US 12,133,764 B2
Systems and methods for an adaptive interface for an ultrasound imaging system
Mahendra Madhukar Patil, Bangalore (IN); Ashish Handa, Bangalore (IN); and Raveesh Reddy Sreenivasaiah, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC, Milwaukee, WI (US)
Filed by GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Milwaukee, WI (US)
Filed on Jan. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/148,376.
Claims priority of application No. 202041041436 (IN), filed on Sep. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0087644 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); G09B 19/00 (2006.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01)
CPC A61B 8/42 (2013.01) [A61B 8/46 (2013.01); A61B 8/463 (2013.01); A61B 8/5215 (2013.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); A61B 8/4427 (2013.01); A61B 8/4472 (2013.01); A61B 8/461 (2013.01); A61B 8/5292 (2013.01); G09B 19/003 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for medical imaging, comprising:
receiving, at a processing unit of an ultrasound system, information generated by an ultrasound probe, scan settings, and historical information, wherein the historical information is stored in a proficiency database electronically coupled to the processing unit; determining, using the processing unit, a proficiency score of a user, the proficiency score corresponding to a proficiency of the user in imaging with the ultrasound system, wherein the proficiency score is based on the historical information stored in the proficiency database relating to the user's operation of the ultrasound system and a real-time ultrasound image being acquired by the ultrasound probe, and wherein the ultrasound system is a handheld ultrasound imaging system, and wherein the proficiency score is further determined based on contact pressure at a tip of the ultrasound probe;
based on the proficiency score, automatically adjusting an amount of a guidance provided to the user on a graphical user interface of a display device coupled to the ultrasound system; and
automatically displaying an indication of the proficiency received from the proficiency database, the real-time ultrasound image acquired by the ultrasound probe coupled to the display device, and the guidance on the graphical user interface, wherein the guidance is a partially transparent image overlay over a portion of the real-time ultrasound image, and wherein the guidance includes real-time guidance including a reference anatomical image based on the displayed real-time ultrasound image and the proficiency, and an indication of a direction and/or amount of pressure to apply to the tip of the ultrasound probe.