Irina Waechter-Stehle,Frank Michael Weber,Christian Buerger,Thomas Heiko Stehle
申请号:
US16489121
公开号:
US20200060660A1
申请日:
2018.02.28
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2020
代理人:
摘要:
The invention relates to an ultrasound system for imaging a volumetric region comprising a region of interest (ROI) (82′;). The system comprises a probe (10); an ultrasound wave controlling unit adapted to control ultrasound wave transmission and provide ultrasound image data of the volumetric region (131); an image processor; and a ROI identifier, which is adapted to generate identification data indicating the ROI within the volumetric region; wherein the ultrasound wave transmission is configurable by a plurality of use cases in response to respective identifiers of said use cases, each use case being associated with a particular imaging procedure and comprising an anatomical model for said imaging procedure; and wherein the ROI identifier is configurable by the respective anatomical models of said use cases. Such an ultrasound system may be (semi-)automatically configured in accordance with settings that are specific to a particular imaging procedure, which facilitates the use of such a system by less experienced users and reduces the time required to configure the system. A method of configuring such an ultrasound system is also disclosed.