Systems and methods for an adaptive interface for an ultrasound imaging system
AssigneeGE Precision Healthcare LLC
InventorsMahendra Madhukar Patil, Ashish Handa, Raveesh Reddy Sreenivasaiah
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Abstract
Various methods and systems are provided for dynamically adjusting user guidance based on a user's proficiency by tracking the same. In one example, a proficiency score for a user may be tracked over time and practice based on a pre-defined rubric for a given anatomical region and a given anatomical target within the anatomical region. During medical imaging, based on the proficiency score of the user, an amount of user guidance that is provided to the user may be adjusted. For example, user guidance may be automatically activated to guide the user during the imaging procedure when the proficiency score of the user is less than a threshold score.
Claims20
A method for medical imaging, comprising:
- determining a proficiency score of a user, the proficiency score corresponding to a proficiency of the user in imaging with a medical imaging modality;
- based on the proficiency score, adjusting an amount of a guidance provided to the user on a graphical user interface of a display device coupled to the medical imaging modality;
- and
- displaying an indication of the proficiency on the graphical user interface.
A method, comprising:
- progressively tracking a proficiency score for imaging with a medical imaging modality, the proficiency score tracked for a user with respect to each of a plurality of anatomical regions;
- during a current imaging session,
- determining a current proficiency score for a current anatomical region, and responsive to the current proficiency score less than a threshold score for the current anatomical region, displaying a guidance on a portion of a display coupled to the medical imaging modality along with an acquired medical image;
- otherwise, displaying the acquired medical image without the guidance.
A system, comprising:
- an ultrasound probe;
- a display device;
- a processor communicably coupled to the display device, a non-transitory memory storing proficiency data for a plurality of users, the proficiency data including a proficiency score for each of a plurality of anatomical regions of interest for each of the plurality of users, and including instructions that when executed cause the processor to:
- for each of the plurality of users, progressively monitor and update the proficiency score for each of the plurality of anatomical regions of interest;
- and
- during an imaging session performed by a user for a current anatomical region,
- acquire an ultrasound image;
- display, on an active portion of the display device, the acquired ultrasound image;
- determine a proficiency stage for the user for the current anatomical region based on a corresponding proficiency score of the user for the current anatomical region;
- adjust a level of real-time and/or contextual guidance based on the proficiency stage for the current anatomical region;
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- display, on a second portion of the active portion, an indication of the proficiency stage of the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.