CN111180050A

CN111180050A - Ultrasonic image processing method, device and system and black box

Info

Publication number: CN111180050A
Application number: CN201911414710.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 彭易苗; 双宇航; 张崧
Original assignee: Sonoscape Medical Corp
Current assignee: Sonoscape Medical Corp
Priority date: 2019-12-31
Filing date: 2019-12-31
Publication date: 2020-05-19

Abstract

The application discloses an ultrasonic image processing method, an ultrasonic image processing device, an ultrasonic image processing system and a black box, wherein the method is applied to the black box and used for receiving a first control instruction and patient information sent by ultrasonic equipment; responding to the first control instruction, and starting to record images of a display interface of the ultrasonic equipment; responding to a second control instruction sent by the ultrasonic equipment, and finishing recording the image of the display interface of the ultrasonic equipment; storing an examination file of a patient; wherein the examination file of the patient comprises: patient information and an image of a display interface of the ultrasound device bound to the patient information. The black box is applied to the black box, so that the storage capacity of the black box is large, the image of the display interface of the ultrasonic equipment in the process of examining the patient by the ultrasonic equipment can be completely recorded by responding to the first control instruction and the second control instruction of the ultrasonic equipment, and the image and the patient information are stored in a correlated manner, so that the follow-up review of the examination process is facilitated.

Description

Ultrasonic image processing method, device and system and black box

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of multimedia, in particular to an ultrasonic image processing method, device and system and a black box.

Background

Medical ultrasonic equipment (i.e., ultrasonic diagnostic equipment) is a medical instrument developed based on the principle of ultrasonic waves and applied to the medical and health fields for diagnosing and examining diseases. In the prior art, after a doctor uses an ultrasound apparatus to perform an examination and diagnosis on a patient, an image obtained by scanning the ultrasound apparatus is transmitted and stored in an ultrasound workstation connected to the ultrasound apparatus in a digital imaging and communications in medicine (DICOM) manner, so as to perform subsequent tracing, for example, when there is a problem with a doctor or a patient, related information can be obtained from the stored image for tracing.

However, due to the large amount of multi-frame data in the DICOM method, the transmission time is long, that is, due to the transmission limitation between the ultrasound device and the workstation, after an ultrasound doctor uses the ultrasound device to examine a patient each time, generally, only a limited single-frame image can be selectively stored in the ultrasound workstation, which is difficult to rapidly and completely store an image of the whole process of examining and diagnosing the patient by the doctor using the ultrasound device, which is obviously not beneficial to the subsequent review of the examining and diagnosing process, such as the tracing of potential doctor-patient problems.

Disclosure of Invention

Based on the defects of the prior art, the application provides an ultrasonic image processing method, an ultrasonic image processing device, an ultrasonic image processing system and a black box, so that the image of a doctor in the whole process of examination and diagnosis of a patient can be recorded quickly and completely.

In order to achieve the above object, the following solutions are proposed:

the invention discloses an ultrasonic image processing method applied to a black box, which comprises the following steps:

receiving a first control instruction and patient information sent by ultrasonic equipment;

responding to the first control instruction, and starting to record an image of a display interface of the ultrasonic equipment;

responding to a second control instruction sent by the ultrasonic equipment, and finishing recording the image of the display interface of the ultrasonic equipment;

storing an examination file of the patient; wherein the patient's exam file comprises: the patient information and an image of a display interface of the ultrasound device bound to the patient information.

Optionally, in the ultrasound image processing method, the first control instruction includes a control instruction for activating the black box, which is automatically generated and issued by the ultrasound device after the ultrasound device completes creating the patient information, or the first control instruction includes a control instruction for instructing the black box to start recording the image, which is automatically generated and issued by the ultrasound device when the ultrasound device starts examining the patient;

the second control instruction comprises a control instruction which is automatically generated and sent by the ultrasonic equipment when the patient finishes the examination and is used for instructing the black box to finish recording the image.

Optionally, in the ultrasound image processing method, the storing the examination file of the patient includes:

and responding to a third control instruction sent by the ultrasonic equipment, and storing the examination file of the patient.

storing the patient's exam files locally at the black box;

alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

and storing the examination file of the patient in a cloud server.

Optionally, in the ultrasound image processing method, the method further includes:

responding to a first control instruction sent by the ultrasonic equipment, and starting to record audio in the process that the ultrasonic equipment inspects the patient;

responding to a second control instruction sent by the ultrasonic equipment, and finishing recording the audio in the process of examining the patient by the ultrasonic equipment;

the examination file of the patient also comprises: the audio of the ultrasonic equipment bound with the patient information during the examination of the patient.

Optionally, in the ultrasonic image processing method, after the recording of the image of the display interface of the ultrasonic device is started in response to the first control instruction, or after the recording of the image of the display interface of the ultrasonic device is finished in response to the second control instruction sent by the ultrasonic device, the method further includes:

binding an image of a display interface of the ultrasound device with the patient information;

and feeding back the bound information to the ultrasonic equipment.

Optionally, in the ultrasound image processing method, the display interface includes all interfaces displayed on a display screen of the ultrasound device; or the display interface comprises a part of interface which is displayed by the display screen and contains a scanning interface.

The second aspect of the present invention discloses an ultrasound image processing method applied to ultrasound equipment, the ultrasound image processing method including:

after patient information is created, a first control instruction and the patient information are sent to a black box; the first control instruction is used for instructing the black box to start recording images of a display interface of the ultrasonic equipment;

sending a second control instruction to the black box; the second control instruction is used for instructing the black box to finish recording the image of the display interface of the ultrasonic equipment.

Optionally, in the ultrasonic image processing method, after the sending the second control instruction to the black box, the method further includes:

sending a third control instruction to the black box; wherein the third control instructions are for instructing the black box to store an exam file for the patient; the examination file of the patient includes: the patient information and an image of a display interface of the ultrasound device bound to the patient information.

Optionally, in the ultrasound image processing method, the instructing a black box to store the examination file of the patient includes:

instructing the black box to store the patient's exam files locally to the black box; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

and instructing the black box to transmit the examination file of the patient to a cloud server for storage.

Optionally, in the ultrasound image processing method, the first control instruction is further configured to instruct the black box to start recording audio during the examination of the patient by the ultrasound apparatus;

the second control instruction is also used for instructing the black box to finish recording the audio in the process of the ultrasonic equipment examining the patient;

Optionally, in the ultrasonic image processing method, after the sending the first control instruction to the black box, or after the sending the second control instruction to the black box, the method further includes:

and binding the image of the display interface of the ultrasonic equipment with the patient information.

and receiving information fed back by the black box and binding the image of the display interface of the ultrasonic equipment with the patient information.

The third aspect of the present invention discloses an ultrasonic image processing apparatus applied to a black box, the ultrasonic image processing apparatus comprising:

the first receiving unit is used for receiving a first control instruction and patient information sent by the ultrasonic equipment;

the first response unit is used for responding to the first control instruction and starting to record the image of the display interface of the ultrasonic equipment;

the second response unit is used for responding to a second control instruction sent by the ultrasonic equipment and finishing recording the image of the display interface of the ultrasonic equipment;

a storage unit for storing an examination file of the patient; wherein the patient's exam file comprises: the patient information and an image of a display interface of the ultrasound device bound to the patient information.

Optionally, in the ultrasound image processing apparatus, the first control instruction includes a control instruction for activating the black box issued by the ultrasound device after the ultrasound device completes creating the patient information, or the first control instruction includes a control instruction for instructing the ultrasound device to start an examination on the patient;

the second control instruction comprises a control instruction for the ultrasound device to instruct the patient to end the examination.

Optionally, in the ultrasound image processing apparatus, the storage unit includes:

and the third response unit is used for responding to a third control instruction sent by the ultrasonic equipment and storing the examination file of the patient.

a storage subunit for storing examination files of the patient locally at the black box; or storing the examination file of the patient in a cloud server.

Alternatively, in the ultrasonic image processing apparatus described above,

the first response unit is also used for responding to a first control instruction sent by the ultrasonic equipment and starting to record audio in the process of examining the patient by the ultrasonic equipment;

the second response unit is also used for responding to a second control instruction sent by the ultrasonic equipment and finishing recording the audio in the process of examining the patient by the ultrasonic equipment;

Optionally, in the ultrasound image processing apparatus, the apparatus further includes:

the binding unit is used for binding the image of the display interface of the ultrasonic equipment with the patient information;

and the feedback unit is used for feeding back the bound information to the ultrasonic equipment.

Optionally, in the ultrasound image processing apparatus, the display interface includes all interfaces displayed on a display screen of the ultrasound device; or the display interface comprises a part of interface which is displayed by the display screen and contains a scanning interface.

The fourth aspect of the present invention discloses an ultrasonic image processing apparatus, which is applied to an ultrasonic device, and includes:

the first sending unit is used for sending a first control instruction and the patient information to the black box after the patient information is created; the first control instruction is used for instructing the black box to start recording images of a display interface of the ultrasonic equipment;

the second sending unit is used for sending a second control instruction to the black box; the second control instruction is used for instructing the black box to finish recording the image of the display interface of the ultrasonic equipment.

Optionally, in the ultrasound image processing apparatus, the first control instruction includes a control instruction for activating the black box, which is automatically generated and issued by the ultrasound device after the ultrasound device completes creating the patient information, or the first control instruction includes a control instruction for instructing the black box to start recording the image, which is automatically generated and issued when the ultrasound device starts examining the patient;

a third sending unit, configured to send a third control instruction to the black box; wherein the third control instructions are for instructing the black box to store an exam file for the patient; the examination file of the patient includes: the patient information and an image of a display interface of the ultrasound device bound to the patient information.

Optionally, in the ultrasound image processing apparatus described above, the instructing a black box to store the examination document of the patient includes:

Optionally, in the ultrasound image processing apparatus, the first control instruction is further configured to instruct the black box to start recording audio during the examination of the patient by the ultrasound device;

and the binding unit is used for binding the image of the display interface of the ultrasonic equipment with the patient information.

The fifth aspect of the present invention discloses an ultrasound image processing system, comprising:

a black box for performing the method of any of the first aspect;

an ultrasonic device connected to the black box for performing the method of any of the second aspects.

The sixth aspect of the present invention discloses a black box, including:

the system comprises a video input interface and a communication control interface, wherein the video input interface is used for receiving a video stream corresponding to an image of a display interface of the ultrasonic equipment, and the communication control interface is used for realizing communication with the ultrasonic equipment;

the video signal processor is connected with the video input interface and used for acquiring the video stream and identifying and processing the video stream;

a microprocessor connected to the video signal processor and the communication control interface, respectively, for performing the ultrasound image processing method according to any of the above first aspects;

and the memory is connected with the microprocessor and is used for storing the examination file of the patient.

Optionally, in the black box, the method further includes:

the audio input interface is respectively connected with the ultrasonic equipment and the microprocessor and is used for receiving audio in the process of examining the patient by the ultrasonic equipment;

the microprocessor is also used for processing the audio;

wherein the examination file of the patient further comprises: audio processed by the microprocessor and bound with the patient information.

Optionally, in the black box, the method further includes:

and the network interface is connected with the microprocessor and is used for transmitting the examination file of the patient to a cloud server.

According to the technical scheme, the ultrasonic image processing method is applied to the black box, and the image of the display interface of the ultrasonic equipment starts to be recorded by receiving the first control instruction and the patient information sent by the ultrasonic equipment and responding to the first control instruction; responding to a second control instruction sent by the ultrasonic equipment, and finishing recording the image of the display interface of the ultrasonic equipment; finally, the examination file of the patient is stored. Wherein the examination file of the patient comprises: patient information and an image of a display interface of the ultrasound device bound to the patient information. The black box can quickly and completely record the image of the ultrasonic equipment display interface in the whole process of examining and diagnosing patients by doctors by responding to the first control instruction and the second control instruction of the ultrasonic equipment, and the image and the patient information are stored in a correlated manner, so that the black box is favorable for the follow-up review of the examining and diagnosing process.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the provided drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an ultrasound image processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic flow chart illustrating an ultrasound image processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for binding patient information according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for storing an examination file of a patient according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a flow chart illustrating another method for storing a patient examination file according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of an ultrasound image processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of another ultrasound image processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a black box according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 1, an embodiment of the present application discloses an ultrasound image processing system 100, including: an ultrasonic device 101 and a black box 102. The ultrasonic device 101 is connected with the black box 102 through a control line, and communication interaction between the ultrasonic device 101 and the black box 102 can be realized through the control line. In the ultrasonic image processing system 100, before a user performs an examination and diagnosis on a patient by using the ultrasonic device 101, the user creates information of the patient by using the ultrasonic device 101, after the creation, the ultrasonic device 101 sends a first control instruction to the black box 102, and after the black box 102 receives the first control instruction, the user starts to record an image of a display interface of the ultrasonic device 101. After the user finishes checking the patient, the ultrasound device 101 sends a second control instruction, and the black box 102 finishes recording the image of the display interface of the ultrasound device 101 after receiving the second control instruction. Then, the black box 102 stores therein the examination file of the patient, which includes information of the patient and an image of a display interface during examination of the patient by the ultrasound apparatus 101 bound to the information of the patient. Because the black box 102 has a large storage capacity and an image recording function, the number of single-frame isolated images acquired and stored by the black box 102 is no longer limited, and because the images transmitted and stored to the black box 102 do not need to adopt a DICOM format, i.e., the transmission limit between the ultrasonic equipment and the workstation in the prior art is broken through, the black box can rapidly and completely record the images of the display interface of the ultrasonic equipment in the whole process of the examination and diagnosis of the patient by the ultrasonic equipment under the control of the first control instruction and the second control instruction of the ultrasonic equipment 101, and the images and the patient information are stored in a correlated manner, thereby facilitating the subsequent review of the examination and diagnosis process. It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, the image stored in the black box 102 may be in a conventional video format, such as MP4 format.

Specifically, the ultrasonic image processing method will be described below with reference to several embodiments.

Referring to fig. 2, the embodiment of the present application discloses an ultrasound image processing method, which specifically includes the following steps:

s201, the ultrasonic equipment creates patient information.

When a user performs an examination and diagnosis on a patient, information of the patient is first input into the ultrasound apparatus. The input patient information may include the age, sex, examination item, medical record, etc. of the patient. The ultrasound device creates patient information in response to user input. The patient information may be created by creating a file for the patient, the file including the patient information, etc.

S202, the ultrasonic equipment sends a first control instruction and patient information to the black box.

After the ultrasound device creates the patient information, a first control instruction may be automatically generated and sent to the black box. Preferably, the first control instruction is automatically generated after the ultrasound apparatus creates the patient information, for example, the first control instruction may be a control instruction for activating a black box (automatically recording an image is started after the black box is activated) automatically generated and sent by the ultrasound apparatus after the ultrasound apparatus completes creation of the patient information, or may be a control instruction for instructing the black box to start recording the image when the ultrasound apparatus starts examination on the patient (for example, automatically generated when a doctor selects a diagnosis mode on the ultrasound apparatus to enter a scanning interface); of course, the first control instruction may also be triggered to be generated by the user on the ultrasound device. In one embodiment, the patient information may be carried in the first control command; the first control instruction is generated according to the patient information created by the ultrasound apparatus in step S201, and the first control instruction may carry all the patient information created in step S201, or may only carry part of the patient information, for example, the identification information of the patient (for example, information specific to the patient such as name and contact address) so as to determine which patient the image belongs to when the recorded image is searched later. Of course, the first control instruction may not carry any patient information, but only be used to instruct or control the black box device to start recording the image of the display interface of the ultrasound device, and the related patient information may be sent to the black box after the first control instruction is sent. Because the ultrasonic equipment is connected with the black box through the control circuit, a first control instruction can be sent to the black box through the control circuit. The first control instruction is used for indicating the black box to start recording images of a display interface of the ultrasonic equipment, the black box receives the first control instruction and indicates that the ultrasonic equipment starts or is about to start examination and diagnosis on a patient, the ultrasonic equipment sends the first control instruction to the black box to inform the black box that the black box can start recording images of the display interface of the ultrasonic equipment in the examination and diagnosis process, and the black box is triggered to start recording.

And S203, the black box responds to the first control instruction and starts to record the image of the display interface of the ultrasonic equipment.

The area of the display interface recorded by the black box at least comprises a scanning interface area. That is, the area of the display interface recorded by the black box may include all interfaces displayed by the display screen, and the displayed all interfaces include the scanning interface area and the operation function area outside the scanning interface; or the area of the display interface recorded by the black box comprises a part of the interface which is displayed by the display screen and comprises the scanning interface. The size of the area of the display interface which needs the black box recording can be set manually. Therefore, the black box can record the configuration (such as the configuration of related imaging parameters) of the operation function area of the display interface of the ultrasonic equipment in real time, can record the image and the operation flow of the whole medical examination and diagnosis link, and is more favorable for subsequent tracing.

In the prior art, a black box is one of electronic recording devices special for airplanes, is an instrument for recording airplane flight and performance parameters, and has the characteristic of large storage capacity. In the embodiment of the present application, the black box is used to record an image of a display interface of the ultrasound apparatus during a patient examination and diagnosis process, and the black box in the embodiment of the present application may be controlled by the ultrasound apparatus. The video acquisition module is arranged in the black box, and when the first control instruction is generated and sent, the ultrasonic equipment starts or is about to start to perform examination and diagnosis on a patient, so that after the black box receives the first control instruction, the video acquisition module in the black box starts to record a picture of a display interface of the ultrasonic equipment under the triggering of the first control instruction. The area size of the display interface recorded by the black box, the image quality of the display interface recorded by the black box and the like can be manually set. For example, in practical applications, only a portion of one of the areas in the display interface of the ultrasound device needs to be focused when subsequently reviewing images, so that the recorded area can be adjusted in the ultrasound device, and the black box only records the picture of the area.

During the process of starting examination and diagnosis of a patient by the ultrasound device, the contents of a user selecting an ultrasound mode, selecting an examination item, scanning a certain body part of the patient by using the ultrasound device, and the like appear in a display interface of the ultrasound device. In the prior art, due to transmission limitation between the ultrasonic equipment and the workstation, a user can only selectively store a limited single-frame image of a scanning interface in a display interface of the lower ultrasonic equipment. For example, a multi-frame storage format is adopted to store a limited number of single-frame images of a display interface when scanning the body part of a patient, or a single-frame storage format is adopted to store scanning images which are more critical on the display interface in the process of examination and diagnosis; in the prior art, no matter what kind of situation exists, the problem that the whole examination process cannot be stored quickly and completely is not favorable for the follow-up patient to review when disputes exist in the examination and diagnosis process. In the application, the black box is used for recording the display interface of the ultrasonic equipment, and the image of the display interface in the checking process of the patient is ensured to be completely recorded by the ultrasonic equipment through the control instruction sent by the ultrasonic equipment.

Optionally, in a specific embodiment of the present application, the method further includes: and responding to a first control instruction sent by the ultrasonic equipment, and starting to record audio in the process of examining the patient by the ultrasonic equipment.

The black box can be internally provided with a video acquisition module and an audio acquisition module, so that after the black box receives a first control instruction, the black box can start to record images of a display interface of ultrasonic equipment in the patient examination process, and can synchronously record audio in the patient examination process by using the audio acquisition module; therefore, when the examination process is reviewed subsequently, besides the images in the examination process can be viewed, the audio corresponding to the images can be heard, including the conversation between the doctor and the patient in the examination process. The module for collecting the audio can be arranged in the ultrasonic equipment, and then the ultrasonic equipment transmits the audio data to the black box for recording, and also can be arranged in the black box, and the audio is directly collected and recorded by the black box.

It should be noted that the recording of the audio and the recording of the image of the display interface of the ultrasound device are started synchronously, so that the audio and the image can be combined subsequently to form an audio and video in the inspection process.

And S204, the ultrasonic equipment sends a second control instruction to the black box.

The second control instruction is used for instructing the black box to finish recording the image of the display interface of the ultrasound device, and informing that the black box is finished examining the patient currently, that is, the second control instruction may be a control instruction for instructing the ultrasound device to finish examining the patient.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the application, if the first control instruction is further used to instruct the black box to start recording the audio of the ultrasound apparatus during the examination of the patient, the second control instruction is further used to instruct the black box to end recording the audio of the ultrasound apparatus during the examination of the patient.

Among them, there are many ways to generate the second control command. For example, the ultrasound device may automatically generate and send the second control instruction after the examination of the patient is finished; preferably, the second control instruction includes a control instruction which is automatically generated and issued when the ultrasound equipment finishes examining the patient and is used for instructing the black box to finish recording the image. For another example, the ultrasound apparatus may also stop the examination of the patient using the ultrasound apparatus after receiving an end instruction input by the user to the ultrasound apparatus. The input of the ending instruction may be a mouse clicking an ending key on the display interface, or other forms such as touching the ending key on the display interface. And then the ultrasonic equipment automatically sends a second control instruction to the black box after receiving an end instruction input by the user. It should be noted that there are many ways to generate the second control command, including but not limited to what is proposed in the embodiments of the present application.

And S205, the black box responds to a second control instruction sent by the ultrasonic equipment and finishes recording the image of the display interface of the ultrasonic equipment.

Since the second control instruction is used for instructing the black box to finish recording the image of the display interface of the ultrasonic device, the black box is informed that the examination of the patient is finished currently. Therefore, after receiving the second control instruction, the black box responds to the second control instruction of the ultrasonic equipment, and finishes recording the image of the display interface of the ultrasonic equipment. And then the black box records the display interface image of the ultrasonic equipment in the checking process under the processes of the first control instruction and the second control instruction.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, if the black box further starts to record the audio in the process of the patient being examined by the ultrasound device in response to the first control instruction, when step S205 is executed, the black box further responds to the second control instruction sent by the ultrasound device, and ends to record the audio in the process of the patient being examined by the ultrasound device. It should be noted that the recording process of the audio and video is synchronous, and therefore the audio and video are also synchronous. An audio and video synthesis module can be further arranged in the black box, and the audio in the examination process and the image of the display interface of the ultrasonic equipment are synthesized to obtain an audio and video file in the examination process of the patient.

In the embodiment of the application, when a user uses the ultrasonic equipment to perform examination and diagnosis on a patient, the ultrasonic equipment can automatically generate and send the first control instruction and the second control instruction to control the black box to perform real-time automatic recording or recording, so that the user of the ultrasonic equipment does not need to frequently perform operations unrelated to scanning, and great convenience is brought to the operation of the user.

S206, the black box stores the examination file of the patient.

Wherein, the examination file (i.e. examination result file) of the patient comprises: the patient information and the image of the display interface of the ultrasound equipment bound with the patient information are stored in an associated manner, namely the patient information and the image of the display interface of the ultrasound equipment during the examination process of the patient are stored in an associated manner. Specifically, the patient information created in step S201 may be stored as one file, the image of the patient may be stored as another file, and then the two files may be combined into one folder for storage; or the identification information of the patient is used for naming and storing the image of the patient.

Optionally, in a specific embodiment of the present application, an implementation manner of executing step S206 includes: storing the examination file of the patient locally in a black box; or the examination file of the patient is stored in the cloud server.

Specifically, after the ultrasonic device finishes the examination, the examination file of the patient can be automatically selected to be stored in the local black box or the cloud server according to the local storage condition of the current black box. For example, when the storage space used locally by the black box exceeds a set threshold, a fifth control instruction is generated, and the black box is controlled to store the examination file of the patient in the cloud server. And when the storage space locally used by the black box does not exceed the set threshold, generating a fourth control instruction, and controlling the black box to store the examination file of the patient locally in the black box. Of course, the user may also select the location where the patient image is stored; the data can be selectively stored in the black box and can also be selectively stored in the cloud server; when the selection is provided, the display interface of the ultrasonic equipment can jump out of the window to prompt the user to select a storage position; if the user selects to store in the black box, that is, the ultrasonic device receives the first storage instruction input by the user, the ultrasonic device sends a fourth control instruction to the black box. And if the user selects to store the data in the cloud server, namely the ultrasonic equipment receives a second storage instruction input by the user, sending a fifth control command to the black box.

Besides the local black box and the cloud server, the storage position can also be selected from other storage positions. If the number of positions available for storage is large, the storage space for storing the inspection files is large enough, and the situation that the images in the complete inspection process cannot be stored is avoided.

It should be noted that, if the black box records the audio in the patient examination process, the examination file may further include the audio in the patient examination process by the ultrasound device bound to the patient information. The black box can also combine the audio and the video of the image into audio and video and store the audio and video in the examination file of the patient.

Optionally, referring to fig. 3, in an embodiment of the present application, after performing step S203 or step S205, the black box further includes:

s301, binding the image of the display interface of the ultrasonic equipment with the patient information.

In the embodiment of the application, the black box can automatically store the patient information and the images in a correlation manner, manual operation of a user is not required, and convenience is brought to the user. It should be noted that, the binding operation in the embodiment of the present application may also be to establish an index table between the patient information or the patient tag and the image storage address, so as to establish the association between the patient information and the image; further, under the index of the index table, the user can read the relevant image of the patient on the ultrasound device by using the patient information to trace.

And S302, feeding back the bound information to the ultrasonic equipment.

Specifically, the black box may be configured to send the identification information of the examination file of the patient after the binding is completed to the ultrasound device, or only send a prompt to notify that the ultrasound device is successfully bound at present.

The binding operation between the patient information and the images can be performed by the black box or the ultrasound device.

Optionally, in a specific embodiment of the present application, after performing step S202 or step S204, the ultrasound apparatus further includes:

Namely, the ultrasonic equipment binds the created patient information with the image of the display interface of the ultrasonic equipment recorded by the black box.

In the embodiment of the application, the ultrasonic equipment can automatically bind the patient information with the image, does not need manual operation of a user, and can bring convenience to the user. It should be noted that the binding operation may also be performed in the manner of the index table or the manner of the association storage, which may specifically refer to the above description and is not described herein again.

Optionally, referring to fig. 4, in an embodiment of the present application, an implementation manner of executing step S206 includes:

s401, the ultrasonic equipment sends a third control instruction to the black box.

Wherein the third control instructions are for instructing the black box to store the examination file of the patient. Specifically, after the ultrasound device finishes the examination, a third control instruction can be automatically sent to control or instruct the black box to store the examination file of the patient. Or after the ultrasound equipment finishes the examination, a pop-up window is displayed on a display interface of the ultrasound equipment to prompt a user whether the examination image (namely the scanning image) of the patient needs to be saved. If the user does not need to store the examination image, the ultrasonic equipment does not send a third control instruction, and the black box does not store the examination file of the patient. And if the user selects to store the examination image, sending a third control instruction to the black box, and storing the examination file of the patient after the black box receives the third control instruction. Or, when the user does not need to store the inspection image, the ultrasonic equipment sends a control instruction to the black box to inform the black box that the inspection image can be deleted.

Optionally, in a specific embodiment of the present application, the instructing the black box to store the examination document of the patient includes:

the black box is instructed to store the patient's exam files locally in the black box. Or the black box is instructed to transmit the examination file of the patient to the cloud server for storage.

That is, the third control instruction may instruct the black box to store the examination document of the patient, and may also instruct a storage location of the examination document of the patient. The third control instruction may carry information indicative of the storage location.

S402, the black box responds to a third control instruction sent by the ultrasonic equipment and stores the examination file of the patient.

And after receiving the third control instruction, the black box responds to the third control instruction and stores the examination file of the patient. It should be noted that the ultrasound device may not send any instruction for controlling the storage of the black box, and the black box may be an examination file of the patient that is automatically stored after the recording is finished.

Optionally, referring to fig. 5, in a specific embodiment of the present application, another implementation of performing step S206 includes:

s501, the ultrasonic equipment sends a fourth control instruction to the black box. Or, a fifth control instruction is sent to the black box.

The fourth control instruction is used for controlling the black box to store the examination file of the patient in the black box locally. And the fifth control instruction is used for controlling the black box to store the examination file of the patient in the cloud server.

And S502, the black box responds to a fourth control instruction sent by the ultrasonic equipment, and stores the examination file of the patient in the local black box, or responds to a fifth control instruction sent by the ultrasonic equipment, and stores the examination file of the patient in a cloud server.

And after receiving the fourth control instruction, the black box stores the examination file of the patient locally in the black box. If the local storage of the black box is full, an instruction can be sent to inform the ultrasonic equipment, and the examination file of the patient is stored in the cloud server instead. And after receiving the fifth control instruction, the black box uploads and stores the check file to the cloud server.

In the embodiment of the application, the black box has a large storage capacity and an image recording function, and the image sent and stored to the black box does not need to adopt a DICOM format commonly used in the medical field, so that the transmission limit between the ultrasonic equipment and the workstation in the prior art can be broken through, and the image of the display interface of the ultrasonic equipment in the process of examining the patient by the ultrasonic equipment can be quickly and completely recorded by responding to the first control instruction and the second control instruction of the ultrasonic equipment, and the image and the patient information are stored in a correlated manner, so that the follow-up review of the examination process is facilitated.

Referring to fig. 6, based on the above-mentioned ultrasound image processing method provided in the embodiment of the present application, the embodiment of the present application correspondingly discloses an ultrasound image processing apparatus 600, which includes: a first receiving unit 601, a first responding unit 602, a second responding unit 603, and a storage unit 604.

The first receiving unit 601 is configured to receive a first control instruction and patient information sent by an ultrasound apparatus.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the first control instruction includes a control instruction for activating a black box, which is automatically generated and issued by the ultrasound apparatus after the ultrasound apparatus completes creating the patient information, or the first control instruction includes a control instruction for instructing the black box to start recording the image, which is automatically generated and issued by the ultrasound apparatus when the ultrasound apparatus starts examining the patient.

The first response unit 602 is configured to start recording an image of a display interface of the ultrasound apparatus in response to the first control instruction.

The second response unit 603 is configured to respond to a second control instruction sent by the ultrasound device, and end recording of an image on a display interface of the ultrasound device.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the second control instruction includes a control instruction that is automatically generated by the ultrasound apparatus when the patient is finished with the examination and is issued to instruct the black box to finish recording the image.

A storage unit 604 for storing examination files of the patient. Wherein the examination file of the patient comprises: patient information and an image of a display interface of the ultrasound device bound to the patient information.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the storage unit 604 includes:

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the storage unit 604 is a storage subunit, and is configured to store the examination file of the patient locally in the black box, or store the examination file of the patient in the cloud server.

Alternatively, in a specific embodiment of the present application,

the first response unit is also used for responding to the first control instruction sent by the ultrasonic equipment and starting to record the audio in the process of examining the patient by the ultrasonic equipment.

The second response unit is also used for responding to a second control instruction sent by the ultrasonic equipment and finishing recording the audio in the process of examining the patient by the ultrasonic equipment.

The examination file of the patient also comprises: the ultrasound device bound to the patient information is the audio during the examination of the patient.

Optionally, in a specific embodiment of the present application, the method further includes: a binding unit and a feedback unit.

And the feedback unit is used for feeding the bound information back to the ultrasonic equipment.

Optionally, in a specific embodiment of the present application, the display interface includes all interfaces displayed on a display screen of the ultrasound apparatus. Or the display interface comprises a part of the interface which is displayed by the display screen and comprises the scanning interface.

The specific principle and implementation process of the units and sub-units in the ultrasound image processing apparatus 600 disclosed in the embodiment of the present application are the same as those of the ultrasound image processing method disclosed in the embodiment of the present application, and reference may be made to corresponding parts in the ultrasound image processing method disclosed in the embodiment of the present application, which are not described herein again.

The ultrasonic image processing device provided by the application is applied to a black box, receives a first control instruction and patient information sent by ultrasonic equipment through a first receiving unit 601, and then starts to record an image of a display interface of the ultrasonic equipment in response to the first control instruction through a first response unit 602; the second response unit 603 responds to a second control instruction sent by the ultrasonic device, and finishes recording the image of the display interface of the ultrasonic device; finally, the storage unit 604 stores the examination file of the patient. Wherein the examination file of the patient comprises: patient information and an image of a display interface of the ultrasound device bound to the patient information. The embodiment of the application is applied to the black box, the black box has larger storage capacity and has an image recording function, the images sent and transmitted to the black box can be transmitted without a DICOM format, the transmission limit between the ultrasonic equipment and the ultrasonic workstation in the prior art is broken through, the images of the display interface of the ultrasonic equipment in the process of examining a patient by the ultrasonic equipment can be quickly and completely recorded by responding to the first control instruction and the second control instruction of the ultrasonic equipment, and the images and the patient information are stored in a correlated manner, so that the follow-up review of the examination process is facilitated.

Referring to fig. 7, based on the above-mentioned ultrasound image processing method provided in the embodiment of the present application, the embodiment of the present application correspondingly discloses another ultrasound image processing apparatus 700, which includes: a first transmission unit 701 and a second transmission unit 702.

A first sending unit 701, configured to send a first control instruction and patient information to the black box after the patient information is created. The first control instruction is used for instructing the black box to start recording images of a display interface of the ultrasonic equipment.

A second sending unit 702, configured to send a second control instruction to the black box. The second control instruction is used for indicating the black box to finish recording the image of the display interface of the ultrasonic equipment.

Optionally, in a specific embodiment of the present application, the first control instruction includes a control instruction for activating a black box, which is automatically generated and issued by the ultrasound device after the ultrasound device completes creating the patient information, or the first control instruction includes a control instruction for instructing the black box to start recording an image of a display interface of the ultrasound device, which is automatically generated and issued when the ultrasound device starts to examine the patient; the second control instruction comprises a control instruction which is automatically generated and sent by the ultrasonic equipment when the ultrasonic equipment finishes the examination of the patient and is used for instructing the black box to finish recording the image of the display interface of the ultrasonic equipment.

Optionally, in a specific embodiment of the present application, the method further includes:

and the third sending unit is used for sending a third control instruction to the black box. Wherein the third control instructions are for instructing the black box to store the examination file of the patient. The examination file of the patient includes: patient information and an image of a display interface of the ultrasound device bound to the patient information.

instructing a black box to store the patient's exam files locally to the black box. Or the black box is instructed to transmit the examination file of the patient to the cloud server for storage.

Optionally, in a specific embodiment of the present application, the first control instruction is further configured to instruct the black box to start recording audio during the examination of the patient by the ultrasound apparatus. The second control instruction is also used for instructing the black box to finish recording the audio in the process of examining the patient by the ultrasonic equipment. The examination file of the patient also comprises: the ultrasound device bound to the patient information is the audio during the examination of the patient.

The specific principle and the implementation process of the ultrasound image processing apparatus 700 disclosed in the embodiment of the present application are the same as those of the ultrasound image processing method disclosed in the embodiment of the present application, and reference may be made to corresponding parts in the ultrasound image processing method disclosed in the embodiment of the present application, which are not described herein again.

In the ultrasound image processing apparatus 700 disclosed in the embodiment of the present application, the first transmitting unit 701 transmits the first control command and the patient information to the black box after the patient information is created. The first control instruction is used for indicating the black box to start recording images of a display interface of the ultrasonic equipment; then, the second sending unit 702 sends a second control command to the black box; the second control instruction is used for indicating the black box to finish recording the image of the display interface of the ultrasonic equipment. Because the black box has a large storage capacity and an image recording function, the images sent and stored to the black box do not need to adopt a DICOM format, and the transmission limit between the ultrasonic equipment and the workstation in the prior art is broken through, the images of the display interface of the ultrasonic equipment in the process of examining the patient by the ultrasonic equipment can be quickly and completely recorded by responding to the first control instruction sent by the first sending unit 701 and the second control instruction sent by the second sending unit 702, and the images and the patient information are stored in a correlated manner, so that the follow-up review of the examination process is facilitated.

Referring to fig. 8, an embodiment of the present application further discloses a black box, including: a video input interface 801, a communication control interface 802, a video signal processor 803, a microprocessor 804, and a memory 805.

A video input interface 801 and a communication control interface 802 connected to the ultrasound device.

The video input interface 801 is configured to receive a video stream corresponding to an image of a display interface of the ultrasound device, and the communication control interface 802 is configured to implement communication with the ultrasound device.

Specifically, the communication control interface may be a communication control serial port.

And the video signal processor 803 is connected with the video input interface and is used for acquiring the video stream and identifying and processing the video stream.

Specifically, the video signal processor 803 is configured to perform recognition processing on the format and content of the video stream, and send the recognized video stream and the recognized information to the microprocessor.

A microprocessor 804, coupled to the video signal processor 803 and the communication control interface 802, respectively, is configured to perform any of the ultrasound image processing methods described in the embodiments of the present application.

Specifically, the microprocessor 804 executes any of the ultrasound image processing methods according to the embodiments of the present application. The control instructions include a first control instruction, a second control instruction, a third control instruction and the like in the ultrasonic image processing method. It should be noted that the video signal processor 803 may include a video capture module, and the microprocessor 804 may instruct or control the video capture module to record and capture the ultrasound image. In addition, the microprocessor 804 can also implement an encoding process for the video signal.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the black box further includes:

and the audio input interface is respectively connected with the ultrasonic equipment and the microprocessor and is used for receiving audio in the process of examining the patient by the ultrasonic equipment. The microprocessor is also used to process the audio. Wherein, still include in the inspection file of patient: audio processed by the microprocessor and bound to patient information.

Specifically, the microprocessor performs encoding processing or decoding processing on the audio.

and the network interface is connected with the microprocessor and is used for transmitting the examination file of the patient to the cloud server.

In particular, the network interface may be an ethernet interface.

The specific principle and the implementation process of the above-mentioned ultrasound image processing method provided by the embodiment of the present application, which are executed by the microprocessor in the black box disclosed in the embodiment of the present application, are the same as the above-mentioned ultrasound image processing method disclosed in the embodiment of the present application, and reference may be made to the corresponding parts in the above-mentioned ultrasound image processing method disclosed in the embodiment of the present application, which are not described herein again.

In the black box provided by the embodiment of the application, since the communication control interface can communicate with the ultrasonic device, the microprocessor can control the video input interface to receive the video stream corresponding to the image on the display interface of the ultrasonic device according to the communication information (such as the control command) received by the communication control interface, and the video signal processor processes the video stream. The microprocessor executes the ultrasound image processing method shown in the above embodiment according to the communication information received by the communication control interface, and obtains the examination file of the patient. The microprocessor stores the obtained examination file of the patient in a memory or a cloud server. Due to the large storage capacity of the memory, images of a display interface of a plurality of ultrasonic devices in the process of examining a patient can be stored. The microprocessor can record images on a display interface of the ultrasonic equipment under the control of the communication information received by the communication control interface to obtain examination files of the patient, so that the images and the patient information can be stored in an associated manner, and the follow-up review of the examination process is facilitated.

As will be appreciated by one skilled in the art, embodiments of the present application may be provided as a method, system, or computer program product. Accordingly, the present application may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects. Furthermore, the present application may take the form of a computer program product embodied on one or more computer-usable storage media (including, but not limited to, disk storage, CD-ROM, optical storage, and the like) having computer-usable program code embodied therein.

The present application is described with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatus (systems), and computer program products according to embodiments of the application. It will be understood that each flow and/or block of the flow diagrams and/or block diagrams, and combinations of flows and/or blocks in the flow diagrams and/or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, embedded processor, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, create means for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to function in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory produce an article of manufacture including instruction means which implement the function specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

These computer program instructions may also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer or other programmable apparatus to produce a computer implemented process such that the instructions which execute on the computer or other programmable apparatus provide steps for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

In a typical configuration, a computing device includes one or more processors (CPUs), input/output interfaces, network interfaces, and memory.

The memory may include forms of volatile memory in a computer readable medium, Random Access Memory (RAM) and/or non-volatile memory, such as Read Only Memory (ROM) or flash memory (flash RAM). The memory is an example of a computer-readable medium.

Computer-readable media, including both non-transitory and non-transitory, removable and non-removable media, may implement information storage by any method or technology. The information may be computer readable instructions, data structures, modules of a program, or other data. Examples of computer storage media include, but are not limited to, phase change memory (PRAM), Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), other types of Random Access Memory (RAM), Read Only Memory (ROM), Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (EEPROM), flash memory or other memory technology, compact disc read only memory (CD-ROM), Digital Versatile Discs (DVD) or other optical storage, magnetic cassettes, magnetic tape magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other non-transmission medium that can be used to store information that can be accessed by a computing device. As defined herein, computer readable media does not include transitory computer readable media (transmyedia) such as modulated data signals and carrier waves.

It should also be noted that the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in the process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.

The above are merely examples of the present application and are not intended to limit the present application. Various modifications and changes may occur to those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present application should be included in the scope of the claims of the present application.

Claims

1. An ultrasonic image processing method is applied to a black box, and comprises the following steps:

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first control instruction comprises a control instruction for activating the black box automatically generated and issued by the ultrasound device after completing creation of the patient information, or the first control instruction comprises a control instruction for instructing the black box to start recording the image automatically generated and issued when the ultrasound device starts examination of the patient;

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said storing the patient's exam file comprises:

4. The method of claim 1 or 3, wherein the storing of the patient's exam file comprises:

storing the patient's exam files locally at the black box;

alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

and storing the examination file of the patient in a cloud server.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein after the recording of the image of the display interface of the ultrasound apparatus is started in response to the first control instruction, or after the recording of the image of the display interface of the ultrasound apparatus is finished in response to the second control instruction sent by the ultrasound apparatus, the method further comprises:

and feeding back the bound information to the ultrasonic equipment.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the display interface comprises all interfaces displayed by a display screen of the ultrasound device; or the display interface comprises a part of interface which is displayed by the display screen and contains a scanning interface.

8. An ultrasonic image processing method is applied to an ultrasonic device, and comprises the following steps:

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the first control instruction comprises a control instruction for activating the black box automatically generated and issued by the ultrasound device after completing creation of the patient information, or the first control instruction comprises a control instruction for instructing the black box to start recording the image automatically generated and issued when the ultrasound device starts examination of the patient;

10. The method of claim 8, wherein after sending the second control instruction to the black box, further comprising:

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the instructing a black box to store the patient's exam files comprises:

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the first control instructions are further configured to instruct the black box to begin recording audio during the examination of the patient by the ultrasound device;

13. The method of claim 8, wherein after the sending the first control instruction to the black box or after the sending the second control instruction to the black box, further comprising:

14. The method of claim 8, wherein after the sending the first control instruction to the black box or after the sending the second control instruction to the black box, further comprising:

15. The method of claim 8, wherein the display interface comprises all interfaces displayed by a display screen of the ultrasound device; or the display interface comprises a part of interface which is displayed by the display screen and contains a scanning interface.

16. An ultrasonic image processing apparatus, applied to a black box, the ultrasonic image processing apparatus comprising:

17. An ultrasonic image processing apparatus, applied to an ultrasonic device, comprising:

18. An ultrasound image processing system, comprising:

a black box for performing the method of any one of claims 1 to 7;

an ultrasonic device connected to the black box for performing the method of any one of claims 8 to 15.

19. A black box, comprising:

a microprocessor connected to the video signal processor and the communication control interface, respectively, for executing the ultrasonic image processing method according to any one of claims 1 to 7;

20. The black box of claim 19, further comprising:

the microprocessor is also used for processing the audio;

21. The black box of claim 20, further comprising: