Method and apparatus for controlling ultrasound system display
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1. A method for operating an ultrasound imaging system, said method comprising:
- receiving an image data set of a region of interest in a first dimensional representation that comprises at least three dimensions;
receiving a selected view perspective of the image data set determined by a viewpoint selector;
generating, with a processor, a plurality of planar slices of image data of the image data set, an axis of the planar slices being orthogonal to the selected view perspective;
reducing the dimensionality of the image data set to a second dimensional representation;
receiving a selected feature of interest selected in the second dimensional representation;
generating an image corresponding to the selected feature of interest; and
displaying the image corresponding to the selected feature in the first dimensional representation on a display system.
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Abstract
A method for operating a medical imaging system is provided. The method includes receiving an image data set of a region of interest in a first dimensional representation, reducing the dimensionality of the image data set to a second dimensional representation, selecting a feature of interest in the second dimensional representation, and generating an image of the selected feature in the first dimensional representation.
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1. A method for operating an ultrasound imaging system, said method comprising:
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receiving an image data set of a region of interest in a first dimensional representation that comprises at least three dimensions; receiving a selected view perspective of the image data set determined by a viewpoint selector; generating, with a processor, a plurality of planar slices of image data of the image data set, an axis of the planar slices being orthogonal to the selected view perspective; reducing the dimensionality of the image data set to a second dimensional representation; receiving a selected feature of interest selected in the second dimensional representation; generating an image corresponding to the selected feature of interest; and displaying the image corresponding to the selected feature in the first dimensional representation on a display system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An ultrasound system comprising:
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an ultrasound probe having at least one transducer for transmitting pulses to an object; a processor programmed to receive image data in a first dimensionality and reduce the image data to a second dimensionality; a viewpoint selector coupled to a user input of said ultrasound system to control a view of reduced image data; and a display system comprising an ultrasound viewing area and a reduced dimensionality display area, wherein said processor is configured to display in the ultrasound viewing area, ultrasound images based on the image data in at least one of the first dimensionality and the second dimensionality as determined by a position of the viewpoint selector in the reduced image data view, and difference maps based on the image data in the first dimensionality. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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24. A method for processing ultrasound data, said method comprising:
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receiving multidimensional ultrasound data comprising N dimensions, wherein the value of N is one of three and four; generating, with a processor, a reduced dimension data set from the multidimensional ultrasound data with the processor, the reduced dimension data set comprising N−
1 dimensions;receiving a selected feature of interest in the reduced dimension data set based on a user input; generating an image corresponding to the selected feature of interest; and displaying the image comprising the N dimensions that corresponds to the feature of interest on a display system. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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