Ultrasound imaging system and method for displaying an acquisition quality level
AssigneeGeneral Electic Company
InventorsTanya Specht, Menachem Halmann, Alexander Sokulin, Peter Lysyansky, Cynthia Owen, Sergey Ogurtsov
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Abstract
A system and a method of ultrasound imaging includes acquiring ultrasound data, acquiring a quality parameter while acquiring the ultrasound data, determining an acquisition quality level based on the quality parameter, displaying an image generated based on the ultrasound data and displaying an ROI on the ultrasound image, where a color of the ROI represents the acquisition quality level.
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A method of ultrasound imaging comprising:
- acquiring ultrasound data;
- acquiring a quality parameter during the process of acquiring the ultrasound data;
- determining, with a processor, an acquisition quality level based on the quality parameter;
- automatically selecting a first color based on the acquisition quality level from a group including at least the first color representing a first range of acquisition quality levels and a second color representing a second range of acquisition quality levels, where the second color is different than the first color and the second range of acquisition quality levels does not overlap with the first range of acquisition quality levels;
- generating an image based on the ultrasound data;
- displaying the image on a display device;
- and
- displaying a border in the first color on the first image to indicate a position of an ROI, where the first color represents the acquisition quality level.
An ultrasound imaging system comprising:
- a probe;
- a display device;
- and
- a processor in electronic communication with the probe and the display device, wherein the processor is configured to:
- control the probe to acquire ultrasound data;
- acquire a quality parameter during the process of acquiring the ultrasound data;
- determine an acquisition quality level based on the quality parameter;
- select a first color based on the acquisition quality level from a group including at least the first color representing a first range of acquisition quality levels and a second color, that is different than the first color,
- representing a second range of acquisition quality levels, where the second range of acquisition quality levels does not overlap with the first range of acquisition quality levels;
- generate an image based on the ultrasound data;
- display the image on the display device;
- display a border in the first color on the image, where the border indicates an ROI and the first color represents the acquisition quality level.
A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon, a computer program having at least one code section, said at least one code section being executable by a machine for causing said machine to perform one or more steps comprising:
- acquiring ultrasound data;
- acquiring a quality parameter during the process of acquiring the ultrasound data;
- determining, with a processor, an acquisition quality level based on the quality parameter;
- automatically selecting a first color based on the acquisition quality level from a group including at least the first color representing a first range of acquisition quality levels and a second color representing a second range of acquisition quality levels, where the second color is different than the first color and the second range of acquisition quality levels does not overlap with the first range of acquisition quality levels;
- generating an image based on the ultrasound data;
- displaying the image on a display device;
- displaying a border in the first color on the first image, where the border indicates a position of an ROI and the first color represents the acquisition quality level.
A method of ultrasound imaging comprising:
- acquiring ultrasound data with a probe;
- generating an image based on the ultrasound data;
- displaying the image on a display device;
- determining an acquisition quality level of the ultrasound data using at least one of a neural network and deep learning;
- and
- indicating the acquisition quality level of the ultrasound data by displaying a color-coded indicator on the display device at the same time as the image.
A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon, a computer program having at least one code section, said at least one code section being executable by a machine for causing said machine to perform one or more steps comprising:
- acquiring ultrasound data with a probe;
- generating an image based on the ultrasound data;
- displaying the image on a display device;
- determining an acquisition quality level of the ultrasound data using at least one of a neural network and deep learning;
- and
- indicating the acquisition quality level of the ultrasound data by displaying a color-coded indicator at the same time as the image.
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