Ultrasound imaging system and method
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsWalter Duda, Klaus Pintoffl, Simon Scharinger
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Abstract
A method and ultrasound imaging system includes displaying a plurality of steps of a workflow on a touchscreen, graphically indicating one of the plurality of steps in the workflow, displaying a text instruction describing the one of the steps in the workflow on the touchscreen at the same time as displaying the plurality of steps, and displaying an ultrasound image on the main display at the same time as displaying the plurality of steps and the text description on the touchscreen. The method and system includes implementing the step described in the text instruction on the ultrasound image displayed on a main display.
Claims20
A method of ultrasound imaging performed with an ultrasound imaging system including both a touchscreen and a main display, the method comprising:
- displaying a plurality of steps of a workflow on the touchscreen;
- graphically indicating one of the plurality of steps in the workflow;
- displaying a text instruction describing the one of the steps in the workflow on the touchscreen at the same time as said displaying the plurality of steps;
- displaying an ultrasound image on the main display at the same time as said displaying both the plurality of steps and the text description on the touchscreen;
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- implementing the step described in the text instruction on the ultrasound image displayed on the main display.
An ultrasound imaging system comprising:
- an ultrasound probe;
- a touchscreen configured to receive touch inputs and display at least one of an image and graphical user interface;
- a main display configured to display an ultrasound image acquired with the ultrasound probe;
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- a processor connected to the ultrasound probe, the touchscreen and the main display, wherein the processor is configured to:
- display a plurality of steps of a workflow on the touchscreen;
- graphically indicate one of the plurality of steps in the workflow;
- display a text instruction describing the one of the plurality of steps in the workflow on the touchscreen at the same time as displaying the plurality of steps;
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- display an ultrasound image on the main display at the same time as said displaying the plurality of steps and the text instruction on the touchscreen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.