System and method for touch screen control of an ultrasound system
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1. A system for displaying ultrasound images, the system comprising:
- a base including a controller for controlling an ultrasound transducer to acquire an ultrasound image, wherein the controller includes one or more processors and is configured to generate the acquired ultrasound image; and
first and second display devices coupled with the base, the first display device being a primary display including a monitor and the second display device being a touch screen display, wherein the first and second displays are each directed by the controller to display the acquired ultrasound image and the second display device is further configured for a user to perform one or more measurements on the displayed ultrasound image, the first display device includes a plurality of user selectable elements, wherein only a subset of the user selectable elements from the first display device is replicated on the second display device, the subset of user selectable elements includes at least one of a new patient area, a comment area, a measure area, a depth adjustment area, a gain adjustment area, a focal position adjustment area, an auto optimize area, or a soft key area, wherein the controller is configured to process one or more user inputs relating to the measurements.
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Abstract
An ultrasound system includes a display device and a processor module. The display device is configured to display an ultrasound image. At least a portion of the display device includes a touch sensitive portion that is responsive to a touch in each of a plurality of user selectable elements presented on the display device. The processor module is configured to adjust at least one of the ultrasound image and an imaging setting based on the touch in at least one of the user selectable elements of the display device. The ultrasound image and the user selectable elements are concurrently displayed on the display device.
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32 Claims
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1. A system for displaying ultrasound images, the system comprising:
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a base including a controller for controlling an ultrasound transducer to acquire an ultrasound image, wherein the controller includes one or more processors and is configured to generate the acquired ultrasound image; and first and second display devices coupled with the base, the first display device being a primary display including a monitor and the second display device being a touch screen display, wherein the first and second displays are each directed by the controller to display the acquired ultrasound image and the second display device is further configured for a user to perform one or more measurements on the displayed ultrasound image, the first display device includes a plurality of user selectable elements, wherein only a subset of the user selectable elements from the first display device is replicated on the second display device, the subset of user selectable elements includes at least one of a new patient area, a comment area, a measure area, a depth adjustment area, a gain adjustment area, a focal position adjustment area, an auto optimize area, or a soft key area, wherein the controller is configured to process one or more user inputs relating to the measurements. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for presenting an ultrasound image obtained by an ultrasound system, the method comprising:
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displaying, while a first display device and a second display device remain coupled to a common base, an ultrasound image on the first display device being a primary display including a monitor, and displaying the ultrasound image on the second display device being a touch screen display, the ultrasound image acquired by an ultrasound transducer controlled by a controller in the common base, wherein the first display device includes a plurality of user selectable elements, wherein only a subset of the user selectable elements from the first display device is replicated on the second display device, the subset of user selectable elements includes at least one of a new patient area, a comment area, a measure area, a depth adjustment area, a gain adjustment area, a focal position adjustment area, an auto optimize area, or a soft key area, the plurality of user selectable elements of the second display device correspond to a touch sensitive portion of the touch screen display that encompasses the plurality of user selectable elements; receiving a user input at the touch screen display to perform one or more measurements on the displayed image; and processing the user input to perform the one or more measurements. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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27. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for adjusting a display of an ultrasound image obtained using an ultrasound system, the medium comprising:
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instructions for displaying the ultrasound image on a first display device being a primary display and a second display device being a touch screen display, the first display device include a plurality of user selectable elements, wherein only a subset of user selectable elements from the first display device is replicated on the second display device, the subset of user selectable elements includes at least one of a new patient area, a comment area, a measure area, a depth adjustment area, a gain adjustment area, a focal position adjustment area, an auto optimize area, or a soft key area, the plurality of user selectable elements of the second display device are within one or more touch sensitive portions of the touch screen display and being reconfigurable; instructions for sensing touch of the touch screen display to perform one or more measurements on the displayed image while the first and second display devices remain coupled to a common base; and instructions for processing an input corresponding to the touch to perform the one or more measurements. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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