Method and apparatus for relaying ultrasound data

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9258493-B2
Application number	US-201213717500-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 17, 2012
Priority date	Feb 16, 2012
Publication date	Feb 9, 2016
Grant date	Feb 9, 2016

Abstract

An ultrasound data relaying method is performed by an ultrasound data relaying apparatus. According to the method, user information is received from a mobile terminal connected to the ultrasound data relaying apparatus. Ultrasound photographing information is received from an ultrasound diagnosis apparatus. The ultrasound photographing information is transmitted to the mobile terminal based on the received user information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An ultrasound data relaying method, performed by an ultrasound data relaying apparatus, the method comprising steps of:
receiving, by the ultrasound data relaying apparatus connected to an ultrasound diagnosis apparatus and a mobile terminal by wire or wirelessly, user information comprising an identification number of the mobile terminal from the mobile terminal through an application installed in the mobile terminal;
receiving ultrasound photographing information comprising an ultrasound image of a target obtained by the ultrasound diagnosis apparatus and measurement information indicating at least one of a size and length of the target from the ultrasound diagnosis apparatus; and
transmitting the ultrasound photographing information comprising the ultrasound image and the measurement information indicating the at least one of a size and length of the target to the mobile terminal corresponding to the received user information.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user information further comprises at least one of a user ID of the mobile terminal and a name of a fetus.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ultrasound photographing information further comprises at least one of Doppler sound of the target and comparison information that is a result obtained by comparing the measurement information with a previously determined average value.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the step of receiving the ultrasound photographing information comprises the step of: receiving at least one of the ultrasound photographing information and additional information relating to the ultrasound photographing information, and
the step of transmitting comprises the step of: transmitting at least one of the ultrasound photographing information and the additional information.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the additional information comprises at least one of clinic information of a clinic in which photographing is performed by using the ultrasound diagnosis apparatus, reservation information of a user identified based on the user information, and diagnosis history information of the user identified based on the user information.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the ultrasound photographing information is accumulated and stored in an external server, and
the step of receiving the ultrasound photographing information comprises the step of: receiving the ultrasound photographing information transmitted from the external server to the ultrasound diagnosis apparatus.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising steps of:
receiving the ultrasound photographing information from an external server; and
transmitting the ultrasound photographing information to the mobile terminal corresponding to the received user information.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ultrasound photographing information follows the Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) standard.

9. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing a program for executing the steps of the ultrasound data relaying method of claim 1 .

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
transmitting the ultrasound photographing information to a plurality of mobile terminals corresponding to the received user information,
wherein the received user information comprises identification information of the plurality of mobile terminals.

11. An ultrasound data relaying apparatus, comprising:
a user information receiving unit configured to receive user information comprising an identification number of the mobile terminal from the mobile terminal through an application installed in the mobile terminal;
a photographing information receiving unit configured to receive ultrasound photographing information comprising an ultrasound image of a target obtained by the ultrasound diagnosis apparatus and measurement information indicating at least one of a size and length of the target from the ultrasound diagnosis apparatus;
a transmitting unit configure to transmit the ultrasound photographing information comprising the ultrasound image and the measurement information indicating the at least one of a size and length of the target to the mobile terminal corresponding to the received user information; and
a control unit configured to control the user information receiving unit, the photographing information receiving unit, and the transmitting unit,
wherein the ultrasound data relaying apparatus is connected to the ultrasound diagnosis apparatus and the mobile terminal by wire or wirelessly.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the user information further comprises at least one of a user ID of the mobile terminal and a name of a fetus.

13. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the ultrasound photographing information further comprises at least one of Doppler sound of the target and comparison information that is a result obtained by comparing the measurement information with a previously determined average value.

14. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein:
the photographing information receiving unit receives at least one of the ultrasound photographing information and additional information relating to the ultrasound photographing information, and
the transmitting unit transmits at least one of the ultrasound photographing information and the additional information.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the additional information comprises at least one of clinic information of a clinic in which photographing is performed by using the ultrasound diagnosis apparatus, reservation information of a user identified based on the user information, and diagnosis history information of the user identified based on the user information.

16. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein:
the ultrasound photographing information is accumulated and stored in an external server, and
the photographing information receiving unit receives the ultrasound photographing information from the external server.

17. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the ultrasound photographing information follows the DICOM standard.

18. An ultrasound data relaying apparatus, comprising:
a user information receiving unit configured to receive user information comprising an identification number of the mobile terminal from the mobile terminal through an application installed in the mobile terminal;
a photographing information receiving unit configured to receive ultrasound photographing information comprising an ultrasound image of a target obtained by an ultrasound diagnosis apparatus and measurement information indicating at least one of a size and length of the target from the external server;
a transmitting unit configured to transmit the ultrasound photographing information comprising the ultrasound image and the measurement information indicating the at least one of a size and length of the target to the mobile terminal corresponding to the received user information; and
a control unit configured to control the user information receiving unit, the photographing information receiving unit, and the transmitting unit,
wherein the ultrasound data relaying apparatus is connected to the mobile terminal and the external server by wire or wirelessly.

Assignees

• Samsung Medison Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kang Dae-Woong

Classifications

• G06F19/321

  Physics · mapped topic

• H04N5/30 Primary

  Transforming light or analogous information into electric information (scanning details H04N3/00; cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors, or control thereof H04N23/00; circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS] or control thereof H04N25/00) · CPC title

• G16H30/20 Primary

  for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS · CPC title