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US 12,629,134 B2Granted
User interface and method of setting acquisition priority in interleaved imaging modes of ultrasound imaging
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorsPaul Sheeran, Thanasis Loupas, Charles Tremblay-Darveau, Chris Loflin
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Abstract
Ultrasound imaging system and method that provides user- or situationally-adjustable interleaved imaging modes are described. An ultrasound system according to the present disclosure includes a user interface that enables the user to interact with the system to specify or otherwise control the priority of one mode of the other modes in a multi-mode imaging operation.
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An ultrasound imaging system comprising:
- a transmit controller configured to be communicatively coupled to a transducer array to cause the transducer array to transmit and receive ultrasound for imaging concurrently in a plurality of imaging modes;
- a processor configured to generate, in real-time, images from the signals received from the transducer array;
- a memory storing at least one of:
- a plurality of predetermined interleave patterns, and a set of predefined rules for determining an interleave pattern;
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- a user interface comprising at least one user control for prioritizing one of the plurality of imaging modes over remaining ones of the plurality of imaging modes, wherein:
- the processor is further configured, responsive to receiving a priority setting during a workflow procedure and in the real-time, to select one of the plurality of predetermined interleave patterns or to determine an interleave pattern that increases a frame rate of the prioritized one of the plurality of imaging modes, and
- the transmit controller is configured to cause the transducer array to transmit and receive ultrasound in accordance with the interleave pattern selected or determined by the processor,
- wherein the at least one user control comprises one or more of a dial, a slider, a switch, one or more buttons, a graphical user interface (GUI) dial, a GUI slider, a plurality of GUI radio buttons or GUI selectable icons.
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A method of concurrent ultrasonic imaging in a plurality of imaging modes, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a processor of an ultrasound imaging system, a combined mode selection specifying the plurality of imaging modes;
- receiving a priority setting that selectively sets a priority of one of the plurality of imaging modes relative to other ones of the plurality of imaging modes;
- selecting during a workflow procedure and in real-time, from among a plurality of interleave patterns associated with the plurality of imaging modes, an interleave pattern that corresponds to the priority setting;
- applying the selected interleave pattern, via a transmit controller, to a transducer array to selectively activate elements of the array in accordance with a sequence defined by the selected interleave pattern for concurrently acquiring images associated with each of the plurality of imaging modes;
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- displaying, in the real-time, the images associated with each of the plurality of imaging modes,
- wherein the priority setting is generated in response to operation of a user control provided on a user interface of the ultrasound imaging system, and further wherein the operation of the user control comprises at least one of turning a dial, selecting an icon or a radio button, adjusting a position of a slider, or specifying a priority of at least one mode via text input.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.