Ultrasound imaging system and method for deriving depth and identifying anatomical features associated with user identified point or region
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorsFrank Michael Weber, Tobias Wissel, Arne Ewald, Alexander Schmidt-Richberg, Jochen Peters
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Abstract
An ultrasound imaging system comprises a display for displaying a received ultrasound image. A user interface is provided for receiving user commands for controlling the ultrasound imaging process, and it receives a user input which identifies a point or region of the displayed ultrasound image. An image depth is determined which is associated with the identified point or region and the imaging process is controlled to tailor the imaging to the identified point or region.
Claims20
An ultrasound imaging system, comprising:
- an ultrasound probe for generating ultrasound signals and receiving reflected echo signals;
- a processing system for controlling the generation of the ultrasound signals and processing of the received reflected echo signals;
- a display for displaying a received ultrasound image based on the received reflected echo signals;
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- a user interface for receiving user commands from a user for controlling the generation of the ultrasound signals and the processing of the received reflected echo signals,
- wherein the user interface is configured to receive a user input from the user interacting with an ultrasound image displayed on the display,
- wherein the user input identifies a point or region of interest in the displayed ultrasound image, and
- wherein the processing system is configured to
- receive input data from the user interface indicating the identified point or region of interest in the displayed ultrasound image, and
- automatically, in response to the input data:
- derive a depth of the identified point or region of interest relative to the ultrasound probe,
- identify an anatomical feature associated with the identified point or region of interest at the derived depth, and
- adapt the generation of the ultrasound signals and the processing of the received reflected echo signals to the identified point or region of interest based on the derived depth and the identified anatomical feature at the derived depth.
An ultrasound imaging method, comprising:
- generating ultrasound signals and receiving and processing reflected echo signals;
- displaying a received ultrasound image based on the received reflected echo signals;
- receiving a user input via a user interface from a user interacting with the ultrasound image displayed on the display to identify a point or region of interest in the displayed ultrasound image;
- receiving input data from the user interface indicating the identified point or region of interest in the displayed ultrasound image;
- and
- automatically, in response to the input data:
- deriving a depth of the identified point or region of interest;
- identifying an anatomical feature associated with the identified point or region of interest at the derived depth;
- and
- adapting the generation of the ultrasound signals and processing of the received reflected echo signals to the identified point or region of interest based on the derived depth and the identified anatomical feature at the derived depth.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.