A system and method of ultrasound imaging, the system including a laparoscopic surgical instrument including at least one ultrasound transducer, and a processor adapted to receive acoustic data from the ultrasound transducer and process the acoustic data from the ultrasound transducer to produce a graphical representation of the acoustic data, the graphical representation depicting echoic attributes of tissue substantially axially aligned with a transmission path of the at least one ultrasound transducer, and the distance of at least one tissue type having different echoic attributes from surrounding tissue form a distal tip of the laparoscopic surgical instrument.

To correctly trace a target component even when a folded component is included in a Doppler waveform. The Doppler waveform is configured by a plurality of luminance distributions 54 arranged on a time axis. In each luminance distribution 54, a minimum luminance value located in the trough portion 54c between the target portion 54a and the folded portion 54b is specified. A search start point Pn is set based on the minimum luminance value. A trace point 60 is specified by searching from the search start point Pn to a base line 61 side.

The present invention comprises a novel method to utilize image tracking technology and artificial intelligence to make automatic measurements of the systemic vein lumen diameter and using calculations made to estimate a patient's volume status and cardiac ventricular function. In this technique, an ultrasound machine is used to measure the diameter of the systemic vein lumen and an image processing unit, such as a computing device, endowed with image recognition and tracking technologies through machine-learning, is used to measure the respiratory variation in the lumen diameter and circumference. Artificial intelligence technology is thereafter utilized to identify the maximum and minimum diameters/circumference and various calculations are made using the measured diameters, such as diameter variation percentage which is the difference between the maximum and minimum diameter divided by the maximum diameter and expressed as a percentage. Artificial intelligence is also used to identify whether a complete approximation of the vein diameter into 0 millimeters occurred with deep breathing and/or sniff. The above information is used to estimate the patient's volume and cardiac function status.

The present application provides an image display method and an ultrasound imaging system. The image display method includes performing a position adjustment operation on an initial volume view in an image display interface to obtain at least one reference volume view, storing position information of the at least one reference volume view, and creating at least one label to point to the position information, the at least one label being displayed in the image display interface.

In an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus of the present invention, the controller writes and reads element data of one frame into and out from two or more buffer memories 21a, 21b, . . . 21i sequentially frame by frame and assigns the element data of one frame sequentially read out from the buffer memories to a plurality of arithmetic blocks of a signal processor, wherein the element data assigned is subjected to processing by each of a plurality of arithmetic cores in the plurality of arithmetic blocks to produce an image signal.

An ultrasonic imaging apparatus and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. The ultrasonic imaging apparatus includes: an ultrasonic probe configured to acquire a plurality of shear wave data segments from a target object; a controller configured to determine at least one shear wave data group by grouping the plurality of shear wave data segments according to a predetermined condition; and a display configured to display at least one image corresponding to the at least one shear wave data group, and display the plurality of shear wave data segments at positions different from a specific position at which the image is displayed.

For alert assistance for an ultrasound scanner, computer-assisted detection is applied as the patient is scanned. The user may be notified of any detected objects so that the user gathers more information when appropriate. An automated system may be configured to return to scan any detected objects. Information is gathered as part of the work flow for that given examination of the patient based on the detection. A mechanical property of the object is derived from the extra information, resulting in further information that may be used to avoid a return visit and/or increase sensitivity in survey mode scans.

The invention relates to a property determination apparatus (1) for determining a property of an object (3). Optical sensing data being indicative of an optical property of the object and ultrasound sensing data being indicative of an ultrasound property of the object are generated, and a property determination unit (75) determines a property of the object based on at least one of the optical sensing data and the ultrasound sensing data. Since light and ultrasound have generally different penetration depths and scattering properties with respect to the object, a property of the object can be determined with good quality, even if the quality of one of the optical sensing data and the ultrasound sensing data is reduced by, for example, a relatively small penetration depth, or if one of the optical sensing data and the ultrasound sensing data is less suitable for determining a desired property of the object.

An ultrasound imaging system (102) includes a touch screen user interface (122) and a touch screen controller (148). The touch screen user interface includes a touch panel (124). The touch panel includes a plurality of different clusters (510-522) of controls including a first cluster (512) in first sub-region and with a tactile control and one or more other cluster (510 and 514-522) in one or more other different sub-regions and with soft controls. The touch screen controller visually renders the one or more other clusters in the one or more different sub-regions spatially arranged with respect to each other based on a predetermined control cluster configuration for the touch screen user interface. The one or more other clusters include controls that correspond to different groupings of ultrasound imaging operations of the ultrasound imaging system.

Systems, apparatuses, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for mapping a section of a vasculature of a subject are described herein, including moving a probe to a first position at a body of the subject adjacent the section of the vasculature; transmitting, by the probe, a first ultrasound beam into a first portion of the section of the vasculature through the body of the subject; receiving first ultrasound data including at least one imaging parameter of the first portion based on the first ultrasound beam; moving the probe to a second position at the body of the subject adjacent the section of the vasculature and different from the first position; transmitting, by the probe, a second ultrasound beam into a second portion of the section of the vasculature through the body of the subject; receiving second ultrasound data including the at least one imaging parameter of the second portion based on the second ultrasound beam; and constructing a map of the section of the vasculature based on the first ultrasound data and the second ultrasound data.