Medical imaging system and control method thereof
AssigneeGE Precision Healthcare LLC
InventorsMinyu Gu, Zhiwen Wang, Gang Liu, Ke Tao
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Abstract
A medical imaging system and a control method thereof. The medical imaging system includes: a scanning device, which is used to scan a predetermined site of a subject to undergo detection, to obtain imaging data containing information about the predetermined site; an indication apparatus, which is disposed in the scanning device; and a control apparatus, which performs analysis of a medical image generated on the basis of the imaging data, and controls, on the basis of an analysis result, the indication apparatus to project a light beam to a predetermined surface, so as to form a pattern on the predetermined surface.
Claims20
An ultrasonic imaging system, comprising:
- a probe configured to scan a predetermined site of a subject to undergo detection, to obtain imaging data containing information about the predetermined site, the probe comprising:
- a transducer configured to transmit and receive an ultrasound signal;
- a matching layer configured to have an acoustic impedance between a tissue to be imaged and a material of the transducer;
- a damping block configured to absorb ultrasound energy;
- and
- an indicator configured to project a light beam;
- and
- a controller configured to analyze a medical image generated based on the imaging data, and control, according to an analysis result, the indicator to project a light beam to a predetermined surface to form a pattern on the predetermined surface.
A method of controlling a medical imaging system, the medical imaging system comprising:
- a scanning device configured to scan a predetermined site of a subject to undergo detection, to obtain imaging data containing information about the predetermined site;
- an indicator configured to emit light;
- and a controller;
- the method comprising performing analysis of a medical image generated based on the imaging data, and controlling, according to an analysis result, the indicator to project a light beam to a predetermined surface, to form a pattern on the predetermined surface.
An imaging system, comprising:
- a scanner configured to scan a predetermined site of a subject to undergo detection, to obtain imaging data containing information about the predetermined site, the scanner comprising an indicator configured to project a light beam;
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- a controller configured to analyze a medical image generated based on the imaging data, and control, according to an analysis result, the indicator to project a light beam to a predetermined surface to form a pattern on the predetermined surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.