METHOD AND MEDICAL IMAGING APPARATUS FOR DETECTING AT LEAST ONE INPUT GESTURE OF A USER

摘要

In a medical imaging apparatus having a medical data acquisition scanner operated by a control computer, and an operating method therefor a gesture detector in communication with the control computer detects at least one input gesture made by a user and provides an electronic signal, in response to the at least one input gesture, to the control computer that causes the control computer to control an aspect of operation of said data acquisition scanner dependent on said at least one input gesture. Detection of the at least one input gesture by the gesture detector is activated by providing an activation signal to the gesture detector from an activation status controller in response to a manual input to the activation status controller made by the user, with the gesture detector being enabled to detect the at least one input gesture only after being provided with the activation signal.

主权项

1. A method for operating a medical imaging apparatus comprising a medical data acquisition scanner operated by a control computer, said method comprising:
with a gesture detector in communication with said control computer, detecting at least one input gesture made by a user and providing an electronic signal, in response to said at least one input gesture, to said control computer that causes said control computer to control an aspect of operation of said data acquisition scanner dependent on said at least one input gesture; and activating detection of said at least one input gesture by said gesture detector by providing an activation signal to said gesture detector from an activation status controller in response to a manual input to said activation status controller made by the user, with said gesture detector being enabled to detect said at least one input gesture only after being provided with said activation signal.