System for remote evaluation of ultrasound information obtained by a programmed application-specific data collection device
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1. A system for generating application-specific medical ultrasound information, comprising:
- an ultrasound data collection assembly to carry out an ultrasound scan of a selected part of a human body of a patient at a given location by an operator and to produce raw, unprocessed ultrasound information therefrom but not an ultrasound image;
a data transmission system for transmitting the raw, unprocessed ultrasound information obtained by the assembly to a processing location physically remote from the data collection assembly location, wherein the ultrasound information is transmitted to the remote processing location without proceeding through a local processor at the site of the data collection assembly;
a processor at the remote location for processing the transmitted information sufficiently to produce a medical analysis of the selected body part therefrom, wherein the medical analysis is then transmitted back to a medical practitioner associated with the patient, wherein the medical analysis includes information suitable for use in the treatment of the patient; and
a memory structure for storing program information for control of at least one ultrasound procedure to be carried out by the data collection assembly and for storing information produced from the ultrasound procedure for each patient, including a data link between the memory structure and the data collection assembly.
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Abstract
A system which includes at least one ultrasound data collection device which is programmable to carry out a specific ultrasound procedure. The resulting ultrasound data is transmitted via a local server to the internet and from there to a web database server which processes the raw ultrasound data and provides application-specific information, such as a three-dimensional model, which can be used for diagnostic interpretation of the body part imaged by the ultrasound.
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1. A system for generating application-specific medical ultrasound information, comprising:
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an ultrasound data collection assembly to carry out an ultrasound scan of a selected part of a human body of a patient at a given location by an operator and to produce raw, unprocessed ultrasound information therefrom but not an ultrasound image;
a data transmission system for transmitting the raw, unprocessed ultrasound information obtained by the assembly to a processing location physically remote from the data collection assembly location, wherein the ultrasound information is transmitted to the remote processing location without proceeding through a local processor at the site of the data collection assembly;
a processor at the remote location for processing the transmitted information sufficiently to produce a medical analysis of the selected body part therefrom, wherein the medical analysis is then transmitted back to a medical practitioner associated with the patient, wherein the medical analysis includes information suitable for use in the treatment of the patient; and
a memory structure for storing program information for control of at least one ultrasound procedure to be carried out by the data collection assembly and for storing information produced from the ultrasound procedure for each patient, including a data link between the memory structure and the data collection assembly. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for generating application-specific ultrasound information, comprising:
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scanning a portion of the body of a human patient with ultrasound signals and receiving the reflected ultrasound signals therefrom, the received ultrasound signals being in the form of raw, unprocessed ultrasound information;
transmitting said raw, unprocessed ultrasound information to an internet-based database server without the ultrasound information proceeding through a local processor at the site of scanning;
processing the information provided to the database server to produce an application-specific medical analysis of the said body part; and
transmitting the medical analysis to a medical practitioner associated with the patient, wherein the medical analysis includes information suitable for use in the treatment of the patient. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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