US 12,458,325 B2
Ultrasonic imaging method and ultrasonic imaging system
Renjie Dai, Wuxi (CN); Hangjun Li, Wuxi (CN); Kai Ji, Wuxi (CN); Chengcheng Zhou, Wuxi (CN); and Fenggui Huang, Wuxi (CN)
Assigned to GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US)
Filed by GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US)
Filed on May 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/326,695.
Claims priority of application No. 202210639282.4 (CN), filed on May 31, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0380808 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 8/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/04847 (2022.01); G06F 3/04883 (2022.01)
CPC A61B 8/467 (2013.01) [G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ultrasonic imaging method, comprising:
generating an ultrasound image and displaying the ultrasound image on a display device;
receiving a gesture instruction from a user, the gesture instruction being generated by a sliding operation on a touch screen;
performing identification of the gesture instruction; and
in response to the gesture instruction being identified:
generating a feedback signal to provide identification feedback of the gesture instruction to the user;
controlling an ultrasonic imaging system to enter an operating mode corresponding to the gesture instruction;
receiving an operating instruction from the user while in the operating mode, the operating instruction corresponding to an additional gesture instruction input generated by an additional sliding operation on the touch screen;
adjusting the ultrasound image in response to the additional gesture instruction; and
generating an additional feedback signal to provide adjustment feedback to the user while adjusting the ultrasound image.