Diagnostic ultrasonic imaging system having organic light emitting device display
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorStan Knoblich
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Abstract
A diagnostic ultrasonic imaging system includes an ultrasonic scanhead, an ultrasonic system chassis, and an organic light emitting device (“OLED”) display. The OLED display has a response time of less than 10 ms, a contrast ratio of at least 1000:1, and a horizontal and vertical viewing angle of at least 160 degrees.
Claims24
An ultrasonic imaging system, comprising:
- a system chassis;
- an ultrasonic scanhead coupled to the system chassis;
- and
- an organic light emitting device display coupled to the system chassis, the display having a viewing screen on which an ultrasonic image can be displayed.
The ultrasonic imaging system of FIG. 1, wherein the organic light emitting device display has a response time of less than 10 ms.
The ultrasonic imaging system of FIG. 2, wherein the organic light emitting device display has a response time of less than 1 ms.
The ultrasonic imaging system of FIG. 1, wherein the organic light emitting device display has a contrast ratio of at least 1000:1.
The ultrasonic imaging system of FIG. 4, wherein the organic light emitting device display has a contrast ratio of at least 2000:1.
The ultrasonic imaging system of FIG. 1, wherein the organic light emitting device display has a horizontal and vertical viewing angle of at least 160 degrees.
The ultrasonic imaging system of FIG. 6, wherein the organic light emitting device display has a horizontal and vertical viewing angle of at least 180 degrees.
The ultrasonic imaging system of FIG. 1, wherein the organic light emitting device display comprises a color organic light emitting device display.
An ultrasonic imaging system, comprising:
- a system chassis;
- an ultrasonic scanhead coupled to the system chassis;
- and
- a flat panel display coupled to the system chassis, the flat panel display having a viewing screen on which an ultrasonic image can be displayed, the flat panel display having a response time of less than 10 ms.
The ultrasonic imaging system of FIG. 9, wherein the flat panel display comprises a flat panel display having a response time of less than 1 ms.
The ultrasonic imaging system of FIG. 9, wherein the flat panel display comprises an organic light emitting device display.
The ultrasonic imaging system of FIG. 11, wherein the organic light emitting device display comprises a color organic light emitting device display.
An ultrasonic imaging system, comprising:
- a ultrasound image processor;
- and
- an organic light emitting device display coupled to the system chassis, the display having a viewing screen on which an ultrasonic image can be displayed.
The ultrasonic imaging system of FIG. 13, wherein the ultrasound image processor comprises a desktop unit.
The ultrasonic imaging system of FIG. 13, wherein the ultrasound image processor comprises a hand-carried unit.
The ultrasonic imaging system of FIG. 15, wherein the ultrasound image processor comprises a diagnostic image workstation.
An ultrasonic imaging system, comprising:
- a system chassis;
- an ultrasonic scanhead coupled to the system chassis;
- and
- a flat panel display coupled to the system chassis, the flat panel display having a viewing screen on which an ultrasonic image can be displayed, the flat panel display having a horizontal and vertical viewing angle of at least 180 degrees.
The ultrasonic imaging system of FIG. 17, wherein the flat panel display comprises a flat panel display having a horizontal and vertical viewing angle of at least 200 degrees.
The ultrasonic imaging system of FIG. 17, wherein the flat panel display comprises an organic light emitting device display.
The ultrasonic imaging system of FIG. 19, wherein the organic light emitting device display comprises a color organic light emitting device display.
A diagnostic ultrasonic image of an object, the image being shown with a response time of less than 10 ms, a contrast ratio of at least 1000:1 and a horizontal and vertical viewing angle of at least 180 degrees.
A method of displaying an ultrasonic image, comprising:
- providing an ultrasonic imaging system, including an organic light emitting device display having a viewing screen;
- obtaining data corresponding to an ultrasonic image;
- and
- displaying the ultrasonic image on the viewing screen of the organic light emitting device display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.