Ultrasound diagnostic system and control method of ultrasound diagnostic system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023172581-A1
Application number	US-202318163782-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Feb 2, 2023
Priority date	Aug 26, 2020
Publication date	Jun 8, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

An ultrasound diagnostic system (1) includes an ultrasound probe (2), a handheld type diagnostic apparatus main body (3), and a remote apparatus (4), the ultrasound probe (2) includes a position sensor (14) that detects a measurement position of the ultrasound probe (2), the diagnostic apparatus main body (3) includes an image generation unit (22) that generates an ultrasound image and a monitor (24), the remote apparatus (4) includes an organ detection unit (32) that detects an organ of a subject by analyzing the ultrasound image, a score of the measurement position with respect to an optimum position in a case of measuring the organ detected by the organ detection unit (32) by the ultrasound probe (2) is input to the remote apparatus (4) and is transmitted from the remote apparatus (4) to the diagnostic apparatus main body (3) to be displayed on the monitor (24).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An ultrasound diagnostic system comprising:
an ultrasound probe; a handheld type diagnostic apparatus main body connected to the ultrasound probe; and a remote apparatus connected to the diagnostic apparatus main body, wherein the ultrasound probe includes a position sensing device configured to detect a measurement position by the ultrasound probe, the diagnostic apparatus main body includes a main body-side processor configured to generate an ultrasound image of a subject by transmitting and receiving an ultrasonic beam using the ultrasound probe, and a monitor, the remote apparatus includes a remote apparatus-side processor configured to detect an organ of an imaged subject by analyzing the ultrasound image, and a score of the measurement position with respect to an optimum position in a case of measuring the organ detected by the remote apparatus-side processor by the ultrasound probe is input to the remote apparatus and is transmitted from the remote apparatus to the diagnostic apparatus main body to be displayed on the monitor.

2 . The ultrasound diagnostic system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the main body-side processor is further configured to transmit the ultrasound image and the measurement position detected by the position sensing device to the remote apparatus, and the remote apparatus-side processor is further configured to transmit the score to the diagnostic apparatus main body.

3 . The ultrasound diagnostic system according to claim 2 ,
wherein the ultrasound probe is an intracavitary probe, and the main body-side processor is further configured to transmit the ultrasound image and the measurement position to the remote apparatus once the intracavitary probe is connected to the diagnostic apparatus main body.

4 . The ultrasound diagnostic system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the main body-side processor is further configured to display a schematic diagram of the organ which is on the monitor.

5 . The ultrasound diagnostic system according to claim 2 ,
wherein the main body-side processor is further configured to display a schematic diagram of the organ which is on the monitor.

6 . The ultrasound diagnostic system according to claim 3 ,
wherein the main body-side processor is further configured to display a schematic diagram of the organ which is on the monitor.

7 . The ultrasound diagnostic system according to claim 4 ,
wherein the main body-side processor is further configured to display the measurement position detected by the position sensing device on the monitor to be superimposed on the schematic diagram.

8 . The ultrasound diagnostic system according to claim 5 ,
wherein the main body-side processor is further configured to display the measurement position detected by the position sensing device on the monitor to be superimposed on the schematic diagram.

9 . The ultrasound diagnostic system according to claim 6 ,
wherein the main body-side processor is further configured to display the measurement position detected by the position sensing device on the monitor to be superimposed on the schematic diagram.

10 . The ultrasound diagnostic system according to claim 4 ,
wherein the schematic diagram consists of a reconstructed image acquired by pre-scanning the subject.

11 . The ultrasound diagnostic system according to claim 7 ,
wherein the schematic diagram consists of a reconstructed image acquired by pre-scanning the subject.

12 . The ultrasound diagnostic system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the remote apparatus-side processor is further configured to create a guide for moving the ultrasound probe from the measurement position to the optimum position, transmit the guide from the remote apparatus to the diagnostic apparatus main body, and display the guide on the monitor.

13 . The ultrasound diagnostic system according to claim 2 ,
wherein the remote apparatus-side processor is further configured to create a guide for moving the ultrasound probe from the measurement position to the optimum position, transmit the guide from the remote apparatus to the diagnostic apparatus main body, and display the guide on the monitor.

14 . The ultrasound diagnostic system according to claim 3 ,
wherein the remote apparatus-side processor is further configured to create a guide for moving the ultrasound probe from the measurement position to the optimum position, transmit the guide from the remote apparatus to the diagnostic apparatus main body, and display the guide on the monitor.

15 . The ultrasound diagnostic system according to claim 4 ,
wherein the remote apparatus-side processor is further configured to create a guide for moving the ultrasound probe from the measurement position to the optimum position, transmit the guide from the remote apparatus to the diagnostic apparatus main body, and display the guide on the monitor.

16 . The ultrasound diagnostic system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the main body-side processor is further configured to display the score on the monitor by color coding.

17 . The ultrasound diagnostic system according to claim 2 ,
wherein the main body-side processor is further configured to display the score on the monitor by color coding.

18 . The ultrasound diagnostic system according to claim 3 ,
wherein the main body-side processor is further configured to display the score on the monitor by color coding.

19 . The ultrasound diagnostic system according to claim 4 ,
wherein the main body-side processor is further configured to select either a first mode in which the ultrasound image is displayed on the monitor or a second mode in which the schematic diagram and the score are displayed on the monitor.

20 . A control method of an ultrasound diagnostic system including an ultrasound probe, a handheld type diagnostic apparatus main body, and a remote apparatus, the control method comprising:
detecting a measurement position by the ultrasound probe; generating an ultrasound image of a subject by transmitting and receiving an ultrasonic beam using the ultrasound probe in the diagnostic apparatus main body; detecting an organ of an imaged subject by analyzing the ultrasound image in the remote apparatus; transmitting a score of the measurement position with respect to an optimum position in a case of measuring the detected organ by the ultrasound probe from the remote apparatus to the diagnostic apparatus main body; and displaying the score on a monitor of the diagnostic apparatus main body.

Assignees

• Fujifilm Corp

Inventors

• Yamamoto Katsuya

Classifications

• A61B8/5223

  for extracting a diagnostic or physiological parameter from medical diagnostic data (for algorithms to analyse biomedical images G06T7/0012) · CPC title

• A61B8/463

  characterised by displaying multiple images or images and diagnostic data on one display · CPC title

• A61B8/4427

  Device being portable or laptop-like · CPC title

• A61B8/12 Primary

  in body cavities or body tracts, e.g. by using catheters · CPC title

• A61B8/565

  involving data transmission via a network · CPC title