocking the second treatment cell control data in the database;

wherein the locking and unlocking of the first treatment cell control data and the second treatment cell control data prevents the first treatment cell control data and the second treatment cell control data from being modified by the physician graphical user interface and the technician graphical user interface at the same time.

2. The medical instrument of claim 1 , wherein the treatment system is a high intensity focused ultrasound system and the execution of the machine executable instructions further causes the processor to control the high intensity focused ultrasound system to sonicate a target zone of a subject using the treatment system control data.

3. The medical instrument of claim 2 , wherein the execution of the machine executable instructions enables the processor to modify the first treatment cell control data in response to only the treatment plan data and to modify the second treatment cell control data in response to only the planning data during sonication of the target zone.

4. The medical instrument of claim 2 , wherein the execution of the machine executable instructions causes the processor to superimpose an ultrasound path indicative of the path of ultrasound from the high intensity focused ultrasound system to the target zone on the physician graphical user interface.

5. The medical instrument of claim 2 , wherein the medical instrument further comprises a magnetic resonance imaging system for acquiring magnetic resonance imaging data from an imaging zone, wherein the execution of the machine executable instructions further causes the processor to control the magnetic resonance imaging system to acquire the medical image, wherein the execution of the machine executable instructions further causes the processor to repeatedly:

acquire thermal magnetic resonance data during sonication of the target zone;

reconstruct a thermal magnetic resonance image using the thermal magnetic resonance data; and

superimpose the thermal magnetic resonance image on the medical image on the physician graphic user interface and the technician graphical user interface.

6. The medical instrument of claim 5 , wherein the execution of the machine executable instructions further causes the processor to repeatedly:

acquire the medical image using the medical imaging system; and

update the medical image on the physician graphical user interface and the technician graphical user interface.

7. The medical instrument of claim 1 , wherein the treatment system is a robotic treatment system.

8. The medical instrument of claim 1 , wherein the medical instrument further comprises a medical imaging system for acquiring the medical image, and wherein the execution of the machine executable instructions further causes the processor to control the medical imaging system to acquire the medical image.

9. The medical instrument of claim 1 , wherein the medical instrument is any one of the following: a computed tomography system, a diagnostic ultrasound system, and a magnetic resonance imaging system.

10. The medical instrument of claim 1 , wherein the planning data is descriptive of a boundary in the medical image, wherein the execution of the machine executable instructions further causes the processor to display the boundary in the medical image on the technician graphical user interface.

11. The medical instrument of claim 1 , wherein the medical instrument further comprises a tablet computer, wherein the tablet computer comprises the physician graphical user interface.

12. The medical instrument of claim 1 , wherein the treatment system control data is generated in intervals not exceeding any one of the following: 10 minutes, 5 minutes, 2 minutes, 1 minute, 30 seconds, 5 seconds, and 1 second.

13. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing machine executable instructions for an execution by a processor controlling a medical instrument, wherein the medical instrument comprises a first display device, wherein the medical instrument further comprises a second display device, wherein the medical instrument further comprises a database, wherein the execution of the machine executable instructions causes the processor to:

receive a medical image;

display the medical image in a physician graphical user interface using the first display device;

display the medical image on a technician graphical user interface using the second display device;

wherein the execution of the machine executable instructions causes the processor to repeatedly:

receive planning data from the physician graphical user interface,

wherein the planning data is descriptive of a location in the medical image;

display the planning data on the technician graphical user interface;

receive treatment plan data from the technician graphical user interface;

store the treatment plan data in the database;

generate, using the treatment plan data in the database, treatment system control data for controlling a treatment system; and

modifying the treatment system control data by operations including:

dividing at least a portion of the medical image into treatment cells,

dividing the treatment system control data with reference to each of the treatment cells,

 wherein the treatment cells comprises a first treatment cell and a second treatment cell,

 wherein the divided treatment system control data comprises first treatment cell control data of the first treatment cell and second treatment cell control data of the second treatment cell, and

 wherein the database stores the first treatment system control data and the second treatment system control data;

receiving a selection of the first treatment cell,

 wherein the selection of the first treatment cell is based on the treatment plan data;

locking the first treatment cell control data of the first treatment cell in the database to restrict modification of the first treatment cell to using only the treatment plan data;

modifying the first treatment cell control data using only the treatment plan data;

after the modification of the first treatment cell control data, unlocking the first treatment cell control data;

receiving a selection of a second treatment cell,

 wherein the selection of the second treatment cell is based on the planning data;

locking the second treatment cell control data of the second treatment cell in the database to limit modification of the second treatment cell control data using only the planning data;

modifying, using only the planning data, the second treatment cell control data using the planning data; and

unlocking the second treatment cell control data in the database.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the treatment system is a high intensity focused ultrasound system and the execution of the machine executable instructions further causes the processor to: control the high intensity focused ultrasound system to sonicate a target zone of a subject using the treatment system control data; modify the first treatment cell control data in response to only the treatment planning data and modify the second treatment cell control data in response to only the planning data during sonication of the target zone; and superimpose an ultrasound path indicative of a path of ultrasound from the high intensity focused ultrasound system to the target zone on the physician graphical user interface.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the medical instrument further comprises a magnetic resonance imaging system for acquiring magnetic resonance imaging data from an imaging zone, wherein the execution of the machine executable instructions further cause the processor to control the magnetic resonance imaging system to acquire the medical image, wherein the execution of the machine executable instructions further causes the processor to repeatedly:

acquire thermal magnetic resonance data during sonication of the target zone;

reconstruct a thermal magnetic resonance image using the thermal magnetic resonance data; and

superimpose the thermal magnetic resonance image on the medical image on the physician graphic user interface and the technician graphical user interface.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the medical instrument further comprises a medical imaging system for acquiring the medical image, and wherein the execution of the machine executable instructions further causes the processor to control the medical imaging system to acquire the medical image.

17. A method of operating a medical instrument, wherein the medical instrument comprises a first display device, wherein the medical instrument further comprises a second display device, wherein the medical instrument further comprise a database, wherein the method comprises:

receiving a medical image;

displaying the medical image in a physician graphical user interface using the first display device;

displaying the medical image on a technician graphical user interface using the second display device;

wherein the method further comprises repeatedly:

receiving planning data from the physician graphical user interface,

wherein the planning data is descriptive of a location in the medical image;

displaying the planning data on the technician graphical user interface;

receiving treatment plan data from the technician graphical user interface;

storing the treatment plan data in the database; and

generating, using the treatment plan data in the database, treatment system control data for controlling a treatment system; and

modifying the treatment system control data by operations including:

dividing at least a portion of the medical image into treatment cells,

dividing the treatment system control data with reference to each of the treatment cells,

wherein the treatment cells comprises a first treatment cell and a second treatment cell,

wherein the divided treatment system control data comprises first treatment cell control data of the first treatment cell and second treatment cell control data of the second treatment cell, and

wherein the database stores the first treatment cell control data and the second treatment cell control data;

receiving a selection of the first treatment cell using the treatment plan data;

locking the first treatment cell control data of the first treatment cell in the database to restrict modification of the first treatment cell control data to using only the treatment plan data;

modifying the first treatment cell control data using only the treatment plan data;

unlocking the first treatment cell control data,

after the modification of the first treatment cell control data; receiving a selection of the second treatment cell using the planning data;

locking the second treatment cell control data in the database to limit modification of the second treatment cell control data using the only planning data;

modifying, using only the planning data, the second treatment cell control data; and

after modification, unlocking the second treatment cell control data in the database.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the treatment system is a high intensity focused ultrasound system and the method further includes: controlling the high intensity focused ultrasound system to sonicate a target zone of a subject using the control data; modifying the first treatment cell control data in response to only the treatment planning data and modifying the second treatment cell control data in response to only the planning data during sonication of the target zone; and superimposing an ultrasound path indicative of a path of ultrasound from the high intensity focused ultrasound system to the target zone on the physician graphical user interface.

19. The method of claim 17 , wherein the medical instrument further comprises a magnetic resonance imaging system for acquiring magnetic resonance imaging data from an imaging zone, wherein the method further includes controlling the magnetic resonance imaging system to acquire the medical image, wherein the method further includes repeatedly:

acquiring thermal magnetic resonance data during sonication of the target zone;

reconstructing a thermal magnetic resonance image using the thermal magnetic resonance data; and

superimposing the thermal magnetic resonance image on the medical image on the physician graphic user interface and the technician graphical user interface.

20. The method of claim 17 , wherein the medical instrument further comprises a medical imaging system for acquiring the medical image, and wherein the method further includes controlling the medical imaging system to acquire the medical image.