US 12,251,271 B2
Ultrasound diagnostic system, ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, and diagnosis assisting server
Suguru Ishiguro, Chiba (JP); Koji Waki, Chiba (JP); Akira Kusakabe, Chiba (JP); and Eiji Kasahara, Chiba (JP)
Assigned to FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by FUJIFILM Healthcare Corporation, Kashiwa (JP)
Filed on Apr. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/718,872.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-070479 (JP), filed on Apr. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0330925 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); G16H 50/20 (2018.01)
CPC A61B 8/565 (2013.01) [A61B 8/463 (2013.01); A61B 8/5223 (2013.01); G16H 50/20 (2018.01)] 17 Claims
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1. An ultrasound diagnostic system comprising:
a diagnosis assisting server; and
an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus connected to the diagnosis assisting server via a network, the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus comprising:
a first transfer unit which transfers to the diagnosis assisting server a plurality of sets of frame data, the plurality of sets of frame data having been generated by transmission of ultrasound and reception of a reflected wave and include, in a time sequential order, a plurality of sets of first synchronization information being embedded in the plurality of sets of frame data, respectively; and
a display processing unit which generates a plurality of sets of combined frame data by combining the plurality of sets of frame data and a plurality of sets of diagnosis assisting data, the plurality of sets of diagnosis assisting data having been transferred from the diagnosis assisting server, the display processing unit synchronizing the plurality of sets of frame data and the plurality of sets of diagnosis assisting data based on (i) the plurality of sets of first synchronization information included in the plurality of sets of frame data and (ii) a plurality of sets of second synchronization information included in the plurality of sets of diagnosis assisting data, and the display processing unit displaying the plurality of sets of combined frame data as a real-time video image,
wherein the diagnosis assisting server comprises:
a generator which generates the plurality of sets of diagnosis assisting data for assisting an examiner by analyzing the plurality of sets of frame data which are sent from the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, the plurality of sets of second synchronization information being embedded in the plurality of sets of diagnosis assisting data, respectively, based on the plurality of sets of first synchronization information included in the plurality of sets of frame data; and
a second transfer unit which transfers the plurality of sets of diagnosis assisting data to the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, and wherein
in the diagnosis assisting server, the plurality of sets of first synchronization information are extracted from the plurality of sets of frame data, the extracted plurality of sets of first synchronization information being embedded in the plurality of sets of diagnosis assisting data as the plurality of sets of second synchronization information.