User interface for handheld imaging devices
First Claim
1. A user interface for a handheld ultrasound system, the user interface comprising:
- a graphical user interface configured to present to a choice of display modes, one of the display modes configured to display an anatomically correct image that represents flow as motion of a speckled pattern.
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Abstract
A Graphical User Interface (GUI) for an ultrasound system. The ultrasound system has operational modes and the GUI has corresponding icons, tabs, and menu items image and information fields. The User Interface (UI) provides several types of graphical elements with intelligent behavior, such as being context sensitive and adaptive, called active objects, for example, tabs, menus, icons, windows of user interaction and data display and an alphanumeric keyboard. In addition the UI may also be voice activated. The UI further provides for a touchscreen for direct selection of displayed active objects. In an embodiment, the UI is for a medical ultrasound handheld imaging instrument. The UI provides a limited set of hard and soft keys with adaptive functionality that can be used with only one hand and potentially with only one thumb.
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18 Claims
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1. A user interface for a handheld ultrasound system, the user interface comprising:
a graphical user interface configured to present to a choice of display modes, one of the display modes configured to display an anatomically correct image that represents flow as motion of a speckled pattern.
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2. An ultrasound system comprising:
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an ultrasound imaging device capable of operating in a plurality of operation modes, wherein at least one of the operation modes is selected from a group of operation modes; and
a user interface comprising an auto optimize mode configured to automatically optimize a display of the ultrasound imaging device by adjusting one or more settings selected from the group consisting of;
gain, contrast, compression maps, position of an image on the display, edge enhancement, persistence, flash suppression, or baseline shift, in accordance with a plurality of parameters selected by a user of the ultrasound imaging device. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An ultrasound system comprising:
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a display and control unit comprising;
a graphical user interface comprising active elements responsive to an operation mode of the ultrasound system, and to a record of prior user choices;
a screen for displaying the graphical user interface; and
an auto optimize button, menu item, or icon to automatically optimize the graphical user interface by adjusting one or more settings selected from the group consisting of;
gain, contrast, compression maps, position of an image on the display, edge enhancement, persistence, flash suppression, or baseline shift, in accordance with a plurality of parameters selected by a user; and
a transducer unit for receiving and transmitting ultrasonic signals, the transducer unit communicatively coupled to the display and control unit. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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