Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus

• US 9,289,186 B2
• Filed: 03/18/2013
• Issued: 03/22/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/02/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Tashiro, Rika
• Primary Examiner(s): Cattungal, Sanjay
• Application Number:
  US13/846,719
• Publication Number:
  US 20130261447A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,100 Days
• Field of Search: 600437-469, 382128-132
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/0866 involving foetal diagnosis; pre-natal or peri-natal diagnosis of the baby
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/0891 for diagnosis of blood vessels
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/14 Echo-tomography
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/44 Constructional features of the ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic diagnostic device
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/4427 Device being portable or laptop-like
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/461 Displaying means of special interest
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/463 characterised by displaying multiple images or images and diagnostic data on one display composite display in devices for short-range imaging with acoustic waves G01S7/52074
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/465 adapted to display user selection data, e.g. icons or menus
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/467 characterised by special input means
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/469 for selection of a region of interest
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/5207 involving processing of raw data to produce diagnostic data, e.g. for generating an image reconstruction G06T11/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/5215 involving processing of medical diagnostic data
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/5223 for extracting a diagnostic or physiological parameter from medical diagnostic data for algorithms to analyse biomedical images G06T7/0012
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/54 Control of the diagnostic device
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/30 for calculating health indices; for individual health risk assessment

Abstract

An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes a monitor simultaneously displaying in blocks a series of examination items on an ultrasound diagnosis within a screen in chronological order and a controller causing the monitor to highlight a block of an examination item being currently executed among blocks indicating the series of examination items displayed on the monitor.

Claims

1. An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus which transmits ultrasonic waves from an ultrasound probe toward a subject, produces an ultrasound image in a diagnostic apparatus body based on reception data obtained and performs an examination based on said ultrasound image, the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus comprising:

an operation monitor simultaneously displaying in blocks a name of said desired examination and a series of examination items that can be performed in said desired examination within a screen, said series of examination items being arranged in chronological order according to a procedure; and

a controller causing said operation monitor to highlight a block of an examination item included in said series of examination items and being currently performed,

wherein said series of examination items is any one selected from a series of vascular examinations, a series of obstetric examinations, a series of examinations for measuring amount of amniotic fluid and a series of examinations for measuring a body weight of fetus, and

wherein said controller causes said operation monitor to display a number of performed examinations.

2. The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an operation selector for allowing an operator to select an examination item from among said series of examination items displayed in blocks on said operation monitor,

wherein, in response to a selection of the examination item through said operation selector, said controller controls said diagnostic apparatus body such that the examination item selected from among said series of examination items and its subsequent one or more examination items are executed.

3. The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said controller controls said diagnostic apparatus body such that said series of examination items are started from the examination item selected through said operation selector.

4. The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus according to claim 2, wherein, in response to a selection of a subsequent examination item through said operation selector with one or more preceding examination items still remaining unexecuted, said controller controls said diagnostic apparatus body such that said one or more preceding examination items still remaining unexecuted are skipped to execute said subsequent examination item.

5. The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus according to claim 2, wherein, in response to a selection of an already executed examination item through said operation selector, said controller controls said diagnostic apparatus body such that said already executed examination item selected from among said series of examination items and its subsequent one or more examination items are executed.

6. The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said operation monitor and said operation selector each comprise a touch panel.

7. The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an operation selector for allowing an operator to select an examination item as a start position of the series from among said series of examination items displayed in blocks on said operation monitor.

8. The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an operation selector for allowing an operator to input a default start position as an examination item from among said series of examination items displayed in blocks on said operation monitor.

9. The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an operation selector for allowing an operator to select an examination item to be skipped from among said series of examination items displayed in blocks on said operation monitor.

10. The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an operation selector for allowing an operator to select a plurality of examination items to be skipped from among said series of examination items displayed in blocks on said operation monitor.