Diagnostic ultrasonic imaging system having organic light emitting device display

• US 6,579,237 B1
• Filed: 12/14/2001
• Issued: 06/17/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Knoblich, Stan
• Primary Examiner(s): Lateef, Marvin M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Jain, Ruby
• Application Number:
  US10/022,261
• Publication Number:
  US 20030114754A1
• Time in Patent Office: 550 Days
• Field of Search: 600/437, 600/441, 600/443, 600/447, 349/202
• US Class Current: 600/437
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/08 Detecting organic movements or changes, e.g. tumours, cysts, swellings A61B8/02 - A61B8/06 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/4405 Device being mounted on a trolley
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/462 characterised by constructional features of the display
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 7/52053 Display arrangements

Abstract

A diagnostic ultrasonic imaging system includes an ultrasonic scanhead, an ultrasonic system chassis, and an organic light emitting device (“OLED”) display. The OLED display has a response time of less than 10 ms, a contrast ratio of at least 1000:1, and a horizontal and vertical viewing angle of at least 160 degrees.

Claims

1. An ultrasonic imaging system, comprising:

a system chassis;

an ultrasonic scanhead coupled to the system chassis; and

an organic light emitting device display coupled to the system chassis, the display having a viewing screen on which an ultrasonic image can be displayed.

2. The ultrasonic imaging system of claim 1, wherein the organic light emitting device display has a response time of less than 10 ms.

3. The ultrasonic imaging system of claim 2, wherein the organic light emitting device display has a response time of less than 1 ms.

4. The ultrasonic imaging system of claim 1, wherein the organic light emitting device display has a contrast ratio of at least 1000:

1.

5. The ultrasonic imaging system of claim 4, wherein the organic light emitting device display has a contrast ratio of at least 2000:

1.

6. The ultrasonic imaging system of claim 1, wherein the organic light emitting device display has a horizontal and vertical viewing angle of at least 160 degrees.

7. The ultrasonic imaging system of claim 6, wherein the organic light emitting device display has a horizontal and vertical viewing angle of at least 180 degrees.

8. The ultrasonic imaging system of claim 1, wherein the organic light emitting device display comprises a color organic light emitting device display.

9. An ultrasonic imaging system, comprising:

a system chassis;

an ultrasonic scanhead coupled to the system chassis; and

a flat panel display coupled to the system chassis, the flat panel display having a viewing screen on which an ultrasonic image can be displayed, the flat panel display having a response time of less than 10 ms.

10. The ultrasonic imaging system of claim 9, wherein the flat panel display comprises a flat panel display having a response time of less than 1 ms.

11. The ultrasonic imaging system of claim 9, wherein the flat panel display comprises an organic light emitting device display.

12. The ultrasonic imaging system of claim 11, wherein the organic light emitting device display comprises a color organic light emitting device display.

13. An ultrasonic imaging system, comprising:

a ultrasound image processor; and

an organic light emitting device display coupled to the system chassis, the display having a viewing screen on which an ultrasonic image can be displayed.

14. The ultrasonic imaging system of claim 13, wherein the ultrasound image processor comprises a desktop unit.

15. The ultrasonic imaging system of claim 13, wherein the ultrasound image processor comprises a diagnostic image workstation.

16. An ultrasonic imaging system, comprising:

a system chassis;

an ultrasonic scanhead coupled to the system chassis; and

a flat panel display coupled to the system chassis, the flat panel display having a viewing screen on which an ultrasonic image can be displayed, the flat panel display having a horizontal and vertical viewing angle of at least 160 degrees.

17. The ultrasonic imaging system of claim 16, wherein the flat panel display comprises a flat panel display having a horizontal and vertical viewing angle of at least 180 degrees.

18. The ultrasonic imaging system of claim 16, wherein the flat panel display comprises an organic light emitting device display.

19. The ultrasonic imaging system of claim 18, wherein the organic light emitting device display comprises a color organic light emitting device display.

24. The ultrasonic imaging system of claim 17, wherein the flat panel display comprises a flat panel display having a horizontal and vertical viewing angle of at least 200 degrees.

20. A diagnostic ultrasonic image of an object, the image being shown with a response time of less than 10 ms, a contrast ratio of at least 1000:

1 and a horizontal and vertical viewing angle of at least 160 degrees.

21. The diagnostic ultrasonic image of claim 20, wherein the image is shown with a response time of less than 1 ms, a contrast ratio of at least 4000:

1 and a horizontal and vertical viewing angle of at least 200 degrees.

22. A method of displaying an ultrasonic image, comprising:

providing an ultrasonic imaging system, including an organic light emitting device display having a viewing screen;

obtaining data corresponding to an ultrasonic image; and

displaying the ultrasonic image on the viewing screen of the organic light emitting device display.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the act of providing an ultrasonic imaging system including an organic light emitting device display comprises providing an ultrasonic imaging system including a color organic light emitting device display.

25. The ultrasonic imaging system of claim 25, wherein the flat panel display comprises a flat panel display having a horizontal and vertical viewing angle of at least 180 degrees.

26. The ultrasonic imaging system of claim 25, wherein the flat panel display comprises a flat panel display having a horizontal and vertical viewing angle of at least 200 degrees.