# US 2014/0153358 A1 · Medical imaging system and method for providing imaging assitance > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0153358 A1 - Document ID: US20140153358A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/092,268 - Filed: 2013-11-27 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2012-11-30 - Assignees: General Electric Company - Applicants: General Electric Company - Inventors: Kalyanaraman Balakrishnan; Ajay Parkhe; Madhumita Gupta - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140153358A1 ## CPC - G01S 15/02: using reflection of acoustic waves (G01S15/66 takes precedence) - A61B 8/463: {characterised by displaying multiple images or images and diagnostic data on one display} - A61B 8/465: {adapted to display user selection data, e.g. icons or menus} - G01S 7/52074: {Composite displays, e.g. split-screen displays; Combination of multiple images or of images and alphanumeric tabular information} - G01S: RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) ## Abstract A medical imaging system capable of providing assistance to a user for acquiring medical images. The medical imaging system includes an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a live medical image of an object in a scanning plane. An image assistance unit is configured to present at least one of one or more reference images in the scanning plane of the live medical image. The image assistance unit also presents at least one demonstration image clip for obtaining the at least one reference image using the image acquisition unit. A display unit is communicably coupled to the image acquisition unit and the imaging assistance unit. The display unit is configured to display the at least one reference image and the at least one demonstration image clip along with the live medical image. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A medical imaging system comprising: an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a live medical image of an object in a scanning plane; an imaging assistance unit configured to present at least one of: at least one reference image in the scanning plane of the live medical image; and at least one demonstration image clip for obtaining the at least one reference image using the image acquisition unit; and a display unit communicably coupled to the image acquisition unit and the imaging assistance unit, wherein the display unit is configured to display the at least one reference image and the at least one demonstration image clip along with the live medical image. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The medical imaging system of claim 1, wherein the imaging assistance unit receives a user input for presenting the at least one demonstration image clip, wherein at least one demonstration image clip comprise a plurality of steps for acquiring the at least one reference image and a schematic representation of the at least one reference image. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The medical imaging system of claim 2, wherein a demonstration image clip of the at least one demonstration image clip comprises at least one image frame, the at least one image frame presents functioning of the image acquisition unit for acquiring the at least one reference image and a structure of the object. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The medical imaging system of claim 3, wherein the display unit is configured to display the at least one demonstration image clip in at least one viewing window. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The medical imaging system of claim 1, wherein the imaging assistance unit is further configured to: determine the at least one reference image from a plurality of reference images based on a scanning plane and at least one image parameter associated with an imaging procedure selected by a user; and identify the at least one demonstration image clip based on the at least one image parameter and the scanning plane. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The medical imaging system of claim 5, wherein the imaging assistance unit is further configured to present at least one error image clip representing errors conditions that occur while using the image acquisition unit for acquiring the at least one reference image, wherein an error image clip of the at least one error image clip comprises a plurality of error images. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The medical imaging system of claim 6, wherein the imaging assistance unit is further configured to annotate each error image of the at least one error image with a set of instructions for acquiring the at least one reference image with respect to each error image. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The medical imaging system of claim 7, wherein the imaging assistance unit is further configured to: receive a user input for selecting an error image having a scanning plane closer to a scanning plane in the live medical image; and present the set of instructions associated with the error image to the user. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The medical imaging system of claim 1, wherein the medical imaging system is an ultrasound imaging system. ### Claim 10 A method of assisting a user in acquiring a medical image of an object using a medical imaging system, the method comprising: acquiring a live medical image of the object in a scanning plane; presenting at least one reference image in the scanning plane of the live medical image; and displaying at least one demonstration image clip for obtaining the at least one reference image using an image acquisition unit of the medical imaging system, wherein the at least one reference image and the at least one demonstration image clip are displayed along with the live medical image. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, further comprising: receiving a user input to present the at least one demonstration image clip, wherein at least one demonstration image clip comprises a plurality of steps for acquiring the at least one reference image and a schematic representation of the at least one reference image. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, further comprising: determining the at least one reference image from a plurality of reference images based on a scanning plane and at least one image parameter associated with an imaging procedure selected by a user; and identifying the at least one demonstration image clip based on the imaging procedure selected by the user and the scanning plane. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, further comprising: presenting at least one error image clip representing errors that occur while using the image acquisition unit for acquiring the reference image, wherein an error image clip of the at least one error image clip comprises a plurality of error images. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, further comprising: receiving a user input for selecting an error image having a scanning plane closer to a scanning plane in the live medical image; and presenting a set of instructions associated with the error image to the user, wherein the set of instructions is for acquiring the reference image with respect to each error image. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein presenting the set of instructions associated with the error image comprises annotating each error image of at least one error image with the set of instructions.