Methods and apparatuses for ultrasound imaging of lungs
AssigneeBfly Operations, Inc.
InventorsAbraham Neben, Karl Thiele, Brenda Gonyeau
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Abstract
Aspects of the technology described herein relate to ultrasound imaging of lungs. An ultrasound device may be configured with a set of parameter values associated with a shallow lung imaging mode. A selection of a change in imaging depth may be received. If the selected imaging depth is greater than or equal to a threshold imaging depth, the ultrasound device may be configured with a set of parameter values associated with a deep lung imaging mode. The set of parameter values associated with the shallow lung imaging mode may be optimized for imaging lung sliding and the set of parameter values associated with the deep lung imaging mode may be optimized for imaging A lines and B lines.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a processing device in operative communication with an ultrasound device with exactly a single transducer array, the processing device configured to:
- receive a user selection of a lung imaging preset option and a user-selected imaging depth for the ultrasound device;
- define a threshold imaging depth based on a shallow lung imaging mode and a deep lung imaging mode, wherein the threshold imaging depth is between approximately 4 cm and 8 cm;
- after receiving the user selection of the user-selected imaging depth, compare the user-selected imaging depth with the threshold imaging depth;
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- automatically configure the single transducer array of the ultrasound device to switch between the shallow lung imaging mode and the deep lung imaging mode, depending upon a result of the comparison of the user-selected imaging depth with the threshold imaging depth, wherein
- the shallow lung imaging mode comprises a peak frequency of transmitted ultrasound between approximately 5 MHz and 10 MHz, and
- the deep lung imaging mode comprises a peak frequency of transmitted ultrasound between approximately 2 MHz and 5 MHz.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.