WO2005018458A1 - Review mode graphical user interface for an ultrasound imaging system - Google Patents
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- the review mode GUI 210 includes various controls which can be manipulated by the operator through the use of a screen cursor, such as function buttons 212, which are used to initiate various operations (e.g., retrieving an acquired image or series of images, storing an image which has been annotated and modified by the operator during review mode, searching for current studies in the imaging ultrasound system, appending an image to a report, etc.), and image view control buttons 214, which are used to manipulate how the operator views a series of images (e.g., replaying the series of images, stopping the series on a particular frame/image, fast-forwarding through the series, selecting a particular image/frame to view, selecting the speed at which the images are played back, etc.).
- function buttons 212 which are used to initiate various operations (e.g., retrieving an acquired image or series of images, storing an image which has been annotated and modified by the operator during review mode, searching for current studies in the imaging ultrasound system, appending an image to a report, etc.)
- image view control buttons 214
- the review mode GUI 210 must include these review mode controls, which take up space on display screen 100, the space on display screen 100 available for showing the acquired full screen image is limited to a display window 240, which is much smaller than the full screen of display screen 100.
- the acquired full screen image is reduced in order to fit within the display window of the review mode GUI.
- acquired full screen image 110 has been reduced to less than two thirds its size in order to fit within display window 240 of the review mode GUI as reduced image 230.
- the decreased size of reduced image 230 necessarily leads to decreased quality of the image itself. Often the subject and imaging data superimposed upon the acquired full screen image 110 becomes so small in size in reduced image 230 as to be unrecognizable.
- FIG. 1 is the display screen of a typical ultrasound imaging system during live imaging mode showing a full screen image of a subject
- FIG. 2 is the display screen of a prior art ultrasound imaging system displaying a review mode graphical user interface (GUI) being used to review the full screen image acquired during live imaging in FIG. 1
- GUI graphical user interface
- the present invention is directed to a review mode GUI in an ultrasound imaging system which allows both the acquired full screen images to be viewed at their original resolution during review mode, thus not losing details of the imaged subject, and the ease and the intuitive simplicity of on-screen review mode controls.
- the present invention provides a review mode GUI which comprises a display window capable of showing the acquired full screen image in its entirety, by a panning function that allows the user to control what portion of the full screen image is shown in the review mode GUI's display window.
- a screen shot of a review mode GUI 310 according to the presently preferred embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIG. 3. In FIG.
- buttons shaped as arrows pointing in the directions up, down, right, and left could be placed in the review mode GUI, either inside or outside the display window.
- the user would use the cursor to click on one of the arrows, thereby causing the portion displayed to pan over the full screen image in the indicated direction.
- the cursor itself may provide the means for the user to pan over the full screen image.
- the user could position the cursor on the portion of the full screen image displayed in the display window and click on it to "grab" it. After the image is "grabbed", the user may move it (thereby panning over the full screen image) in any direction in the same way he or she would have moved the cursor (e.g., by moving the mouse).
- the default view of display window 340 is the center of acquired full screen image 110, i.e., when an operator retrieves an acquired full screen image, it is the center portion of the retrieved full screen image which will appear automatically in the display window of the review mode GUI. From the default center position, the operator may pan to any other area of interest in the acquired full screen image. For example, FIG. 3 shows the default view, with the center portion 111 of acquired full screen image 110 in display window 340.
- the following example demonstrates some of the advantages of the review mode GUI according to the presently preferred embodiment of the present invention.
- One use for ultrasound imaging systems is "wall scoring".
- An ultrasound image reviewer performs wall scoring when reviewing an ultrasound image of the walls of the heart, by providing a "score" for a section of the cardiac wall which reflects the reviewer's assessment of that section's movement.
- the numbers for wall scoring range from 0 to 7.
- a T indicates that the section is normal, while the remaining numbers in the range indicate the section is abnormal.
- the reviewer first selects a section of cardiac wall by means of the review mode GUI and then selects or indicates the appropriate score.
- GUIs such as GUI 210 in FIG.
- the reviewer would have to perform wall scoring using a reduced image, such as image 230 in GUI 210.
- a reduced image degrades wall scoring assessments because the reduction in quality and size of the image diminishes the reviewer's ability either to select an appropriate section or to determine the relative health of that section.
- the presently preferred embodiment of the present invention provides a review mode GUI, such as GUI 310 in FIGS. 3 and 4, which allows the reviewer to view an entire full screen image while performing wall scoring.
- the panning display window of the inventive review mode GUI provides the reviewer with (1) the ability to review the entire image and search for areas of interest, and (2) the ability to view an area of interest at the original resolution and size of the full screen image.
- Prior art systems may provide (1) by discarding the review mode GUI, or (2) by shrinking the image to fit within the review mode GUI, but not both (1) and
- the review mode GUI provides the operator with a view of the acquired full screen image at its original size and resolution. Because of this, the image quality is not reduced and the operator can make accurate measurements.
- the present invention retains the advantages of having the review mode controls on the display screen while still providing the operator with access to the full-sized full screen ultrasound image.
- the review mode GUI also makes it clear the system is currently in review mode, unlike systems which display the acquired full screen image in its full size in review mode.
- the present invention allows the operator to isolate and focus on areas of interest while temporarily obscuring other sections from view. For example, in the default view, the center portion of the acquired full screen image is shown in the display window, thus allowing the operator to focus on the ultrasound image proper while blocking whatever data may be superimposed on the borders and upper regions of the acquired full screen ultrasound image. When the operator needs such data, the operator may scroll over the full screen image to ascertain it.
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