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 into a stream of data frames and to convey said stream of data frames and control parameters via a serial communication channel, wherein each of multiple data frames conveyed over a duration of said stream of data frames includes an indication of an ultrasound imaging mode and includes ultrasound-imaging-mode-specific imaging parameters within each of multiple data frames that are descriptive of structure of a data frame, wherein the structure of each data frame comprises a header and a body, 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 and control parameters via said serial communication channel, and to recognize the ultrasound imaging mode of received image data from the indication.
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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 into a stream of data frames and to convey said stream of data frames and control parameters via a serial communication channel, wherein each of multiple data frames conveyed over a duration of said stream of data frames includes an indication of an ultrasound imaging mode and includes ultrasound-imaging-mode-specific imaging parameters within each of multiple data frames that are descriptive of structure of a data frame, wherein the structure of each data frame comprises a header and a body, 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 and control parameters via said serial communication channel, and to recognize the ultrasound imaging mode of received image data from the indication. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer memory product, comprising:
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at least one computer readable non-transitory 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 into a stream of data frames, each of multiple data frames over a duration of said stream of data frames including an indication of an ultrasound imaging mode, control parameters and ultrasound-imaging-mode-specific imaging parameters, the imaging parameters within said each of multiple data frames being descriptive of structure of a data frame within the said each of multiple data frames, wherein the structure of each data frame comprises a header and a body, 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 convey said stream of data frames via a serial communication channel; 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 serial communication channel; recognize the ultrasound imaging mode of received image data from the indications within a data frame and the structure of each received data frame; and process the received image data, based on recognized mode and structure of each received data frame, to facilitate display of the received image data. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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