Interactive goal-directed ultrasound measurement system
First Claim
1. An ultrasound measurement system for performing a plurality of ultrasound measurements, the system comprising:
- a display screen; and
an input device, wherein the input device uses a plurality of measurement menus allowing for the selection of ultrasound measurements off of the display screen, some of the measurement menus being associated with potential conditions, at least one of the measurement menus associated with a potential condition enabling the selection of at least some of a set of suggested ultrasound measurements of the plurality of ultrasound measurements, the set of suggested measurements being appropriate for the potential condition associated with that measurement menu.
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Abstract
The use of menu branches associated with a patient'"'"'s potential condition aids in the accuracy and efficiency of an ultrasound measurement system. The menu branches use a set of suggested measurements to produce results that allow for the evaluation of the potential condition of the patient. The set of suggested measurements can be less than all of the possible measurements for the calculation package. The user no longer has to skip through a large menu full of irrelevant measurement selections. For this reason, the user is less likely to skip pertinent measurements or do time consuming measurements which are irrelevant to evaluate the potential condition. The time savings is important since the user of the ultrasound measurement system may be under severe time pressure.
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28 Claims
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1. An ultrasound measurement system for performing a plurality of ultrasound measurements, the system comprising:
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a display screen; and an input device, wherein the input device uses a plurality of measurement menus allowing for the selection of ultrasound measurements off of the display screen, some of the measurement menus being associated with potential conditions, at least one of the measurement menus associated with a potential condition enabling the selection of at least some of a set of suggested ultrasound measurements of the plurality of ultrasound measurements, the set of suggested measurements being appropriate for the potential condition associated with that measurement menu. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for providing an interactive ultrasound measurement system in which one of a plurality of ultrasound measurements can be selected, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing a plurality of menu headings, at least some of the menu headings describing potential conditions; and providing a plurality of measurement menus associated with the menu headings such that some of the plurality of measurement menus are associated with potential conditions, wherein at least one of the measurement menus associated with a potential condition enables the selection of at least some of a set of suggested ultrasound measurements of the plurality of ultrasound measurements, the set of suggested ultrasound measurements being appropriate for the potential condition associated with that measurement menu. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for selecting ultrasound measurements using a system in which a plurality of ultrasound measurements can be selected off of a display screen, the method comprising the steps of:
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selecting a measurement menu to display on the display screen, the measurement menu being associated with a potential condition and enabling the selection of suggested ultrasound measurements from the plurality of ultrasound measurements, the suggested ultrasound measurements being appropriate for the potential condition; and selecting at least one of the suggested ultrasound measurements appropriate for the potential condition. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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