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US 12,599,366 B2Granted
Ultrasound imaging device and method for fast setup of automated workflow thereof
AssigneeShenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorBo Wen
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Abstract
Disclosed are a method for quickly creating a scanning protocol, and an ultrasonic imaging apparatus using the method. According to the apparatus and the method, a user's scanning operation is recorded to obtain a to-be-examined target section and a setting parameter of the to-be-examined target section, and a target scanning protocol is generated accordingly. In this way, the user only needs to do a scanning operation the user is familiar with, and the target scanning protocol is created in a simple, rapid and efficient manner.
Claims19
A method for creating a scanning protocol that comprises a plurality of to-be-examined sections and setting parameters thereof, performed by an ultrasonic imaging apparatus comprising an ultrasonic probe, a human-machine interactive unit and a processor, wherein the method comprises:
- receiving, by the human-machine interactive unit, an instruction to start recording;
- in response to the instruction to start recording, displaying, by the human-machine interactive unit, a scanning interface, recording, by the processor, a scanning operation performed by a user based on the scanning interface to acquire a plurality of to-be-examined target sections and a setting parameter of each of the plurality of to-be-examined target sections;
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- generating, by the processor, a target scanning protocol containing the plurality of to-be-examined target sections and the setting parameter of each of the plurality of to-be-examined target sections,
- wherein said recording the scanning operation performed by the user based on the scanning interface to acquire the plurality of to-be-examined target sections and the setting parameter of each of the plurality of to-be-examined target sections comprises:
- acquiring, by the processor, the plurality of to-be-examined target sections;
- prompting, by the processor, the user to set a starting sequence of each of the plurality of to-be-examined target sections on the displayed scanning interface;
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- determining, by the processor, the starting sequence of each of the plurality of to-be-examined target sections according to an input by the user, and taking, by the processor, the starting sequence of each of the plurality of to-be-examined target sections as the setting parameter of each of the plurality of to-be-examined target sections,
- wherein the method further comprises:
- automatically starting, by the processor according to the starting sequence, the scanning interface corresponding to a next to-be-examined target section for performing the scanning operation when determining that examination and recording of a current to-be-examined target section is completed.
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A method for creating a scanning protocol that comprises a plurality of to-be-examined sections and setting parameters thereof, performed by an ultrasonic imaging apparatus comprising an ultrasonic probe, a human-machine interactive unit and a processor, wherein the method comprises:
- receiving, by the human-machine interactive unit, an instruction to start ultrasonic automatic workflow, and in response to the instruction to start ultrasonic automatic workflow, displaying, by the human-machine interactive unit, at least one scanning protocol for a user to select, the scanning protocol comprising a plurality of to-be-examined sections;
- in response to an instruction to select scanning protocol, controlling, by the processor, the ultrasonic probe to transmit an ultrasonic wave to a target tissue and receive an ultrasonic echo from the target tissue to acquiring an ultrasonic echo signal;
- acquiring, by the processor, an ultrasonic image based on the ultrasonic echo signal and displaying, by the human-machine interactive unit, a scanning interface of a to-be-examined section of the scanning protocol;
- recording, by the processor, a scanning operation performed by the user based on the scanning interface in response to an instruction to start recording to acquire a plurality of to-be-examined target sections and a setting parameter of each of the plurality of to-be-examined target sections;
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- generating, by the processor, a target scanning protocol containing the plurality of to-be-examined target sections and the setting parameter of each of the plurality of to-be-examined target sections,
- wherein said recording the scanning operation performed by the user based on the scanning interface to acquire the plurality of to-be-examined target sections and the setting parameter of each of the plurality of to-be-examined target sections comprises:
- acquiring, by the processor, the plurality of to-be-examined target sections;
- prompting, by the processor, the user to set a starting sequence of each of the plurality of to-be-examined target sections on the displayed scanning interface;
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- determining, by the processor, the starting sequence of each of the plurality of to-be-examined target sections according to an input by the user, and taking, by the processor, the starting sequence of each of the plurality of to-be-examined target sections as the setting parameter of each of the plurality of to-be-examined target sections,
- wherein the method further comprises:
- automatically starting, by the processor according to the starting sequence, the scanning interface corresponding to a next to-be-examined target section for performing the scanning operation when determining that examination and recording of a current to-be-examined target section is completed.
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An ultrasonic imaging apparatus, comprising:
- an ultrasonic probe configured for transmitting an ultrasonic wave to a region of interest within a biological tissue and receiving an echo of the ultrasonic wave;
- a transmitting/receiving control circuit configured for controlling the ultrasonic probe to transmit the ultrasonic wave to the region of interest and receive the echo of the ultrasonic wave to acquire an ultrasonic echo signal;
- a human-machine interactive unit configured for receiving an input by a user and outputting visualization information;
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- a processor configured for:
- acquiring an ultrasonic image based on the ultrasonic echo signal;
- receiving an instruction to start recording via the human-machine interactive unit;
- in response to the instruction to start recording, displaying a scanning interface via the human-machine interactive unit, recording a scanning operation performed by the user based on the scanning interface to acquire a plurality of to-be-examined target sections and a setting parameter of each of the plurality of to-be-examined target sections;
- and generating a target scanning protocol containing the plurality of to-be-examined target sections and the setting parameter of each of the plurality of to-be-examined target sections,
- wherein the processor is further configured for:
- acquiring the plurality of to-be-examined target sections;
- prompting the user to set a starting sequence of each of the plurality of to-be-examined target sections on the displayed scanning interface;
- determining the starting sequence of each of the plurality of to-be-examined target sections according to an input by the user;
- and taking the starting sequence of each of the plurality of to-be-examined target sections as the setting parameter of each of the plurality of to-be-examined target sections,
- wherein the processor is further configured for:
- automatically starting, according to the starting sequence, the scanning interface corresponding to a next to-be-examined target section for performing the scanning operation when determining that examination and recording of a current to-be-examined target section is completed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.