Ultrasound imaging system including wireless probe tracking
AssigneeFujifilm Sonosite, Inc.
InventorsJohn Kook, Jon Battershell, Jason Nguyen
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Abstract
Ultrasound imaging systems including transducer probes having wireless tags, and associated systems and methods, are described herein. For example, the wireless tags can store supplemental data about the transducer probes, and the ultrasound system can include a base unit configured to wirelessly communicate with nearby ones of the wireless tags to receive the supplemental data. The base unit can be further configured to display the transducer probes that are nearby. In some embodiments, the operator can filter or sort the displayed nearby transducer probes based on the supplemental data to identify a particular one of the nearby transducer devices that has one or more desired attributes.
Claims21
1-20. (canceled)
An ultrasound system, comprising:
- transducer probes having wireless tags configured to store transducer probe data about the transducer probes;
- and
- a base unit including a memory storing instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to cause the processor to:
- receive the transducer probe data from the wireless tags;
- receive ultrasound procedure data about a current ultrasound procedure for the ultrasound system;
- and
- select one transducer probe of the transducer probes for the current ultrasound procedure based on the transducer probe data and the ultrasound procedure data.
A method for use by an ultrasound system having transducer probes and a base unit with a processor, the method comprising:
- receiving, by the processor, transducer probe data from wireless tags of the transducer probes;
- receiving, by the processor, ultrasound procedure data about a current ultrasound procedure for the ultrasound system;
- and
- selecting, by the processor, one transducer probe of the transducer probes for the current ultrasound procedure based on the transducer probe data and the ultrasound procedure data.
An ultrasound system, comprising:
- transducer probes having wireless tags configured to store transducer probe data about the transducer probes;
- and
- a base unit including a memory storing instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to cause the processor to:
- receive the transducer probe data from the wireless tags;
- determine that at least one transducer probe of the transducer probes is located within a predetermined range of the base unit;
- and
- produce an indication of the at least one transducer probe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.