An ultrasonic diagnosis and therapy apparatus according to an embodiment may include an ultrasound output unit including a plurality of ultrasound output elements, a circuit board that can be attached and detached through a connecting board connected to the ultrasound output unit to determine a function of the ultrasound output unit, and a control unit configured to control a setting value of each of the plurality of ultrasound output elements, wherein therapy and diagnosis functions are selectively or simultaneously implemented by changing the circuit board. With the ultrasonic diagnosis and therapy apparatus, it is possible to selectively or simultaneously implement the therapy and diagnosis functions by selectively mounting different types of circuit boards that determine the type and function of ultrasound outputted from the ultrasonic transducers.

Aspects of the technology described herein relate to techniques for guiding an operator to use an ultrasound device. Thereby, operators with little or no experience operating ultrasound devices may capture medically relevant ultrasound images and/or interpret the contents of the obtained ultrasound images. For example, some of the techniques disclosed herein may be used to identify a particular anatomical view of a subject to image with an ultrasound device, guide an operator of the ultrasound device to capture an ultrasound image of the subject that contains the particular anatomical view, and/or analyze the captured ultrasound image to identify medical information about the subject.

The present invention related to an ultrasound imaging system win which the scan head includes a beamformer circuit that performs far field subarray beamforming or includes a sparse array selecting circuit that actuates selected elements. When using a hierarchical two-stage or three-stage beamforming system, three dimensional ultrasound images can be generated in real-time. The invention further relates to flexible printed circuit boards in the probe head. The invention furthermore related to the use of coded or spread spectrum signaling in ultrasound imagining systems. Matched filters based on pulse compression using Golay code pairs improve the signal-to-noise ratio thus enabling third harmonic imaging with suppressed sidelobes. The system is suitable for 3D full volume cardiac imaging.

A processor sequentially acquires a plurality of radiation images of a subject having a body cavity into which an ultrasonic endoscope to which an ultrasonic imaging device is attached and to which a radiation impermeable marker is attached is inserted, sequentially acquires a plurality of two-dimensional ultrasound images corresponding to the plurality of radiation images, which are acquired by the ultrasonic imaging device, recognizes a position and a posture of the ultrasonic endoscope in the body cavity based on the marker included in each of the plurality of radiation images, and derives a three-dimensional ultrasound image from the plurality of two-dimensional ultrasound images based on the position and the posture of the ultrasonic endoscope recognized with respect to the plurality of radiation images.

Aspects of the technology described herein relate to techniques for guiding an operator to use an ultrasound device. Thereby, operators with little or no experience operating ultrasound devices may capture medically relevant ultrasound images and/or interpret the contents of the obtained ultrasound images. For example, some of the techniques disclosed herein may be used to identify a particular anatomical view of a subject to image with an ultrasound device, guide an operator of the ultrasound device to capture an ultrasound image of the subject that contains the particular anatomical view, and/or analyze the captured ultrasound image to identify medical information about the subject.

The invention concerns a method for precise positioning of a marker (42) on a display. The method comprising the steps of (a) displaying a marker (42) overlaid on an image on a display, wherein the marker (42) indicates a first point (43); (b) obtaining the coordinates of a second point (44) on the display (5), in response to a user input event (64); (c) determining the coordinates of a third point (54) on the display (5), said third point (54) being located at a defined distance (52) from the first point (43) in a direction (48) defined by connecting the first and second points (43, 44); and (d) moving the marker (42) from the first point (43) to the third point (54), so that the marker (42) indicates the third point. The invention also relates to a computer program, a computer-readable medium (9) and an image evaluation device (1).

A system for indicating an area of interest on an image, including a source of image data, an image processing unit, a user interface, and a destination, which may be a display. The image data may be ultrasound, X-ray, magnetic resonance imaging, nuclear magnetic resonance imaging, magnetic resonance tomography, computed tomography or surgical image data. The image processing unit may be configured to receive the image data from the source and combine it with a desired overlay pattern selected from a plurality of overlay patterns for indicating an area of interest on the image, which is then displayed on the display. The overlay pattern may include a key with coordinates or labels. Properties of the overlay pattern and the image data may be adjusted independently or automatically.

Methods and systems for utilizing myocardial strain imaging in an inverse framework to identify mechanical properties of the heart and to determine structural and functional milestones for the development and progression to heart failure.

An imaging system and method for operating the system to display images generated by the imaging system is capable of presenting the images on the display of a remote device along with various markers and/or indications in the displayed or viewable portion of the image that provide information on the location(s) of and direction(s) to any cropped portions or areas of the image not shown in the displayed portion, as well as any ROIs in the image displayed, but disposed in cropped areas of the image. The indications provide the user with information regarding the presence and location of these items, as well as other relevant information, such that the user can operate the remote device, such as by manipulating the display screen in a known manner, to move the areas of the image containing the selected item onto the display screen or area of the remote device.

Methods and systems are provided for generating user guidance for ultrasound imaging. In one example, a method includes determining, with a probe recommendation model, a user action to an ultrasound probe prior to and/or during acquisition of a current ultrasound image frame, one or more anatomical features in the current ultrasound image frame, and an anatomy view of the current ultrasound image frame, and outputting, for display on a display device, a probe motion recommendation based on the user action, the one or more anatomical features, and the anatomy view.