US 11,744,557 B2
Ultrasound imaging system with tissue specific presets for diagnostic exams
Anne Holmes, Bothell, WA (US); and Martin Stumpf, Bothell, WA (US)
Assigned to KONINKLIIKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Appl. No. 16/959,495
Filed by KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
PCT Filed Jan. 2, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/050019
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 1, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/134906, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 11, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/613,077, filed on Jan. 3, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0052254 A1, Feb. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 8/5246 (2013.01) [A61B 8/08 (2013.01); A61B 8/461 (2013.01); A61B 8/488 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0487 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ultrasound imaging system operable in different tissue specific modes of operation comprising:
a beamformer adapted to receive ultrasound image signals and produce coherent echo signals;
a B mode image processor, coupled to the beamformer, which is adapted to produce B mode ultrasound images;
a Doppler processor, coupled to the beamformer, which is adapted to produce color Doppler images;
a user interface that in response to user inputs is adapted to control operation of the ultrasound imaging system and which is further adapted to control display and workflow settings of the system;
a tissue specific preset (TSP) settings controller adapted to optimize operation of the ultrasound imaging system for settings of different TSP modes of operation; and
a display adapted to display ultrasound images optimized by different TSP settings, wherein the TSP settings controller is configured to maintain the display and workflow settings of the system during a change of the TSP mode to a different TSP mode.