Interactive and dynamic medical visualization interface tools
User interfaces facilitate user interaction with virtual representations of anatomical structures that are displayed on computing systems. The user interfaces demonstrably reflect the relative impact of different medical conditions on the anatomical structures. The impact of the medical conditions can be reflected in real-time, as a slider object is manipulated to pull a slide transition screen over the anatomical object. Portions of the anatomical object that become overlapped by the slide transition screens are displayed with dynamic modifications that reflect the impact of the medical conditions associated with the slide transition screens.
1. A storage device having stored computer-executable instructions which, when executed by at least one computing processor, implement a method for dynamically modifying a virtual representation of an anatomical structure that is displayed on a display screen of a computing system, the method comprising:
displaying an anatomical structure within a display frame on the display screen, the anatomical structure being displayed in a first medical state;
displaying a slide control for a slide transition screen on the display screen, the slide control being operable to receive user input for responsively moving the slide transition screen over the display frame, the slide transition screen being associated with a medical condition;
receiving user input directed at the slide control that is operative to move the slide transition screen;
in response to the user input, dynamically moving the slide transition screen into a position that overlaps one or more portions of the anatomical structure; and
dynamically modifying the display of the one or more portions of the anatomical structure that become overlapped by the slide transition screen, by displaying the one or more portions of the anatomical structure in a second medical state that is different than the first medical state and that reflects an impact of the medical condition on the anatomical structure.
2. The storage device of claim 1 , wherein said modifying includes dynamically modifying the display in real-time, while the slide transition screen is being moved into the position that at least partially overlaps the one or more portions of the anatomical structure.
3. The storage device of claim 1 , wherein modifying the display includes refraining from modifying any portion of the anatomical structure that is not overlapped by the slide transition screen.
4. The storage device of claim 1 , wherein the slide transition screen is hidden from display until the user input is received that directed at the slide control.
5. The storage device of claim 1 , wherein the slide transition screen is associated with a medical condition related to the anatomical structure and wherein modifying the display of the anatomical structure includes modifying the one or more portions of the anatomical structure overlapped by the slide transition screen to reflect an impact of the medical condition on the anatomical structure.
6. The storage device recited in claim 5 , wherein the method further includes receiving user input designating a severity of the medical condition, the severity of the medical condition being reflected in the modification of the one or more portions of the anatomical structure that is overlapped by the slide transition screen.
7. The storage device recited in claim 6 , wherein the method further includes displaying a severity control which is configured to receive user input that is operative to set a severity of the medical condition.
8. The storage device recited in claim 1 , wherein the method further includes simultaneously displaying a plurality of slider objects that are each associated with a different slide transition screen.
9. The storage device recited in claim 8 , wherein each slide transition screen is associated with a different medical condition.
10. The storage device recited in claim 8 , wherein each slide transition screen is associated with a different stage or severity of the medical condition.
11. The storage device recited in claim 1 , wherein the display screen is a multi-touch display screen and wherein the user input comprises a slide gesture.
12. The storage device recited in claim 11 , wherein the slide gesture causes the slide transition screen to move only while the user input is being received.
13. The storage device recited in claim 11 , wherein the slide gesture causes the slide transition screen to continue move even after user input is no longer being received.
14. The storage device recited in claim 11 , wherein the slide gesture causes the slide transition screen to snap into a predetermined placement.
15. The storage device recited in claim 14 , wherein the predetermined placement is a position in which the slide transition screen overlaps all of the display frame and all of the displayed anatomical structure.
16. The storage device recited in claim 14 , wherein the predetermined placement is a position in which the slide transition screen overlaps less than all of the display frame and less than all of the displayed anatomical structure.
17. The storage device recited in claim 1 , wherein the method further includes simultaneously displaying a plurality of slider controls that are each associated with different corresponding slide transition screens, each slide transition screen being associated with a different medical condition, and wherein the method includes dynamically modifying any portion of the anatomical structure that becomes overlapped by any of the different slide transition screens to reflect a corresponding impact of the associated medical conditions of any slide transition screen overlapping said any portion of the anatomical structure.
18. The storage device recited in claim 17 , wherein the method further includes modifying said any portion of the anatomical structure to reflect an impact of at least two different conditions in response to at least two different slide transition screens being positioned over said any portion of the anatomical structure.
19. A computer implemented method for dynamically modifying a virtual representation of an anatomical structure that is displayed on a display screen of a computing system, the method comprising:
displaying an anatomical structure within a display frame on the display screen, the anatomical structure being displayed in a first medical state;
displaying a slide control for a condition screen on the display screen, the slide control being operable to receive user input for responsively moving the condition screen over the display frame, the condition screen being associated with a medical condition;
receiving user input directed at the slide control that is operative to move the condition screen;
in response to the user input, dynamically moving the condition screen into a position that overlaps one or more portions of the anatomical structure; and
dynamically modifying the display of the one or more portions of the anatomical structure that become overlapped by the condition screen, by displaying the one or more portions of the anatomical structure in a second medical state that is different than the first medical state and that reflects an impact of the medical condition on the anatomical structure.
20. A computing device comprising:
at least one hardware processor; and
one or more storage device having stored computer-executable instructions which, when executed by at least one hardware processor, implement a method for dynamically modifying a virtual representation of an anatomical structure that is displayed on a display screen associated with the computing device, the method comprising:
displaying an anatomical structure within a display frame on the display screen, the anatomical structure being displayed in a first medical state;
displaying a slide control for a slide transition screen on the display screen, the slide control being operable to receive user input for responsively moving the slide transition screen over the display frame, the slide transition screen being associated with a medical condition;
receiving user input directed at the slide control that is operative to move the slide transition screen;
in response to the user input, dynamically moving the slide transition screen into a position that overlaps one or more portions of the anatomical structure; and
dynamically modifying the display of the one or more portions of the anatomical structure that become overlapped by the slide transition screen, by displaying the one or more portions of the anatomical structure in a second medical state that is different than the first medical state and that reflects an impact of the medical condition on the anatomical structure.