CN215272881U

CN215272881U - Ultrasound imaging system

Info

Publication number: CN215272881U
Application number: CN202022718267.8U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李兵; 姚强; 王歆
Original assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
Current assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
Priority date: 2020-11-20
Filing date: 2020-11-20
Publication date: 2021-12-24
Anticipated expiration: 2030-11-20

Abstract

An ultrasound imaging system is provided. The ultrasonic imaging system comprises a shell, a detection device and a control device, wherein a heat dissipation channel is arranged in the shell, a filtering component is arranged at an inlet of the heat dissipation channel, the detection device is arranged in the heat dissipation channel and used for acquiring fluid parameters passing through the filtering component, and the control device is connected with the detection device and used for determining the state of the filtering component based on the fluid parameters.

Description

Ultrasound imaging system

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an ultrasonic testing field, more specifically relates to an ultrasonic imaging system.

Background

Ultrasound imaging is a medical imaging technique for imaging organs and soft tissues in the human body. Ultrasound imaging uses real-time, non-invasive high frequency sound waves to produce two-dimensional (2D), three-dimensional (3D), and/or four-dimensional (4D) (i.e., real-time/continuous 3D images).

Generally, a heat dissipation device is included in an ultrasonic imaging system, and a cold air inlet or a cold air inlet is arranged on a substrate of the ultrasonic imaging system, and a hot air outlet or a hot air outlet is arranged below an operation panel of a user, so that the heat dissipation requirement of a computer (or a controller) arranged inside a housing is met.

Ultrasonic imaging system is usually higher to radiating requirement, generally has great intake demand at the entrance, and can set up air filter (or air filter screen) at the entrance usually, and after long-time use, has fibre or dust to plug up the control filter core in order to plug up the entrance, and the intake receives the influence and then leads to the heat dissipation of system bad, and then causes the shut down or restart etc. of equipment, causes inconvenience to user's use or operation.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model provides an ultrasonic imaging system can acquire the state (normal operating condition, the state of changing of treating of jam) that sets up filter equipment (for example, filter core) in supersound main part casing income wind gap to the suggestion user in time changes filter equipment, in order to avoid ultrasonic imaging system because the heat dissipation is uneven arouses down or restart.

An exemplary embodiment of the utility model provides an ultrasonic imaging system, ultrasonic imaging system includes the casing, detection device and controlling means, be provided with heat dissipation channel in the casing, heat dissipation channel's entrance is provided with filter unit, detection device sets up be used for acquireing the process in the heat dissipation channel filter unit's fluid parameter, controlling means with detection device connects and is used for the basis fluid parameter confirms filter unit's state.

Specifically, the heat dissipation channel further comprises a heat dissipation component, a cavity is formed between the heat dissipation component and the filtering component, and the fluid parameters comprise fluid pressure values in the cavity.

Specifically, the control device further determines the state of the filter component based on the fluid pressure value and a pressure threshold value, wherein when the fluid pressure value is greater than the pressure threshold value, the filter component is determined to be in a state to be replaced.

In particular, the fluid parameter includes a flow rate of fluid through the filter element.

Specifically, the controller further determines the state of the filter element based on the flow rate of the fluid and a flow rate threshold, wherein when the flow rate of the fluid is less than the flow rate threshold, the filter element is determined to be in a state to be replaced.

Specifically, the ultrasonic imaging system further comprises a prompting device which is connected with the control device and is used for prompting the user to replace the filter component.

Specifically, the prompting device comprises a display for displaying the state of the filtering component.

In particular, the prompting device comprises an audio module for generating audio representing the state of the filter element.

The exemplary embodiment of the utility model provides an ultrasonic imaging system is still provided, ultrasonic imaging system includes supersound host computer and detection device, supersound main part bottom is provided with into the wind gap, just it is provided with filter unit to go into wind gap department, detection device is used for acquireing the process filter unit's fluid parameter, just detection device installs it just is located to go into the wind gap filter unit's top.

Specifically, the detection device comprises a pressure sensor for acquiring a pressure value or a flow meter for acquiring a fluid speed.

Other features and aspects will become apparent from the following detailed description, the accompanying drawings, and the claims.

Drawings

The invention may be better understood by describing exemplary embodiments thereof in conjunction with the following drawings, in which:

fig. 1 is a block diagram of an ultrasound imaging system according to some embodiments of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of an ultrasound imaging system according to some embodiments of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of an ultrasound imaging system according to further embodiments of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In the following description of the embodiments of the present invention, it is noted that in the detailed description of the embodiments, all the features of the actual embodiments may not be described in detail in order to make the description concise and concise. It should be appreciated that in the development of any such actual implementation, as in any engineering or design project, numerous implementation-specific decisions are made to achieve the developers' specific goals, such as compliance with system-related and business-related constraints, which may vary from one implementation to another. Moreover, it should be further appreciated that in the development of any such actual implementation, as in any engineering or design project, numerous implementation-specific decisions must be made to achieve the developers' specific goals, such as compliance with system-related and business-related constraints, which will vary from one implementation to another.

Unless otherwise defined, technical or scientific terms used in the claims and the specification should have the ordinary meaning as understood by those having ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs. The use of "first," "second," and similar terms in the description and in the claims does not indicate any order, quantity, or importance, but rather is used to distinguish one element from another. The terms "a" or "an," and the like, do not denote a limitation of quantity, but rather denote the presence of at least one. The word "comprise" or "comprises", and the like, means that the element or item listed before "comprises" or "comprising" covers the element or item listed after "comprising" or "comprises" and its equivalent, and does not exclude other elements or items. The terms "connected" or "coupled" and the like are not restricted to physical or mechanical connections, nor are they restricted to direct or indirect connections.

Fig. 1 illustrates an ultrasound imaging system 100 according to some embodiments of the present invention. As shown in fig. 1, the ultrasound imaging system 100 includes an ultrasound imaging apparatus 101 and a probe 103. The ultrasound imaging device 101 may have different sizes and/or shapes. For example, the ultrasound imaging device may be a cart-type ultrasound imaging device, or a laptop-type ultrasound imaging device, or a handheld ultrasound imaging device.

The ultrasound imaging apparatus 101 includes a transmit beamformer 106, a transmitter 102, a receiver 108, and a receive beamformer 110. The transmit beamformer 106 and transmitter 102 drive a probe 103 (elements within, for example, piezoelectric elements) to emit pulsed ultrasound signals into a subject (not shown in the figure). The pulsed ultrasound signals are backscattered from structures in the body (like blood cells or muscle tissue) to produce echoes that return to the probe 103. The echoes are converted into electrical signals or ultrasound data by the probe 103, and the electrical signals are received by the receiver 108. The electrical signals representing the received echoes pass through a receive beamformer 110 which outputs ultrasound data.

According to some embodiments, the probe 103 may contain electronic circuitry to perform all or part of transmit and/or receive beamforming. For example, all or a portion of the transmit beamformer 106, the transmitter 102, the receiver 108, and the receive beamformer 110 may be located within the probe 103. The probe 103 may be a 2D array probe, or may be a 3D or 4D array probe. The term "scanning" may also be used to refer to acquiring data during the transmission and reception of ultrasound signals, which data covers at least a large part of an anatomical structure, such as a heart, a blood vessel or any suitable anatomical structure. The term "data" or "ultrasound data" may be used to refer to one or more data sets acquired by an ultrasound imaging system.

The ultrasound imaging apparatus 100 further includes a processor 120 to control the transmit beamformer 106, the transmitter 102, the receiver 108, and the receive beamformer 110. The processor 120 is communicatively connected with the probe 103, and in particular, the processor 120 may control the shape of the beam emitted from the probe 103, acquire data from the probe 103, and process the acquired ultrasound information (e.g., RF signal data or IQ data pairs), and prepare frames of ultrasound information for display on the display device 140. The term "communicatively connected" includes wired and wireless connections. In some embodiments, processor 120 may also include a complex demodulator (not shown) that demodulates the radio frequency, RF, data and generates raw data.

In particular, the processor 120 may comprise a Central Processing Unit (CPU), and optionally the processor 120 may comprise other electronic components capable of performing processing functions, such as a digital signal processor, a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), or a graphics board. In some embodiments, processor 120 may include a number of electronic components capable of performing processing functions. For example, the processor 120 may include two or more electronic components selected from a list of electronic components including: a central processing unit, a digital signal processor, a field programmable gate array, and a graphic board.

The ultrasound imaging apparatus 100 further comprises a storage means 130 for storing the acquired data (or data set) and/or images. For example, storage 130 may include a hard disk drive, a floppy disk drive, a compact disk read/write (CD-R/W) drive, a Digital Versatile Disk (DVD) drive, a flash drive, and/or a solid state storage device.

The ultrasound imaging apparatus 100 further includes a display apparatus 140, the display apparatus 140 including one or more monitors that display patient information including diagnostic ultrasound images to a user for diagnosis and analysis. Display device 140 is communicatively coupled to processor 120.

The ultrasound imaging apparatus 100 also includes a user interface 115, which user interface 115 may be used to control the operation of the ultrasound imaging system 100, including controlling the entry of patient data, changing scanning or display parameters, and the like. The user interface 115 may include button(s), rotary encoder(s), touch screen, touch pad, trackball, motion tracking, voice recognition, mouse device, keyboard, camera, and/or any other device capable of receiving a user indication.

In general, the processor 120 may comprise suitable logic, circuitry, interfaces and/or code that may be operable to process ultrasound scan data for generation of an ultrasound image for presentation on the display device 140, the display device 140 may comprise an image display interface for displaying the ultrasound image, and a user may perform at least one operation on the ultrasound image based on the user interface 115 to change a position or orientation, etc., of the ultrasound image and display in the image display interface.

Fig. 2 illustrates a schematic diagram of an ultrasound imaging system 200 according to some embodiments of the present invention. As shown in fig. 2, the ultrasound imaging system 200 includes a housing 210, a detection device 220, and a control device 230, wherein a heat dissipation channel 201 is disposed in the housing 210, a filter 202 is disposed at an inlet 205 of the heat dissipation channel 201, the detection device 220 is disposed in the heat dissipation channel 201 and is configured to obtain a fluid parameter passing through the filter 202, and the control device 230 is connected to the detection device 220 and is configured to determine a state of the filter 202 based on the fluid parameter.

Specifically, in the housing 210 of the ultrasound imaging system 200, a component 211 such as a calculator or a processor, for example, the processor 120 shown in fig. 1, is included, and the component 211 generates a large amount of heat during operation, and generally, a heat dissipation channel 201 is further provided in the housing, an inlet 205 of the heat dissipation channel is provided at the bottom of the ultrasound imaging system, and an outlet of the heat dissipation channel is provided at the top of the ultrasound imaging system, and generally, an air heat dissipation manner is adopted, for example, cold air enters from the inlet 205 at the bottom, and hot air flows out from the outlet 206 at the top. Generally, a filter member 202, for example, a filter element or the like, is further provided at an inlet of the heat dissipation channel 201 for filtering foreign substances or dust or the like so as not to enter the ultrasonic member 211 inside the housing 210.

Generally, after filter element 202 used a period of time, can be blockked up by impurity or dust, and then cause the intake of heat dissipation channel's entrance 205 to reduce, and then cause the heat dissipation inequality, if the user can not in time regularly change filter element, can cause the supersound imaging system to shut down or restart, and then influence user experience, consequently, the utility model discloses an supersound imaging system is further including setting up in heat dissipation channel and being located the detection device of filter element top and being used for confirming the controlling means of filter element state to confirm whether filter element is for waiting to change the state through the fluid parameter who obtains through filter element.

In some embodiments, the heat dissipation channel 201 further comprises a heat dissipation member 203 therein, a cavity 204 is formed between the heat dissipation member 203 and the filter member 202, and the fluid parameter comprises a fluid pressure value in the cavity 204. The control device 230 further determines the state of the filter component based on the fluid pressure value and the pressure threshold value, wherein when the fluid pressure value is greater than the pressure threshold value, the filter component is determined to be in a state to be replaced.

In particular, the heat dissipation member 203 may include a fan or the like for pressing (or pumping) cold air into the heat dissipation channel 201, and typically, the pressure in the cavity 204 is less than the atmospheric pressure, i.e., less than the air pressure outside the inlet 205, and the cold air can enter the heat dissipation channel. Thus, an increase in fluid pressure within the chamber 204 may indicate that the filter element is partially clogged, and a fluid pressure within the chamber 204 may be greater than a certain pressure threshold, indicating that the filter element needs to be replaced. Therefore, by measuring the pressure value of the fluid in the cavity 204 between the filter member 202 and the heat radiating member 203, the use state of the filter member can be determined.

Specifically, the fluid may include air, and may also include other gases or liquids. The detection means may comprise a pressure sensor or other detection means which may be used to obtain a pressure value. The pressure threshold described above may be obtained based on simulation (or experimental) results or using experience.

In other embodiments, the fluid parameter comprises a flow rate of the fluid through the filter element. The controller 230 further determines a state of the filter element based on the flow rate of the fluid and a flow rate threshold, wherein the filter element is determined to be in a replacement state when the flow rate of the fluid is less than the flow rate threshold.

Specifically, in the case where the filter element is not clogged, the cool air or other fluid passes through the filter element 202 at a specific flow rate, however, when there is dust or foreign matter clogging the filter element, the flow rate of the fluid passing through the filter element gradually decreases, and therefore, when the flow rate of the fluid passing through the filter element decreases to a certain flow rate threshold, it can be determined that the filter element is clogged with a large area (or most of the fluid), and cannot be used continuously, that is, in a state to be replaced.

Specifically, the flow rate threshold value may be obtained based on simulation (or experiment) results or using experience. The sensing device may be a flow meter or other sensing means for measuring flow rate.

The ultrasound imaging system 200 further comprises prompting means, which is connected to the control means 230 and is adapted to prompt the user to replace the filter member 202.

In some embodiments, the prompting device includes a display 240 for displaying the status of the filtering component 220. Specifically, the display 240 may be the display device 140 shown in fig. 1, which may prompt the user by displaying a prompt text or popping up a prompt window or sending a warning mark, for example, displaying a text such as "please replace the filter element in time".

In other embodiments, the prompting device further includes an audio module (not shown) for generating audio indicative of the status of the filter element. Specifically, the prompting device may also be a speaker or a loudspeaker in the ultrasound imaging system, and the prompting device may prompt the user to replace the filter component by emitting configured sound.

Fig. 3 shows a schematic diagram of an ultrasound imaging system 300 according to further embodiments of the present invention. As shown in fig. 3, the ultrasonic imaging system 200 includes an ultrasonic device 211 and a detection device 320, the bottom of the ultrasonic device 211 is provided with an air inlet 205, the air inlet 205 is provided with a filter 202, the detection device 320 is used for acquiring a parameter of a fluid passing through the filter 202, and the detection device 320 is installed at the air inlet 205 and located above the filter 202.

In some embodiments, the detection device 320 is further configured to trigger the detection device 320 to issue a warning (e.g., via a built-in speaker or microphone) to prompt a user to replace the filter element when the fluid parameter passing through the filter element 202 is not within a preset range. In other embodiments, the detection device 320 is further connected to the ultrasound host 211, and transmits the measured fluid parameter of the filter component 202 to the ultrasound host 211, and the ultrasound host 211 is configured to determine the status of the filter component based on the fluid parameter and prompt the user to replace the filter component through an audio device or a display device.

The utility model provides an ultrasonic imaging system is through measuring the fluid parameter of radiating channel entrance process filter element to confirm filter element's state, be normal use state or treat the change state, when filter element for treating the change state, through audio device or display device suggestion user change filter element, avoid because filter element blocks up to cause the system to shut down or restart, influence user experience.

Some exemplary embodiments have been described above, however, it should be understood that various modifications may be made. For example, suitable results may be achieved if the described techniques are performed in a different order and/or if components in the described systems, architectures, devices, or circuits are combined in a different manner and/or replaced or supplemented by additional components or their equivalents. Accordingly, other embodiments are within the scope of the following claims.

Claims

1. An ultrasound imaging system, comprising:

the filter comprises a shell, a filter body and a heat dissipation component, wherein a heat dissipation channel is arranged in the shell, a filter component is arranged at the inlet of the heat dissipation channel, the heat dissipation component is arranged in the heat dissipation channel, and a cavity is formed between the heat dissipation component and the filter component;

the detection device is arranged in the heat dissipation channel and is used for acquiring parameters of the fluid passing through the filtering component; and

control means connected to said detection means for determining the state of said filter element based on said fluid parameter.

2. The ultrasound imaging system of claim 1, wherein the fluid parameter comprises a fluid pressure value within the cavity.

3. The ultrasound imaging system of claim 2, wherein the control device further determines the status of the filter component based on the fluid pressure value and a pressure threshold, wherein the filter component is determined to be in a replacement state when the fluid pressure value is greater than the pressure threshold.

4. The ultrasound imaging system of claim 1, wherein the fluid parameter comprises a flow rate of fluid through the filter component.

5. The ultrasound imaging system of claim 4, wherein the control device further determines the status of the filter component based on a flow rate of the fluid and a flow rate threshold, wherein the filter component is determined to be in a replacement status when the flow rate of the fluid is less than the flow rate threshold.

6. The ultrasound imaging system of claim 1, further comprising:

and the prompting device is connected with the control device and is used for prompting a user to replace the filtering component.

7. The ultrasound imaging system of claim 6, wherein the prompting device includes a display for displaying the status of the filtering component.

8. The ultrasound imaging system of claim 6, wherein the prompting apparatus includes an audio module for generating audio indicative of the status of the filtering component.

9. The ultrasound imaging system of claim 1, wherein the inlet is disposed at a bottom of the housing, and the detection device is mounted at the inlet and above the filter element.

10. The ultrasound imaging system of claim 9, wherein the detection device comprises a pressure sensor for acquiring a pressure value or a flow meter for acquiring a fluid velocity.