JPH05113862A - Screen display method for crt screen - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To conveniently confirm a selected menu by setting and displaying the background color in selection menus of respective layers, and arraying and displaying all selectors before a current layer is selected in a stack state together with their background colors. CONSTITUTION:A picture from a plan selection to a high-order menu which is displayed as a selection menu 20 is displayed on a the background color of blue and then rewritten into a menu display 13 once irradiation conditions are selected. A cursor 22 is in the place of an irradiation angle, but this position is guided by inference as the result of a series of processes. Once the irradiation angle is selected, the cursor 22 disappears and the input of a reference irradiation angle is prompted to reply painting according to an irradiating method. The axial plan and irradiation conditions of a high-order layer are displayed in order in the stack state, a selector which is selected before a selection menu which is currently displayed is displayed together with its background color, and which selector the menu has passed is grasped.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a screen display method for a CRT screen, which is an improved method for displaying a selection menu displayed on the CRT screen.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, when a series of processing is performed in a radiation treatment plan using a personal computer, a selection menu having a so-called tree structure is used to proceed with a user requesting selection at each hierarchy. In such a case, the CRT screen of the personal computer is generally of the type as shown in FIG. 4 or FIG.

In FIG. 4, a number is input in accordance with an instruction on the screen to select a menu of the next layer. The menu of the next layer is displayed while the screen is scrolled continuously from the menu of the previous layer, and the next selection is requested.

FIG. 5 is an example of another display screen. In FIG. 5, reference numeral 1 is a cursor, which is moved to specify from among many selectors. By the way, in the display method as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, when the menu of the next layer is displayed, information about what the menu of the previous layer is is lost. Therefore, other users who see the screen on the way are required to know the whole process.

[0005]

However, recently, the positioning of processing has become easy to understand by utilizing the GUI (Graphical User Interface) and the use of a mouse as seen in general-purpose PC software in the United States.

FIG. 6 is a diagram of a pull-down menu type selection menu represented by Macintosh. In the figure, 2 is a high-level menu row in which the menu to be selected the first time is written, 3 is a low-level menu that is pulled down when the shaded menu is selected from the high-level menu row 2 by pressing the mouse button, 4 Is a cursor for selecting the lower menu 3.

When the subordinate menu 3 appears, if a button (not shown) is moved while being pressed and the finger of the button is released at the required menu position, that menu is selected and the menu display disappears. It is judged that this method is not suitable for displaying a menu with a deep hierarchical structure.

[0008] FIG. 7 is a diagram of a popup menu type selection menu such as a small talk environment.
Reference numeral 5 is a pop-up menu. When the mouse button is pressed, different menus 5 pop up depending on the area where the cursor exists. This is also the method of selecting the menu with the cursor 4 and the mouse on the screen
While providing a comfortable operating environment for humans, the surrounding users may be alienated from the progress of processing.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a CRT in which it is convenient to confirm a selection in a selection menu of each layer on the assumption that a plurality of people touch the progress of processing. It is to realize the screen display method of the screen.

[0010]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In a method of displaying a menu on a CRT screen when proceeding through a series of processes using a selection menu having a tree structure while selecting each hierarchy, The background color of the color that can be specified is set, and all the selectors before the current hierarchy are arranged and displayed in a stack together with the background color, and it is convenient to confirm the position occupied in the tree structure of the selected menu. It is a feature.

[0011]

[Operation] In the tree-structured selection menu,
When a menu is selected, the lower level menu is displayed while simultaneously displaying all the selectors in the higher level including the menu. A background color of a color that can specify each is set in the selection menu of each layer, and the background color is displayed even in the selector display of the upper layer.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2 are views showing a menu display according to an embodiment of the present invention. For convenience of explanation, a display screen for a radiation treatment plan will be described as an example. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a CRT screen displaying the menus of FIGS. First, FIG. 3 will be described to clarify the positioning of the menu display of this embodiment.

In the figure, 11 and 12 are the X of the patient, for example.
An image pane A and an image pane B, which are portions for displaying a line CT image and the like. The image pane is an area for displaying an image, and different image displays are performed, such as a cross sectional image in the image pane A11 and a vertical sectional image in the image pane B12. Reference numeral 13 denotes a menu display of this embodiment for setting the conditions of the treatment plan and so on. Reference numeral 14 is a title pane which is a display unit for displaying patient names and plan names.
Reference numeral 15 denotes a reply pane used when inputting necessary information during setting of the menu display 13 which is the main menu.

The menu display 13 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a screen example of a menu display 13 having a tree structure, and is a diagram when an axial plan is selected as a selector in the highest hierarchy. In the axial plan menu, seven types of menus, that is, plan selection, ROI creation, irradiation conditions, dose distribution, CS image, information output, and upper menu are displayed as a selection menu 20. The screen displaying the plan selection-upper menu is displayed, for example, on a blue background color. In the figure, reference numeral 21 denotes a mouse cursor having a "+" shape, which is used to select a menu in the next layer with the mouse. The white background color in the figure is the cursor 22.

Here, the irradiation condition is designated by using the cursor key and the return key or by clicking twice with the mouse (the cursor moves at the first time and is selected at the second time). Is selected, the menu display 13 in FIG. 2 is displayed.
Can be rewritten as

FIG. 2 is a menu screen displaying the next layer when the cursor 22 is selected in accordance with the irradiation condition in the menu display 13 of FIG. ROI designation, center designation, irradiation method, irradiation angle, margin, and upper menu are displayed, and the next menu is selected from these. In the irradiation condition menu, the background color of each selector is, for example, green. This background color is set according to the function or set in the order of spectrum so that the selection menu of each layer can be specified.

In FIG. 2, the cursor 22 is located at the "illumination angle", but this position is set for each selection menu, or inference is performed and guided as a result of a series of processes. If you select "upper menu", you will return to the menu screen of Fig. 1 but "irradiation angle"
When you select, the cursor 22 disappears and the reply pane 1
The user of 5 is prompted to input a reference irradiation angle according to the irradiation method.

As shown in FIG. 2, the upper layer axial plans and irradiation conditions are sequentially displayed in a stack, and the selector selected before the currently displayed selection menu is displayed together with its background color. it's shown. Since this menu display 13 is always displayed at a predetermined position on the CRT screen, it is a menu that the person who is going to support later has selected which menu has passed through which selector. I can figure out.

As described above, according to the display method of this embodiment, the menu screen displays all the selectors selected in the selection menu of the previous hierarchy in a stack, and this selection menu is always displayed. Furthermore, the selection menu of each layer is displayed in a color with a background color that can be specified, and the selector that precedes it is displayed in the same background color as when it was selected. It reflects the judgment of when it was taken. Therefore, if the menu tree is proper, the process of tracing the current menu becomes clear at any stage, and it is less likely that the menu will be erroneously specified.

In the embodiment, the case of radiation therapy is taken as an example, but it can be used for any purpose of displaying by using CRT.

[0021]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, the selection menu of each hierarchy can be positioned and specified in relation to the menu tree, and all the selectors of each previous hierarchy can be identified. Is displayed at the same time and confirmation in the selected hierarchy is sure, and the practical effect is great.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a menu display according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram of a menu display when a layer next to the menu display of FIG. 1 is selected.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a display position of a CRT screen displaying a menu of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram of a selection menu of a CRT screen used in a conventional general personal computer or the like.

FIG. 5 is a diagram of another selection menu of a CRT screen used in a conventional personal computer or the like.

FIG. 6 is a diagram of a display screen with a pull-down menu.

FIG. 7 is a diagram of a display screen with a pop-up menu.

[Explanation of symbols]

 13 Menu display 20 Selection menu 21 Mouse cursor 22 Cursor

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a method of displaying a menu on a CRT screen when a series of processes is performed while selecting each layer by using a selection menu having a tree structure, a color background that can be specified in each selection menu of each layer. A CRT screen characterized by setting a color and displaying all the selectors before the current hierarchy by arranging them in a stack with the background color and checking the position occupied in the tree structure of the menu to be selected. Screen display method.