Methods and Systems for Ultrasound Imaging
AssigneeyoR Labs, Inc.
InventorsValerie Hunter, Clark Brooks, Anshumali Roy
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Abstract
Described herein is a method and system for capturing, labeling, measuring and/or comparing images from current and/or previous ultrasound studies using a touch-screen user interface and a display where actions on the touch-screen input data on a captured ultrasound image on the display. Labels and measurements input on the touch-screen user interface are placed in the appropriate location on the captured ultrasound image and on an anatomically matching graphical representation on the touch-screen user interface either or both of which may be used to generate documentation and reports of an ultrasound study.
Claims21
A method for annotating an ultrasound image frame in an active ultrasound scan of an anatomical feature comprising:
- displaying on a first device, a first active ultrasound image from a machine transformation of acquired ultrasound readings;
- displaying a proportional graphical representation of the anatomical feature being scanned on a user interface comprising a touch-screen;
- detecting, from a user, a touch gesture on the user interface;
- correlating the touch gesture on the user interface with a stored image manipulation function, wherein each of a plurality of touch gestures is correlated to a different image manipulation function;
- applying the image manipulation function associated with the touch gesture to the active ultrasound image and to the graphical representation of the anatomical feature being scanned, wherein information associated with the touch gesture on the user interface manipulates the active ultrasound image;
- labeling the graphical representation of the anatomical feature with a location of a lesion, wherein a label applied to the graphical representation of the anatomical feature appears on the active ultrasound image;
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- wherein subsequent touch gestures on the user interface modify the label of the lesion on the displayed active ultrasound image.
A computer operated method of running a visualization application on the computer to compare prior images of an anatomical feature with an active scan comprising:
- displaying patient information on a first device that has been inputted through a user interface, wherein the user interface is a touch-screen;
- receiving an input of the anatomical feature being scanned;
- retrieving a series of prior generated ultrasound images of the anatomical feature, wherein the prior generated ultrasound images are displayed adjacent to the active scan;
- displaying a graphical representation of the anatomical feature on the user interface;
- populating the graphical representation of the anatomical feature with labels from a prior generated worksheet;
- determining the ultrasound images matching the labels from the prior generated worksheet from the series of prior generated ultrasound images of the anatomical feature;
- marking a lesion matching the labels from the prior generated worksheet on the active scan;
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- comparing changes in the anatomical feature being scanned with the labels from a single previous ultrasound image, wherein the imported labels on the graphical representation are amended to indicate the current labels on the active scan.
An ultrasound system, comprising:
- an ultrasound probe comprising a transducer configured to transmit an ultrasound signal to a target object, receive an ultrasound echo signal reflected from the target object, and form ultrasound data corresponding to the target object;
- a first processor configured to form an ultrasound image from the ultrasound data;
- a first display screen;
- a touch-screen user interface;
- a second processor that receives input from the touch-screen user interface;
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- wherein in response to receiving input from the touch-screen user interface, the second processor sends a signal to a labeling module to input labels and measurements of the target object on an image on the first display screen and a graphical representation of an anatomical being scanned on a user interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.