System and method for medical imaging with robust mode switching via serial channel
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1. A system for ultrasound medical imaging, the system comprising:
- a first ultrasound information processing device configured to packetize ultrasound image data of at least one ultrasound imaging mode into a stream of data frames and to convey said stream of data frames via a single serial communication channel such that over a duration multiple data frames are conveyed, each data frame comprising a header and a body,wherein the ultrasound image data is reduced such that only the ultrasound image data which is visible on a display is conveyed;
wherein the multiple data frames of said stream of data frames includes an indication of the at least one ultrasound imaging mode in the header, image data, and ultrasound-imaging-mode-specific imaging parameters, the ultrasound-imaging-mode-specific imaging parameters comprising a control parameters, the image data and control parameters arranged to remain in sync during scan mode changes, the image data stored in the body, the control parameter stored in the header; and
a second ultrasound information processing device configured to receive said stream of data frames via said single serial communication channel, to recognize the indication of the at least one ultrasound imaging mode and to interpret the control parameter to process the image data, wherein each data frame indicates the ultrasound imaging mode associated with the ultrasound image data in each respective data frame.
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Abstract
In one embodiment of the invention, there is an ultrasound processing system that communicates images over a single asynchronous serial channel according to a scheme that does not require an isochronous serial channel and that switches among ultrasound imaging modes robustly. For example, the system is configured to packetize ultrasound image data of at least one ultrasound imaging mode into a stream of data frames and to convey the stream of data frames via the asynchronous channel. Each data frame includes indication of the ultrasound imaging mode and includes ultrasound-imaging-mode-specific imaging parameters. Other embodiments exist.
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1. A system for ultrasound medical imaging, the system comprising:
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a first ultrasound information processing device configured to packetize ultrasound image data of at least one ultrasound imaging mode into a stream of data frames and to convey said stream of data frames via a single serial communication channel such that over a duration multiple data frames are conveyed, each data frame comprising a header and a body, wherein the ultrasound image data is reduced such that only the ultrasound image data which is visible on a display is conveyed; wherein the multiple data frames of said stream of data frames includes an indication of the at least one ultrasound imaging mode in the header, image data, and ultrasound-imaging-mode-specific imaging parameters, the ultrasound-imaging-mode-specific imaging parameters comprising a control parameters, the image data and control parameters arranged to remain in sync during scan mode changes, the image data stored in the body, the control parameter stored in the header; and a second ultrasound information processing device configured to receive said stream of data frames via said single serial communication channel, to recognize the indication of the at least one ultrasound imaging mode and to interpret the control parameter to process the image data, wherein each data frame indicates the ultrasound imaging mode associated with the ultrasound image data in each respective data frame. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for ultrasound medical imaging, the method comprising:
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transmitting ultrasound acoustic waves into a body of a patient using a probe; receiving and processing, according to at least one ultrasound imaging mode, echoes reflected from structures within the body to form ultrasound image data using the probe; packaging ultrasound image data of the at least one ultrasound imaging mode into a stream of data frames such that over a duration multiple data frames are conveyed, wherein each data frame comprises a header and a body, the multiple data frames of said stream of data frames including an indication of the at least one ultrasound imaging mode in the header and including ultrasound-imaging-mode-specific imaging parameters, the ultrasound-imaging-mode-specific imaging parameters within the multiple data frames comprising control parameters, the image data and control parameters arranged to remain in sync during scan mode changes, the image data stored in the body, the control parameter stored in the header; reducing the ultrasound image data such that the stream of data frames only includes the ultrasound image data which will be displayed; conveying said stream of data frames via a single serial communication channel, wherein said single serial communication channel comprises a non-isochronous channel, wherein each data frame indicates the ultrasound imaging mode associated with the ultrasound image data in each respective data frame; receiving said stream of data frames via said single serial communication channel; recognizing the at least one ultrasound imaging mode of received image data from the indication; processing the received image data, based on the recognized ultrasound imaging mode and the control parameter to form processed received image data; and displaying the processed received image data. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer memory product, comprising:
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at least one computer readable storage medium; first computer code stored on said at least one computer readable storage medium, the first computer code including instruction to at least a first computer processor to; package ultrasound image data of the at least one ultrasound imaging mode into a stream of data frames such that over a duration multiple data frames are conveyed, wherein each data frame comprises a header and a body, the multiple data frames of said stream of data frames including an indication of the at least one ultrasound imaging mode in the header and including ultrasound-imaging-mode-specific imaging parameters;
the ultrasound-imaging-mode-specific imaging parameters comprising a control parameter, the image data and control parameters arranged to remain in sync during scan mode changes, the image data stored in the body, the control parameter stored in the header andreduce the ultrasound image data such that said stream of data frames only includes the ultrasound image data which will be displayed and convey said stream of data frames via a single serial communication channel, wherein said single serial communication channel comprises a non-isochronous channel, wherein each data frame indicates the ultrasound imaging mode associated with the ultrasound image data in each respective data frame; and second computer code stored on said at least one computer readable storage medium, the second computer code including instruction to at least a second computer processor to; receive said stream of data frames via said single serial communication channel; recognize the at least one ultrasound imaging mode of received image data from the indication within a data frame that contained said received image data; and process the received image data, based on the recognized ultrasound imaging mode and the control parameter, to facilitate display of the received image data. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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