Systems and methods for producing ultrasound images are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, ultrasound image data are acquired in discrete time increments at one or more positions relative to a subject. Control points are added by a user for two or more image frames and a processor interpolates the location of the control points for image frames obtained at in-between times.

A system comprising a multi-modal ultrasound probe configured to operate in a plurality of operating modes associated with a respective plurality of configuration profiles; and a computing device coupled to the handheld multi-modal ultrasound probe and configured to, in response to receiving input indicating an operating mode selected by a user, cause the multi-modal ultrasound probe to operate in the selected operating mode.

An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus (1) includes an ultrasound probe (2); an image generation unit (22) that generates an ultrasound image; a monitor (24); a position sensor (14) that acquires positional information of the ultrasound probe (2); a scanning direction instruction unit (15) for instructing a user on a direction to perform the scan by the ultrasound probe (2); a boundary recognition unit (27) that recognizes a boundary between a normal portion and an abnormal portion of a subject by analyzing the ultrasound image; and an instruction control unit (28) that specifies the direction to perform the scan by the ultrasound probe (2) on the basis of the positional information of the ultrasound probe (2) acquired by the position sensor (14) and the boundary recognized by the boundary recognition unit (27), and instructs the user on the specified direction to perform the scan by using the scanning direction instruction unit (15).

According to one embodiment, an ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes a storage and a control unit. The storage stores transmission/reception conditions for a first ultrasound probe among a plurality of ultrasound probes. Upon receipt of a second switching instruction to switch a second ultrasound probe to the first ultrasound probe after a first switching instruction to switch the first ultrasound probe to the second ultrasound probe, the control unit applies the transmission/reception conditions stored in the storage to the first ultrasound probe when the time between the first switching instruction and the second switching instruction is less than a predetermined time.

An ultrasound probe and an ultrasound system are disclosed. In some embodiments, the ultrasound probe includes a probe body having a user interface with controls and a mode selector. In some embodiments, when the mode selector is in a first setting, the controls are configured to control a probe transducer, and when the mode selector is in a second setting, the controls are configured to control the ultrasound machine via a probe transceiver.

A display apparatus and driving method are discussed where the ultrasonic imaging apparatus includes an ultrasonic transducer configured to sequentially output a first ultrasonic signal, a second ultrasonic signal, and a third ultrasonic signal; a beamforming unit configured to generate a first synthesized signal by delaying the first ultrasonic signal and synthesizing the delayed first ultrasonic signal with the second ultrasonic signal, and to generate a second synthesized signal by delaying the first synthesized signal and synthesizing the delayed first synthesized signal with the third ultrasonic signal.

Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for managing one or more patients. In one implementation, an imaging window is determined based on a location of a probe. A primary image cross-section for the imaging window is identified for the imaging window. At least one image is generated along the primary image cross-section using patient data captured using the probe. The at least one image is compared to an expected image contour scaffold of the primary image cross-section. The probe is commanded to fine-tune an imaging plane based on the comparison until the at least one image matches the expected image contour scaffold of the primary image cross-section.

The present invention relates to deep learning implementations for medical imaging. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method and system for indicating whether additional medical tests are required after analysing an initial medical screening, in substantially real-time. Aspects and/or embodiments seek to provide a method and system for recommending additional medical tests, in substantially real-time, based on analysing an initial medical scan, with the use of deep learning.

A portable ultrasound system having a thumb controller is disclosed herein. A portable ultrasound system configured in accordance with one embodiment of the disclosure includes a transducer device and a hand-held base unit removably coupled to the transducer device. The base unit is configured to perform an ultrasound scan and to produce a split screen display. The split screen display includes an active image area at which images of a patient obtained from ultrasound signals received by the transducer device are displayed. The split screen display also includes a thumb control area that is accessible by a user's thumb when holding the portable ultrasound system. For example, the thumb control area can include a thumbwheel having one or more controls that can be selectively activated by the user's thumb when holding the portable ultrasound system and are rotatable on and off of the thumb control area.

Disclosed is a method for displaying an ultrasonic image, comprising the steps of: identifying a lesion area included in an ultrasonic image; diagnosing the lesion area to obtain a diagnostic result; generating a diagnostic image by displaying, in the lesion area of the ultrasonic image, a first area which is at least one area on which the lesion is diagnosed; and displaying a user interface screen including the diagnostic image and the diagnostic result.