US 11,751,850 B2
Ultrasound unified contrast and time gain compensation control
Matthew C. Morrise, Portland, OR (US); and Oliver C. Johnson-Terleski, Tualatin, OR (US)
Assigned to yoR Labs, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by yoR Labs, Inc., Portland, OR (US)
Filed on Nov. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/455,564.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/115,863, filed on Nov. 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0151591 A1, May 19, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 8/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 8/467 (2013.01) [A61B 8/465 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a first non-transitory computer storage medium configured to store an ultrasound image;
a second non-transitory computer storage medium configured to at least store computer-executable instructions; and
one or more computer hardware processors in communication with the second non-transitory computer storage medium, the one or more computer hardware processors configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to at least:
cause presentation of the ultrasound image on a user interface of a display device using an initial contrast value for the ultrasound image and an initial time gain compensation (TGC) value for at least two bands in the ultrasound image, each band being a portion of the displayed ultrasound image corresponding to a range of distances from an ultrasound scanner that generated the ultrasound image; and
generate and cause presentation of a unified contrast/TGC (UTGC) control bar on the user interface for adjusting contrast and TGC of the displayed ultrasound image, wherein the user interface is configured to accept a user selection at a point on the control bar, the point corresponding to one of the at least two bands;
activate a contrast adjustment mode to adjust the contrast of the displayed ultrasound image when the selected point is dragged in a first or second direction along the UTGC control bar; and
activate a TGC adjustment mode to adjust the TGC of the displayed ultrasound image in one of the at least two bands of the displayed ultrasound image corresponding to the selected point when the selected point is dragged in a third or fourth direction.