CN112702954A

CN112702954A - Ultrasonic diagnostic equipment and method for rapidly distinguishing tangent plane and storage medium thereof

Info

Publication number: CN112702954A
Application number: CN201880097313.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 温博
Original assignee: Shenzhen Mindray Bio Medical Electronics Co Ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Mindray Bio Medical Electronics Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-11-26
Filing date: 2018-11-26
Publication date: 2021-04-23
Anticipated expiration: 2038-11-26
Also published as: CN112702954B; WO2020107144A1

Abstract

An ultrasonic diagnostic equipment and a method for rapidly distinguishing a section thereof, wherein a user inputs an instruction for displaying section information of at least one section, and the section is displayed on a display interface in a form of a preset identification chart; the identification chart is used for identifying section information of the section; the identification map comprises a background schematic diagram and a main schematic diagram (d, e, f, g), wherein the background schematic diagram reflects a first tangent structure of the biological tissue, the main schematic diagram (d, e, f, g) reflects a first target structure which is part of the first tangent structure, and the main schematic diagram (d, e, f, g) is displayed differently with respect to the background schematic diagram. It can be seen that the user sees from the display interface a main schematic diagram (d, e, f, g) and a background schematic diagram which are displayed in a distinguishing way, and the main schematic diagram (d, e, f, g) reflects a first target structure which is part of the first tangent structure and is displayed in a distinguishing way with the first tangent structure. Even if a plurality of sections based on the same background schematic diagram exist, the sections can be well distinguished.

Description

Ultrasonic diagnostic equipment and method for rapidly distinguishing tangent plane and storage medium thereof

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of medical instruments, in particular to an ultrasonic diagnostic device, a method for rapidly distinguishing a tangent plane and a storage medium thereof.

Background

With the release of various ultrasonic examination guidelines and specifications, doctors in various examinations need to complete a series of scans of standard sections as diagnostic basis. The automatic workflow in the ultrasonic diagnosis equipment can organize the relevant sections together in a certain sequence or form by providing a template protocol, and part of work is automatically completed by the system, so that the work efficiency of a user is improved, and the operation flow of the user is standardized.

The prior ultrasonic diagnosis equipment does not make a remarkable prompt for unfinished sections, and the difference between the unfinished sections is only the section names in the form of characters. Doctors only judge which sections are not finished according to the characters, reading amount can be increased, errors are prone to occur when the characters are similar, extra workload can occur when errors are changed, the problems that sections are missed and sections are repeated can not be found out, and the like can not be solved well by the doctors.

In addition, in some ultrasound examinations, such as fetal screening, the standard section for fetal screening has some shapes similar to each other, as shown in fig. 1, such as a thalamus cross section b, a lateral ventricle cross section a, and a cerebellum cross section c of the skull, and it is difficult to see the difference between the sections at a glance based on the anatomical diagram of the section, especially for beginners. If the section name is only distinguished by the characters of the section name, the doctor is inconvenient to quickly select the section.

Technical problem

The invention mainly provides an ultrasonic diagnostic device, a method for rapidly distinguishing a section and a storage medium thereof, so as to be convenient for a user to distinguish the section.

Technical solution

In one embodiment, a method of ultrasound imaging is provided, comprising:

receiving an instruction for starting an ultrasonic inspection process, wherein the ultrasonic inspection process comprises at least one preset section to be inspected;

displaying a preset identification diagram of a section to be inspected of the ultrasonic inspection flow on a display interface, wherein the identification diagram comprises a background schematic diagram and a main schematic diagram, the background schematic diagram reflects a first section structure of biological tissue, the main schematic diagram reflects a first target structure which is a part of the first section structure, and the main schematic diagram is displayed in a distinguishing way relative to the background schematic diagram;

receiving a selection signal for selecting a target identification map;

transmitting ultrasonic waves to a target area according to an inspection mode corresponding to the section marked by the target marking graph;

receiving an ultrasonic echo returned from the target region to obtain an ultrasonic echo signal;

obtaining at least one ultrasonic image of the target region according to the ultrasonic echo signal;

determining a target ultrasound image from at least one ultrasound image of the target area, wherein the target ultrasound image includes a first target structure reflected by the main schematic diagram of the target identifier map;

and associating the target ultrasonic image with the section identified by the target identification map.

In one embodiment, a method for rapidly resolving a slice by an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus is provided, which includes the following steps:

responding to a command for displaying section information of at least one section input by a user, and displaying a marker chart preset by the section on a display interface; the identification chart is used for identifying section information of the section; the identification map includes a background schematic diagram reflecting a first tangential structure of the biological tissue and a main schematic diagram reflecting a first target structure that is part of the first tangential structure, the main schematic diagram being displayed separately from the background schematic diagram.

In one embodiment, there is provided an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus including:

the ultrasonic probe is used for transmitting ultrasonic waves to a target area in biological tissues and receiving echoes of the ultrasonic waves to obtain ultrasonic echo signals;

a transmission/reception control circuit for controlling the ultrasonic probe to transmit an ultrasonic wave to a target region and receive an echo of the ultrasonic wave;

the human-computer interaction device is used for receiving input and output visual information of a user;

the processor is used for displaying a marker chart preset by the section on a display interface of the human-computer interaction device after the human-computer interaction device receives an instruction of displaying the section information of at least one section input by a user; the identification chart is used for identifying section information of the section; the identification map includes a background schematic diagram reflecting a first tangential structure of the biological tissue and a main schematic diagram reflecting a first target structure that is part of the first tangential structure, the main schematic diagram being displayed separately from the background schematic diagram.

Advantageous effects

According to the ultrasonic diagnostic equipment and the method for rapidly distinguishing the section and the storage medium thereof of the embodiment, the input instruction for displaying the section information of at least one section is received, and the section is displayed on the display interface in the form of the preset identification chart; the identification chart is used for identifying section information of the section; the identification map includes a background schematic diagram reflecting a first tangential structure of the biological tissue and a main schematic diagram reflecting a first target structure that is part of the first tangential structure, the main schematic diagram being displayed separately from the background schematic diagram. It can be seen that the main schematic diagram and the background schematic diagram which are displayed in a distinguishing way are seen from the display interface by the user, the main schematic diagram reflects a first target structure which is part of the first tangent structure, and the first target structure is displayed in a distinguishing way with the first tangent structure. Therefore, even if a plurality of sections based on the same background schematic diagram exist, the sections can be well distinguished.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is an ultrasound image of a thalamic cross-section, a lateral ventricle cross-section, and a cerebellar cross-section of a skull;

fig. 2 is a block diagram of an embodiment of an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus provided in the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic representation of a cross-sectional view of a dual-tip diameter head circumference measurement according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic representation of an exemplary lateral ventricle cut-out in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic representation of a cerebellar cross-section in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is an identification drawing of a middle section of the right superficial femoral artery in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a drawing of four guides in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a method for fast slice resolution according to the present invention.

Modes for carrying out the invention

Detailed Description

The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the following detailed description and accompanying drawings. Wherein like elements in different embodiments are numbered with like associated elements. In the following description, numerous details are set forth in order to provide a better understanding of the present application. However, those skilled in the art will readily recognize that some of the features may be omitted or replaced with other elements, materials, methods in different instances. In some instances, certain operations related to the present application have not been shown or described in detail in order to avoid obscuring the core of the present application from excessive description, and it is not necessary for those skilled in the art to describe these operations in detail, so that they may be fully understood from the description in the specification and the general knowledge in the art.

Furthermore, the features, operations, or characteristics described in the specification may be combined in any suitable manner to form various embodiments. Also, the various steps or actions in the method descriptions may be transposed or transposed in order, as will be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art. Thus, the various sequences in the specification and drawings are for the purpose of describing certain embodiments only and are not intended to imply a required sequence unless otherwise indicated where such sequence must be followed.

The numbering of the components as such, e.g., "first", "second", etc., is used herein only to distinguish the objects as described, and does not have any sequential or technical meaning. The term "connected" and "coupled" when used in this application, unless otherwise indicated, includes both direct and indirect connections (couplings).

Referring to fig. 2, the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus provided by the present invention includes: an ultrasonic probe 10, a transmission/reception control circuit 20, a processor 30 and a human-computer interaction device 40.

The ultrasonic probe 10 is used for transmitting ultrasonic waves to a region of interest in biological tissue and receiving echoes of the ultrasonic waves to obtain ultrasonic echo signals.

A transmission/reception control circuit 20 for controlling the ultrasonic probe 10 to transmit an ultrasonic wave to a region of interest and receive an echo of the ultrasonic wave.

And the human-computer interaction device 40 is used for receiving input and output visual information of a user. For example, a touch screen can be used, which can receive an instruction input by a user and display visual information; a mouse, a keyboard, a trackball, a joystick, etc. may also be used as an input device of the human-computer interaction device 40 to receive instructions input by a user, and a display may be used as a display device of the human-computer interaction device 40 to display visual information.

And the processor 30 is configured to display a marker map preset for the section on a display interface of the human-computer interaction device after the human-computer interaction device 40 receives an instruction of a user to input section information showing at least one section (in other embodiments, the instruction is not limited to be received by the human-computer interaction device 40, but may also be obtained in other manners, for example, the instruction may be automatically generated by the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, or received from a remote apparatus connected to the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus through a wired or wireless data communication link, and the like). The section information can reflect the type of the section to identify the tissue structure characteristics corresponding to the section. In other words, after receiving the instruction, the section is displayed to the user in the form of a label graph, not in the form of text. The identification chart is used for identifying section information of the section; the identification map includes a background schematic diagram reflecting a first tangential structure of the biological tissue and a main schematic diagram reflecting a first target structure that is part of the first tangential structure, the main schematic diagram being displayed separately from the background schematic diagram. A user can rapidly distinguish and obtain section information such as section types and the like in a graphical (identification chart) mode, when a plurality of similar sections exist, the section information can be distinguished through the main schematic graph even if the similar sections with the same background schematic graph exist, and the working efficiency of the user is improved. The main and background schematics are designed as anatomical line drawings that are easy for the physician to associate and match with the cut plane, as shown in fig. 3-6, the first cut plane structure reflecting the biological tissue can be seen from the background schematics, and the first target structure reflecting a part of the first cut plane structure can be seen from the main schematics, which is convenient for the user to quickly distinguish the cut plane.

Wherein, the main schematic diagram is displayed in a distinguishing way relative to the background schematic diagram, and the method comprises the following steps: the first target structure is distinguished from the first tangent structure by color, brightness, marking or animation. The invention distinguishes and expresses the target structure (such as a transparent partition cavity, a cerebellum and other specific tissue structures) of the similar section and the corresponding section structure (such as a skull structure) through specific marks (such as colors, marks or animations and the like) so as to guide a user to quickly search the required section, and a doctor can identify which section is from the similar sections at a glance, so that the invention is more targeted and improves the working efficiency.

The standard section for fetal screening has a plurality of similar shapes, such as a thalamus cross section, a transparent compartment cross section, a lateral ventricle cross section, a cerebellum cross section and the like of a skull, and the difference between the sections is difficult to be seen at a glance on the basis of the anatomical diagram of the section. Especially, the section of the transparent compartment is very similar to the section of the lateral ventricle, and can only be distinguished by the characters of the name of the section, which brings inconvenience to the doctor for quickly selecting the section. FIG. 3 is a schematic representation of an embodiment of a double tip diameter circumference measurement section. FIG. 4 is an identification drawing of an embodiment of a lateral ventricle cut-out. FIG. 5 is a schematic representation of an example of a cerebellar cross-section. The background patterns (lighter-gray patterns) of the three-section marker plots are very similar, but the main patterns d, e and f (darker-gray patterns) are very different. In some embodiments, the main schematics d, e and f are displayed in a color (e.g. yellow) to distinguish and weaken the portions (background schematics) similar to the tangent plane, and highlight the examination object (main schematics), so that the user can utilize the feature that the human eye is more sensitive to the graphics and the color relative to the text, and the user can very quickly search and locate the tangent plane desired by the user by expanding the difference.

The sections of the various blood vessels are similar, and fig. 6 is a labeled diagram of an embodiment of the middle section of the right superficial femoral artery, and it can be seen that the sections of the right superficial femoral artery have the same background schematic diagram (the diagram with lighter gray scale). Since the first target structure belongs to a part of the first tangent plane structure, the main schematic diagram can not only reflect the structure of the target, but also reflect the position of the target in the tangent plane, taking the right superficial femoral artery middle section of fig. 6 as an example, the user can know that the current biological tissue is the right superficial femoral artery by seeing the background schematic diagram in the drawing, and can know that the target is the right superficial femoral artery middle section by seeing the main schematic diagram g in the drawing, so the method is clear and very convenient.

Of course, on the basis of the distinction by the main schematic diagram, the marker diagram may further include a section name displayed in a text form or a letter code, section position information (for example, a position of a blood vessel), image mode information, and the like, which not only further avoids errors, but also prompts the user when the user works.

Further, the processor 30 is further configured to: after the human-computer interaction device 40 receives a selection signal for selecting the target identification map by the user (in other embodiments, the selection signal is not limited to be received by the human-computer interaction device 40, but may be obtained in other manners, for example, the selection signal may be automatically generated by the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, or received from a remote apparatus connected to the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus via a wired or wireless data communication link, etc.), determining the target identification map selected by the user according to the selection signal; starting an inspection flow of a section corresponding to the target marker map so as to perform ultrasonic scanning on a target area to obtain an ultrasonic image; for example, according to the examination mode corresponding to the section marked by the target identification map, the ultrasonic probe 10 emits ultrasonic waves to the target area; at least one ultrasound image of the target region is obtained from the ultrasound echo signals received by the ultrasound probe 10. The examination mode includes imaging parameters (e.g., depth, frequency, or gain, etc.). Further, the processor 30 determines from at least one ultrasound image of the target region one or more frames of ultrasound images, referred to herein as target ultrasound images, containing the first target structure reflected by the master schematic of the target marker map. Determining a target ultrasound image from at least one ultrasound image of the target area, for example, according to instructions input by a user or received from other devices connected to the ultrasound diagnostic device through a wired or wireless communication link, associating the target ultrasound image with the section identified by the target identification map; alternatively, the processor 30 or other processing means of the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus may process at least one ultrasound image of the target region to automatically determine a target ultrasound image; and so on. Therefore, after the user distinguishes the marker map corresponding to the required section on the display interface, the user can directly click the marker map to enter the inspection flow of the section, and the method is very convenient and fast.

The examination process of the section comprises one or more operations of ultrasound scanning, ultrasound image annotation, ultrasound image volume increasing bitmap, ultrasound image measurement and ultrasound image storage. For example, the examination procedure of the section includes that the ultrasound image adds a volume bitmap, and the position and the posture of the section are represented on the volume bitmap through color, brightness, marks or animation.

There are many instructions for presenting slice information for at least one slice, for example, instructions for initiating an ultrasound examination procedure. After the human-computer interaction device 40 receives the instruction of the ultrasound examination process, the processor 30 displays a preset identification map of a section of the ultrasound examination process, in which a corresponding ultrasound image is not obtained yet, on the display interface. The ultrasound examination process includes a plurality of preset slices to be scanned, which may be a process for guiding a user to complete a certain type of ultrasound examination, such as abdominal ultrasound examination, cardiac color ultrasound, fetal ultrasound examination, and the like. Taking a fetal ultrasound examination process as an example, the fetal ultrasound examination process comprises four examinations of fetal cranium and face, fetal heart and chest, fetal abdomen and spine and fetal limbs, wherein each examination comprises a plurality of sections to be scanned. It can be seen that the fetal ultrasound examination involves dozens of twenty slices to be scanned. By adopting the invention, after the user inputs the instruction for starting the ultrasonic examination process, the preset identification chart of all sections of the ultrasonic examination process in which the ultrasonic images are not obtained can be seen on the display interface, thereby facilitating the search of the unfinished sections.

The following describes a specific process of displaying a preset identification map of a section of an ultrasound image, which has not been obtained in the ultrasound examination procedure, on a display interface according to some specific embodiments.

In one embodiment, after the human-computer interaction device 40 receives an instruction for starting an ultrasound examination process input by a user, the processor 30 displays all the sections of the ultrasound examination process on a display interface of the human-computer interaction device 40, where the section for which the corresponding ultrasound image has not been obtained is displayed in the form of a preset identification map, the section for which the corresponding ultrasound image has been obtained is displayed in the form of a thumbnail of the target ultrasound image, and the thumbnail may also display the name of the section. Because the ultrasonic image is dark, the preset marker map and the thumbnail are visually different greatly, and a user can clearly distinguish which sections are finished and which sections are not finished.

In one embodiment, after the human-computer interaction device 40 receives a user-input instruction for starting an ultrasound examination process (as mentioned above, the instruction is not limited to be received by the human-computer interaction device 40, but may also be obtained by other means, for example, automatically generated by the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, or received from a remote apparatus connected to the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus via a wired or wireless data communication link, etc.), the processor 30 is further configured to detect whether a section to be examined in the ultrasound examination process has a corresponding ultrasound image, for example, detect whether a target ultrasound image is associated with the section to be examined in the ultrasound examination process, if so, consider that the section has an ultrasound image, otherwise, consider that the section has no ultrasound image. The processor 30 displays all the sections of the ultrasound examination process on the display interface of the human-computer interaction device 40, wherein the sections of the ultrasound images which are not obtained are displayed in the form of a preset identification map, the sections of the ultrasound images which are obtained are displayed in the form of thumbnails of the ultrasound images, and the names of the sections can also be displayed on the thumbnails. Because the ultrasonic image is dark, the preset marker map and the thumbnail are visually different greatly, and a user can clearly distinguish which sections are finished and which sections are not finished.

Based on the above embodiment, after the power is turned on, when the ultrasound inspection process is started for the first time, all sections of the display interface where the corresponding ultrasound image is not obtained are displayed. The identification map of the section is associated with the starting instruction of the section, that is, the identification map is a selectable identification map, and when the user selects the target identification map, the checking flow of the section is started. Specifically, after the user clicks a target marker map through the human-computer interaction device 40, the processor 30 starts an inspection process of a section corresponding to the target marker map selected by the user, and starts the transmission/reception control circuit 20, so that the control circuit controls the ultrasonic probe 10 to transmit ultrasonic waves (ultrasonic scanning) to a target area and receive echoes of the ultrasonic waves. The processor 30 generates an ultrasound image from the echoes of the ultrasound waves. And in response to a user-entered instruction to freeze the ultrasound image or an instruction to save the ultrasound image, the processor 30 determines a target ultrasound image from the at least one ultrasound image of the target region; associating the target ultrasonic image with the section marked by the target identification map, and replacing the target identification map by a thumbnail of the target ultrasonic image; then the section is displayed in the form of thumbnail, which indicates that the section has obtained the corresponding ultrasound image, and then the section is displayed in the form of thumbnail, and the frozen ultrasound image can be annotated, measured, saved, etc. according to the instruction of the user. The target ultrasound image may be one or more frames of images selected by processor 30 or selected by the user.

In other embodiments, a copy screen during ultrasound image saving may be used instead of the thumbnail to represent the completed section, and the principle is similar and is not repeated.

In one embodiment, after the human-computer interaction device 40 receives an instruction for suspending the ultrasonic examination process, which is input by a user, the current states of all the sections in the ultrasonic examination process are saved; wherein the state of the section comprises: the section has obtained the corresponding ultrasonic image and the section has not obtained the corresponding ultrasonic image. For ultrasonic examination of a fetus, because the body position of the fetus is not invariable, all ultrasonic images meeting the requirements are difficult to obtain smoothly, so the examination needs to be suspended, and the examination is resumed after a pregnant woman moves for a period of time. After the human-computer interaction device 40 receives an instruction for restoring the ultrasound examination process, which is input by a user, the saved states of all the sections are read, preset identification maps of all sections, in which corresponding ultrasound images are not obtained, in the ultrasound examination process are displayed on a display interface of the human-computer interaction device 40, and thumbnails of all obtained corresponding target ultrasound images in the ultrasound examination process are also displayed.

In one embodiment, the ultrasound examination process is suspended after the human-computer interaction device 40 receives a user-input instruction to suspend the ultrasound examination process. After the human-computer interaction device 40 receives an instruction for restoring the ultrasound examination process, which is input by a user, it is detected whether a section to be examined in the ultrasound examination process has obtained a corresponding ultrasound image, a preset identification map of all sections in the ultrasound examination process, in which the corresponding ultrasound image is not obtained, is displayed on a display interface of the human-computer interaction device 40, and thumbnails of all sections in the ultrasound examination process, in which the ultrasound image has been obtained, are also displayed.

It can be seen that the instructions to initiate an ultrasound examination procedure include not only instructions to initiate an ultrasound examination procedure for the first time, but also instructions to resume an ultrasound examination procedure. Therefore, on the display interface with mixed finished (corresponding ultrasonic images obtained) and unfinished (corresponding ultrasonic images not obtained) sections, the identification map with brighter colors than the finished sections attracts more attention, the user can clearly distinguish the unfinished sections, find the required section from the unfinished sections and start scanning the required section, and the working efficiency is high.

Further, the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus can also perform centralized display on unfinished sections. For example, after the human-computer interaction device 40 receives an instruction for displaying an unfinished section input by a user, the processor 30 detects whether a section to be inspected in an started ultrasonic inspection flow is associated with a target ultrasonic image, if so, the section is considered to have an ultrasonic image, otherwise, the section is considered not to have an ultrasonic image; and displaying a preset identification chart of all sections of the started ultrasonic examination process in which the corresponding ultrasonic images are not obtained on the display interface. A user can see all unfinished tangent planes by only sending an instruction, so that scanning is performed, and the method is convenient and fast.

In one embodiment, after the human-computer interaction device 40 receives an instruction for starting an ultrasonic examination process, the processor 30 sequentially starts the examination process of each section in the ultrasonic examination process according to a preset sequence; the processor 30 displays the real-time ultrasonic image or the frozen ultrasonic image of the current section on the display interface, and displays the marker map of the current section; to alert the user of which section is currently. Especially for the examination of blood vessels, the section of blood vessels themselves have similarity, and usually needs to be added with position information to show which blood vessel is. By adopting the invention, the user can intuitively know which section needs to be collected currently by starting the graph of the section.

After the processor 30 starts the examination process of the section corresponding to the target identification map, a guidance map of the image mode that can be provided by the currently used probe is also displayed on the display interface. FIG. 7 shows 4 guidance maps, one for each image mode of the marking probe, so that the user may be prompted to select the corresponding image mode. Each image mode corresponds to a set of parameters of the ultrasound probe. Further, the guide map includes a graph reflecting the type of the probe or the exit angle of the sound wave, and fig. 7 shows that the exit angle of the sound wave is a fan shape.

The ultrasonic diagnostic equipment provided by the invention helps an ultrasonic doctor to quickly retrieve unfinished sections in an automatic workflow in a graphical mode. The graphical mode visualizes the scanned target by providing the user with information such as a main schematic graph capable of reflecting the first target structure belonging to one part of the first section structure, a background schematic graph capable of reflecting the first section structure of the biological tissue and the like, so that the user can intuitively feel which sections are not finished, the sections are obviously different from the finished sections, the characters do not need to be read carefully, and the probability of mistakes in busy work is reduced. And the specific unfinished tangent plane can be distinguished through the main schematic graph, so that the method is more targeted and the working efficiency is improved.

Based on the ultrasonic inspection apparatus provided in the above embodiment, the present invention provides a method for rapidly resolving a slice, as shown in fig. 8, including the following steps:

step 1, receiving a command which is input by a user and shows the section information of at least one section.

Step 2, responding to a command for displaying section information of at least one section input by a user, and displaying a marker chart preset by the section on a display interface; in other words, the section is shown to the user in the form of an identification chart, rather than simply in the form of words. The identification chart is used for identifying section information of the section; the identification map includes a background schematic diagram reflecting a first tangential structure of the biological tissue and a main schematic diagram reflecting a first target structure that is part of the first tangential structure, the main schematic diagram being displayed separately from the background schematic diagram. The user can rapidly distinguish the section type in a graphical (identification chart) mode, and when a plurality of similar sections exist, the section type can be distinguished through the main schematic graph even if the similar sections with the same background schematic graph exist, so that the working efficiency of the user is improved. The main and background schematics are designed to be easily associable by the physician, as shown in fig. 3-5, with anatomical line drawings that match the cut plane, facilitating the user to quickly resolve the cut plane.

And 3, receiving a selection signal of the identification map selected by the user, and determining the target identification map selected by the user according to the selection signal.

And 4, starting an inspection process of a section corresponding to the target marker map so as to perform ultrasonic scanning on the target area to obtain an ultrasonic image. For example, according to the inspection mode corresponding to the section marked by the target identification map, ultrasonic waves are transmitted to the target area through the ultrasonic probe; at least one ultrasonic image of the target region is obtained according to the ultrasonic echo signals received by the ultrasonic probe.

And 5, determining a target ultrasonic image from at least one ultrasonic image of the target area. For example, a target ultrasound image is determined from at least one ultrasound image of the target region according to instructions input by a user.

And 6, associating the target ultrasonic image with the section marked by the target marking map. Therefore, after the user distinguishes the marker map corresponding to the required section on the display interface, the user can directly click the marker map to enter the inspection flow of the section, and the method is very convenient and fast.

The related descriptions of the above method embodiments can be understood with reference to the apparatus portion, and are not described herein again.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that all or part of the functions of the various methods in the above embodiments may be implemented by hardware, or may be implemented by computer programs. When all or part of the functions of the above embodiments are implemented by a computer program, the program may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, and the storage medium may include: a read only memory, a random access memory, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a hard disk, etc., and the program is executed by a computer to realize the above functions. For example, the program may be stored in a memory of the device, and when the program in the memory is executed by the processor, all or part of the functions described above may be implemented. In addition, when all or part of the functions in the above embodiments are implemented by a computer program, the program may be stored in a storage medium such as a server, another computer, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a flash disk, or a removable hard disk, and may be downloaded or copied to a memory of a local device, or may be version-updated in a system of the local device, and when the program in the memory is executed by a processor, all or part of the functions in the above embodiments may be implemented.

Reference is made herein to various exemplary embodiments. However, those skilled in the art will recognize that changes and modifications may be made to the exemplary embodiments without departing from the scope hereof. For example, the various operational steps, as well as the components used to perform the operational steps, may be implemented in differing ways depending upon the particular application or consideration of any number of cost functions associated with operation of the system (e.g., one or more steps may be deleted, modified or incorporated into other steps).

Additionally, as will be appreciated by one skilled in the art, the principles herein may be reflected in a computer program product on a computer readable storage medium, which is pre-loaded with computer readable program code. Any tangible, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium may be used, including magnetic storage devices (hard disks, floppy disks, etc.), optical storage devices (CD-ROMs, DVDs, Blu Ray disks, etc.), flash memory, and/or the like. These computer program instructions may be loaded onto a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions which execute on the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus create means for implementing the functions specified. 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 means for implementing the function specified. The 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.

While the principles herein have been illustrated in various embodiments, many modifications of structure, arrangement, proportions, elements, materials, and components particularly adapted to specific environments and operative requirements may be employed without departing from the principles and scope of the present disclosure. The above modifications and other changes or modifications are intended to be included within the scope of this document.

The foregoing detailed description has been described with reference to various embodiments. However, one skilled in the art will recognize that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. Accordingly, the disclosure is to be considered in an illustrative and not a restrictive sense, and all such modifications are intended to be included within the scope thereof. Also, advantages, other advantages, and solutions to problems have been described above with regard to various embodiments. However, the benefits, advantages, solutions to problems, and any element(s) that may cause any element(s) to occur or become more pronounced are not to be construed as a critical, required, or essential feature or element of any or all the claims. As used herein, 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, system, article, or apparatus. Furthermore, the term "coupled," and any other variation thereof, as used herein, refers to a physical connection, an electrical connection, a magnetic connection, an optical connection, a communicative connection, a functional connection, and/or any other connection.

Those skilled in the art will recognize that many changes may be made to the details of the above-described embodiments without departing from the underlying principles of the invention. Accordingly, the scope of the invention should be determined from the following claims.

Claims

An ultrasound imaging method, comprising:

receiving an instruction for starting an ultrasonic inspection process, wherein the ultrasonic inspection process comprises at least one preset section to be inspected;

displaying a preset identification diagram of a section to be inspected of the ultrasonic inspection flow on a display interface, wherein the identification diagram comprises a background schematic diagram and a main schematic diagram, the background schematic diagram reflects a first section structure of biological tissue, the main schematic diagram reflects a first target structure which is a part of the first section structure, and the main schematic diagram is displayed in a distinguishing way relative to the background schematic diagram;

receiving a selection signal for selecting a target identification map;

transmitting ultrasonic waves to a target area according to an inspection mode corresponding to the section marked by the target marking graph;

receiving an ultrasonic echo returned from the target region to obtain an ultrasonic echo signal;

obtaining at least one ultrasonic image of the target region according to the ultrasonic echo signal;

determining a target ultrasound image from at least one ultrasound image of the target area, wherein the target ultrasound image includes a first target structure reflected by the main schematic diagram of the target identifier map;

and associating the target ultrasonic image with the section identified by the target identification map.
The method of claim 1, wherein the main schematic graphic is displayed differently relative to the background schematic graphic, comprising: the first target structure is distinguished from the first tangential structure by one or a combination of: color, brightness, labeling, and animation.
The method of claim 1, wherein the step of displaying a preset identifier map of the section of the ultrasound examination procedure to be examined on a display interface is preceded by the step of:

and detecting whether the section to be inspected in the ultrasonic inspection flow has obtained a corresponding ultrasonic image.
The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:

after receiving an instruction for suspending the ultrasonic examination process, saving the current states of all tangent planes in the ultrasonic examination process, wherein the states of the tangent planes comprise: the section has obtained the correspondent ultrasonics image and section has not obtained the correspondent ultrasonics image;

and after receiving an instruction for restoring the ultrasonic examination process, reading the states of all the saved sections, and displaying a preset identification map of the section of the ultrasonic image which is not obtained in the ultrasonic examination process on a display interface.
The method of claim 1, wherein the step of displaying on a display interface a preset identifier map of a section of the ultrasound examination procedure that requires examination comprises:

and detecting whether the section to be inspected in the ultrasonic inspection process has obtained the corresponding ultrasonic image, and displaying a preset identification chart of all sections in which the corresponding ultrasonic image is not obtained in the started ultrasonic inspection process on a display interface.
The method as claimed in claim 3 or 5, wherein the step of detecting whether the section to be inspected in the ultrasonic inspection process has obtained the corresponding ultrasonic image comprises:

and detecting whether the section to be inspected in the ultrasonic inspection flow is associated with a target ultrasonic image, if so, determining that the section has an ultrasonic image, and otherwise, determining that the section has no ultrasonic image.
A method for rapidly distinguishing a section by ultrasonic diagnostic equipment is characterized by comprising the following steps:

responding to a received instruction for displaying section information of at least one section, and displaying a marker graph preset by the section on a display interface; the identification graph is used for identifying section information of the section; the identification map comprises a background schematic diagram and a main schematic diagram, wherein the background schematic diagram reflects a first tangent structure of biological tissue, the main schematic diagram reflects a first target structure which is part of the first tangent structure, and the main schematic diagram is displayed in a distinguishing mode relative to the background schematic diagram.
The method of claim 7, wherein the main schematic graphic is displayed differently relative to the background schematic graphic, comprising: the first target structure is distinguished from the first tangential structure by one or a combination of: color, brightness, labeling, and animation.
The method of claim 7, further comprising the step of:

receiving a selection signal for selecting a target identification map;

and responding to the selection signal, starting an inspection process of a section corresponding to the target marker map so as to obtain an ultrasonic image of a target area.
The method of claim 9, wherein initiating an inspection process of the section corresponding to the target identifier map comprises:

transmitting ultrasonic waves to a target area according to an inspection mode corresponding to the section marked by the target marking graph;

receiving an ultrasonic echo returned from the target region to obtain an ultrasonic echo signal;

and obtaining at least one ultrasonic image of the target area according to the ultrasonic echo signal.
The method of claim 10, further comprising the step of:

determining a target ultrasound image from at least one ultrasound image of the target area, wherein the target ultrasound image includes a first target structure reflected by the main schematic diagram of the target identifier map;

and associating the target ultrasonic image with the section identified by the target identification map.
The method of claim 9, wherein the step of initiating an inspection process of the section corresponding to the target identifier map further comprises: and displaying a guide map of an image mode which can be provided by the currently used probe on a display interface, wherein the guide map of the image mode corresponds to the image mode of the marking probe.
The method of claim 12, wherein the guide map of image patterns comprises a graph reflecting a probe type or an angle of emergence of the acoustic wave.
The method of claim 9, wherein the examination procedure of the section includes one or more of ultrasound scanning, ultrasound image annotation, ultrasound image augmented volume bitmap, ultrasound image measurement, ultrasound image saving.
The method of claim 1, wherein the identification chart further comprises a section name, section position information, or image mode information displayed in a text form or an alphabetical code.
An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus characterized by comprising:

the ultrasonic probe is used for transmitting ultrasonic waves to a target area in biological tissues and receiving echoes of the ultrasonic waves to obtain ultrasonic echo signals;

the transmitting/receiving control circuit is used for controlling the ultrasonic probe to transmit ultrasonic waves to a target area and receive echoes of the ultrasonic waves;

the human-computer interaction device is used for receiving input and output visual information of a user;

the processor is used for displaying a marker chart preset by the section on a display interface of the human-computer interaction device after the human-computer interaction device receives an instruction of displaying the section information of at least one section input by a user; the identification graph is used for identifying section information of the section; the identification map comprises a background schematic diagram and a main schematic diagram, wherein the background schematic diagram reflects a first tangent structure of biological tissue, the main schematic diagram reflects a first target structure which is part of the first tangent structure, and the main schematic diagram is displayed in a distinguishing mode relative to the background schematic diagram.
The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the main schematic diagram is displayed differently with respect to the background schematic diagram, including: the first target structure is distinguished from the first tangential structure by one or a combination of: color, brightness, labeling, and animation.
The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the processor is further configured to:

after the man-machine interaction device receives a selection signal of the target identification map selected by the user,

and responding to the selection signal, starting an inspection process of a section corresponding to the target marker map so as to obtain an ultrasonic image of a target area.
The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the processor initiates an examination procedure of a section corresponding to the target identifier map, comprising:

transmitting ultrasonic waves to a target area through an ultrasonic probe according to an inspection mode corresponding to the section marked by the target marking graph;

receiving, by the ultrasound probe, an ultrasound echo returned from the target region to obtain an ultrasound echo signal;

and obtaining at least one ultrasonic image of the target region according to the ultrasonic echo signals received by the ultrasonic probe.
The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the processor is further configured to:

determining a target ultrasound image from at least one ultrasound image of the target area, wherein the target ultrasound image includes a first target structure reflected by the main schematic diagram of the target identifier map;

and associating the target ultrasonic image with the section identified by the target identification map.
The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the instruction to display the section information of at least one section is an instruction to start an ultrasonic inspection process; the ultrasonic inspection process comprises a plurality of preset tangent planes to be scanned; the processor displays the marker chart preset by the section on a display interface of the man-machine interaction device, and the method comprises the following steps: and displaying a preset identification chart of a section of the corresponding ultrasonic image which is not obtained in the ultrasonic examination process on a display interface.
The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus according to claim 21, wherein the processor further comprises, before displaying the preset identifier map of the section of the ultrasound image corresponding to the ultrasound examination procedure on the display interface, a step of:

and detecting whether the section to be inspected in the ultrasonic inspection flow has obtained a corresponding ultrasonic image.
The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to claim 21, wherein the processor is further configured to:

after a human-computer interaction device receives an instruction input by a user for pausing the ultrasonic examination process, the current states of all tangent planes in the ultrasonic examination process are saved, wherein the states of the tangent planes comprise: the section has obtained the correspondent ultrasonics image and section has not obtained the correspondent ultrasonics image;

and after the human-computer interaction device receives an instruction for restoring the ultrasonic examination process, which is input by a user, reading the saved states of all the sections, and displaying a preset identification chart of the section of the ultrasonic examination process, which is not obtained in the ultrasonic examination process, on a display interface of the human-computer interaction device.
The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to claim 21, wherein the instruction to display the section information of at least one section is an instruction to display a section of the started ultrasonic examination procedure for which a corresponding ultrasonic image is not obtained; the processor displays the marker chart preset by the section on a display interface of the man-machine interaction device, and the method comprises the following steps:

and detecting whether the section needing to be checked in the started ultrasonic checking process obtains the corresponding ultrasonic image or not, and displaying a preset identification chart of all sections which do not obtain the corresponding ultrasonic image in the started ultrasonic checking process on a display interface.
The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to claim 22, wherein the processor detects whether the section to be inspected in the ultrasonic inspection flow has obtained the corresponding ultrasonic image, comprising: and detecting whether the section to be inspected in the ultrasonic inspection flow is associated with a target ultrasonic image, if so, determining that the section has an ultrasonic image, and otherwise, determining that the section has no ultrasonic image.
The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the instruction to display the section information of at least one section is an instruction to start an ultrasonic inspection process; the ultrasonic inspection process comprises a plurality of preset tangent planes to be scanned; the processor displays the marker chart preset by the section on a display interface of the man-machine interaction device, and the method comprises the following steps:

sequentially starting the inspection process of each section in the ultrasonic inspection process according to a preset sequence;

and displaying the real-time ultrasonic image or the frozen ultrasonic image of the current section on the display interface, and displaying the marker map of the current section.
The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to claim 18, wherein after the processor initiates the examination procedure of the section corresponding to the target identifier map, the method further comprises: and displaying a guide map of an image mode which can be provided by the currently used probe on a display interface, wherein the guide map of the image mode corresponds to the image mode of the marking probe.