System and method for providing ultrasound images of a target object through a wireless communication network

• US 20050215900A1
• Filed: 03/18/2005
• Published: 09/29/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Medison Co., Ltd. (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Medison Co., Ltd. (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Kim, Sung Nam
• Application Number:
  US11/082,771
• Publication Number:
  US 20050215900A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/443
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/00 Diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves imaging of objects using sonar G01S15/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/565 involving data transmission via a network

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system for providing an ultrasound image of a target object, including: ultrasound diagnostic equipment for acquiring ultrasound data from the target object; an image converter for converting ultrasound data into mobile ultrasound data having a data format, which is suitable for transmission through a wireless communication network; and a mobile server for transmitting the mobile ultrasound data through the wireless communication network.

Claims

1. A system for providing an ultrasound image of a target object, comprising:

means for acquiring ultrasound data from the target object;

means for converting the ultrasound data into mobile ultrasound data having a data format, which is suitable for transmission through a wireless communication network; and

means for transmitting the mobile ultrasound data through the wireless communication network.

2. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the target object is a fetus.

3. The system as recited in claim 2, wherein the ultrasound data includes data associated with 2-dimensional ultrasound images of the fetus, 3-dimensional ultrasound images of the fetus, medical information of a pregnant woman and the fetus and a heart beating sound.

4. The system as recited in claim 3, further comprising a mobile device for displaying a mobile ultrasound image and playing a heat beating sound based on the mobile ultrasound data.

5. The system as recited in claim 4, further comprising:

a first database for storing the ultrasound data of the fetus; and

a second database for storing the mobile ultrasound data converted from the ultrasound data.

6. The system as recited in claim 5, further comprising means for editing a mobile ultrasound image based on the mobile ultrasound data by inserting clip art images or letters.

7. A method for providing an ultrasound image of a target object, comprising the steps of:

a) acquiring ultrasound data from the target object;

b) converting the ultrasound data into mobile ultrasound data having a data format, which is suitable for transmission through a wireless communication network; and

c) transmitting the mobile ultrasound data through the wireless communication network.

8. The system as recited in claim 7, wherein the target object is a fetus.

9. The system as recited in claim 8, wherein the ultrasound data includes data associated with 2-dimensional ultrasound images of the fetus, 3-dimensional ultrasound images of the fetus, medical information of a pregnant woman and the fetus and a heart beating sound.

10. The method as recited in claim 9, further comprising the steps of:

d) storing the ultrasound data of the fetus; and

e) storing the mobile ultrasound data converted from the ultrasound data.

11. A method for providing an ultrasound image of a fetus, comprising the steps of:

a) acquiring ultrasound data of fetus;

b) storing the ultrasound data in a first storing unit, wherein the ultrasound data includes data associated with 2-dimensional images of the fetus, 3-dimensional ultrasound images of the fetus, medical information of the pregnant woman and the fetus and a heart beating sound;

c) converting the ultrasound data of the fetus into mobile ultrasound data having a data format, which is suitable for transmission through a wireless communication network, wherein the mobile ultrasound data includes data associated with mobile ultrasound images of the fetus, mobile medical information of the pregnant woman and the fetus and a mobile heart beating sound;

d) storing the mobile ultrasound data in a second storing unit;

e) transmitting the mobile ultrasound data to a mobile device; and

f) displaying the ultrasound image on the mobile device based on the mobile ultrasound data.

12. The method as recited in claim 11, wherein the second storing unit includes a list associated with the mobile ultrasound data.

13. The method as recited in claim 12, wherein the step e) includes the steps of:

e1) transmitting the list to the mobile device;

e2) selecting one of mobile ultrasound images in the mobile device;

e3) retrieving a selected mobile ultrasound image in the second storing unit; and

e4) transmitting a retrieved mobile ultrasound image to the mobile device.

14. The method as recited in claim 13, wherein the step e4) includes the step of e41) checking whether a additional image edition request for the retrieved mobile ultrasound image is received from the mobile device.

15. The method as recited in claim 14, wherein, if it is determined that the additional image edition request is received at step e41), the retrieved mobile ultrasound image is edited by inserting predetermined clip art images or letters.

16. The method as recited in claim 14, wherein, if it is determined that the additional image edition request is not received at step e41), the retrieved mobile ultrasound image is transmitted to the mobile device.