Display method for ultrasonic image parameter adjustment and ultrasonic imaging equipment

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention discloses a display method for ultrasonic image parameter adjustment and ultrasonic imaging equipment. The ultrasonic imaging device can respond to an adjustment operation on a target image parameter of an ultrasonic image, an adjustment window corresponding to the target image parameter is displayed, and the adjustment window displays effect pictures corresponding to a plurality of gears of the target image parameter. The effect picture corresponding to each gear is an image obtained after the ultrasonic image or the preset template image is processed according to the target image parameter corresponding to the gear, and the effect pictures corresponding to the multiple gears can assist a user in adjusting the target image parameter suitable for the ultrasonic image. A doctor can determine the display effects corresponding to all the gears of the image parameters and the differences of the display effects through the adjusting window, the appropriate display effects and the corresponding gears are determined, then the ultrasonic image is adjusted according to the gears so that the satisfactory display effect can be achieved, and the doctor can be efficiently assisted in selecting the gears of the image parameters.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The embodiments of the present application relate to the field of medical equipment, and specifically to a display method for adjusting ultrasound image parameters and an ultrasound imaging device. Background Art

[0002] Ultrasound imaging uses ultrasound beams to scan human tissues and organs, and obtains ultrasound images of tissues and organs by receiving and processing reflected signals. With the development of ultrasound technology, the types of images that doctors can use are no longer limited to the types corresponding to basic image modes such as B-type, Color type, Power type, M-type, PW type, CW type, etc., but also include various new image types such as elasticity, viscosity, and acoustic attenuation.

[0003] When displaying ultrasound images, the display interface provides a variety of image parameters. Adjusting the image parameters can change the display effect of the ultrasound image. Image parameters include frequency, gain, depth, dynamic range, harmonic imaging, beamforming, deflection, sampling volume, scale, baseline, etc. For example, adjusting the gain parameter can change the intensity of the ultrasound echo signal, which is intuitively manifested as image brightness on the ultrasound image. When the gain is increased, the image becomes brighter, more information is presented, and more noise is also present; when the gain is reduced, the image becomes darker, insufficient information is presented, and noise is suppressed.

[0004] The display effect of the image will affect the diagnosis results made by the doctor, so it is particularly important to set appropriate image parameters. However, some image parameters have multiple gears, each gear corresponds to a display effect, such as the gain parameter mentioned above has multiple gears, and multiple gears correspond to different image brightness. The gears of many image parameters are represented by numbers, and doctors cannot clearly know the display effect corresponding to each gear. They need to try multiple gears in turn to find the display effect they want, which is very time-consuming for doctors. Moreover, the display effect corresponding to each gear is displayed separately, and it is difficult for doctors to determine the difference between the display effects corresponding to multiple gears. Summary of the invention

[0005] The embodiments of the present application provide a display method for adjusting ultrasound image parameters and an ultrasound imaging device to display effect diagrams corresponding to each gear of the image parameters, thereby assisting doctors in selecting the gear of the image parameters.

[0006] A first aspect of an embodiment of the present application provides a display method for adjusting ultrasound image parameters, the method being applied to an ultrasound imaging device, the method comprising:

[0007] Acquire and display an ultrasound image of a target tissue;

[0008] In response to an adjustment operation on a target image parameter of the ultrasound image, an adjustment window corresponding to the target image parameter is displayed, wherein the adjustment window displays renderings corresponding to a plurality of gears of the target image parameter, wherein the renderings corresponding to the gear are images obtained after processing the ultrasound image or a preset template image according to the target image parameter corresponding to the gear; wherein the renderings corresponding to the plurality of gears are used to assist a user in adjusting the target image parameters applicable to the ultrasound image.

[0009] A second aspect of an embodiment of the present application provides an ultrasonic imaging device, comprising:

[0010] Ultrasound probe;

[0011] A transmitting circuit, used for stimulating the ultrasonic probe to transmit ultrasonic waves to a target tissue of a subject;

[0012] A receiving circuit, used for controlling the ultrasonic probe to receive the echo of the ultrasonic wave returned by the target tissue to obtain an ultrasonic echo signal;

[0013] A processor is used to process the ultrasonic echo signal to obtain an ultrasonic image of the target tissue, and to execute the display method of adjusting ultrasonic image parameters described in the first aspect based on the ultrasonic image.

[0014] It can be seen from the above technical solutions that the embodiments of the present application have the following advantages:

[0015] The ultrasound imaging device can respond to the adjustment operation of the target image parameters of the ultrasound image by displaying an adjustment window corresponding to the target image parameters. The adjustment window displays the effect graphs corresponding to the multiple gears of the target image parameters. The effect graph corresponding to each gear is an image obtained after the ultrasound image or the preset template image is processed according to the target image parameters corresponding to the gear. The effect graphs corresponding to the multiple gears can assist the user in adjusting the target image parameters applicable to the ultrasound image. The doctor can use the adjustment window to clarify the display effects and their differences corresponding to each gear of the image parameter, determine the appropriate display effect and its corresponding gear, and then adjust the ultrasound image according to the gear to achieve a satisfactory display effect, thereby efficiently assisting the doctor in selecting the image parameter gear. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0016] Figure 1 is a schematic block diagram of an ultrasonic imaging device in an embodiment of the present application;

[0017] Figure 2 A schematic flow chart of a method for displaying ultrasound image parameter adjustment in an embodiment of the present application;

[0018] Figure 3An exemplary schematic diagram of the adjustment window of the smoothing parameter of the strain elasticity image in the embodiment of the present application;

[0019] Figure 4 A schematic diagram of a display style of the adjustment window in an embodiment of the present application;

[0020] Figure 5 This is a schematic diagram of another display style of the adjustment window in an embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0021] The embodiments of the present application provide a display method for adjusting ultrasound image parameters and an ultrasound imaging device to display effect diagrams corresponding to each gear of the image parameters, thereby assisting doctors in selecting the gear of the image parameters.

[0022] The terms "first", "second", "third", "fourth", etc. (if any) in the specification and claims of the present application and the above-mentioned drawings are used to distinguish similar objects, and are not necessarily used to describe a specific order or sequence. It should be understood that the data used in this way can be interchangeable where appropriate, so that the embodiments described herein can be implemented in an order other than that illustrated or described herein. In addition, the terms "including" and "having" and any variations thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions, for example, a process, method, system, product or device that includes a series of steps or units is not necessarily limited to those steps or units that are clearly listed, but may include other steps or units that are not clearly listed or inherent to these processes, methods, products or devices.

[0023] See also Figure 1 In the embodiment of the present application, the ultrasonic imaging device includes:

[0024] The ultrasonic probe 110 , the transmitting circuit 112 , the receiving circuit 114 , the processor 118 and the display 120 . In addition, the ultrasonic probe 110 , the transmitting circuit 112 , the receiving circuit 114 , the processor 118 and the display 120 , and the transmitting / receiving selection switch 122 , the beamforming module 116 and the memory 124 may also be included.

[0025] The ultrasonic probe 110 can be any probe used for ultrasonic detection, such as a 2D ultrasonic probe and a 3D ultrasonic probe. Among them, the acoustic head part of the ultrasonic probe 110 can be an array composed of multiple array elements, such as multiple array elements arranged in a row to form a linear array, or arranged in a two-dimensional matrix to form a surface array, and multiple array elements can also form a convex array. The above-mentioned array elements are used to emit ultrasonic beams according to the excitation electrical signal, or to convert the received ultrasonic echoes into electrical signals. Therefore, each array element can be used to realize the mutual conversion between the electrical pulse signal and the ultrasonic beam, so as to realize the emission of ultrasonic waves to the target tissue of the human body, and can also be used to receive the echo of the ultrasonic wave reflected back by the tissue.

[0026] The transmitting circuit 112 is used to generate a transmitting sequence according to the control of the transmitting control module of the processor 118, and the transmitting sequence is used to control part or all of the multiple array elements to transmit ultrasonic waves to biological tissues.

[0027] The receiving circuit 114 is used to receive the electrical signal of the ultrasonic echo from the ultrasonic probe 110 , obtain the ultrasonic echo signal, and send the ultrasonic echo signal to the beamforming module 116 .

[0028] The beamforming module 116 is used to perform corresponding delay, weighted summation and beamforming processing on the signal output by the receiving circuit 114. Since the distances from the ultrasonic receiving point to the receiving array element in the measured tissue are different, the channel data of the same receiving point output by different receiving array elements have delay differences, and it is necessary to perform delay processing, align the phases, and perform weighted summation on the different channel data of the same receiving point to obtain the beamformed data.

[0029] Processor 118, which is connected to beamforming module 116, mainly performs detection, signal enhancement, data conversion and logarithmic compression on the beamformed data to form an ultrasound image. The ultrasound image obtained by processor 118 can be displayed on display 120 or stored in memory 124.

[0030] Optionally, the processor 118 may be at least one of an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a digital signal processor (DSP), a digital signal processing device (DSPD), a programmable logic device (PLD), a field programmable gate array (FPGA), a central processing unit (CPU), a controller, a microcontroller or a microprocessor, so that the processor 118 can control other components in the ultrasonic imaging device 100 to perform the ultrasonic imaging steps in various embodiments of this specification. The processor 118 may be a component, or may be a general term for a control device and a processing device in an ultrasonic imaging device that can control other components of the ultrasonic imaging device to perform various functions in various embodiments.

[0031] The display 120 is connected to the processor 118, and the display 120 may be a touch screen or a liquid crystal display, etc.; or, the display 120 may be an independent display such as a liquid crystal display or a television set independent of the ultrasound imaging system 100; or, the display 120 may be a display screen of an electronic device such as a smart phone or a tablet computer, etc. The number of the display 120 may be one or more.

[0032] In addition to the above structure, the ultrasonic imaging device 100 may also include a human-computer interaction device. Specifically, the human-computer interaction device may be a display 120. If all functions of the human-computer interaction device are integrated into the display 120, the display 120 may also provide a graphical interface for human-computer interaction to the user when displaying the ultrasonic image. One or more controlled objects are set on the graphical interface, and the user is provided with a human-computer interaction device to input operation instructions to control these controlled objects, thereby performing corresponding control operations. For example, an icon is displayed on the graphical interface, and the icon can be operated using the human-computer interaction device to perform specific functions, such as swapping the position of the image and / or enlarging a specific area for display.

[0033] The human-machine interaction device may also be other human-machine interaction devices other than the display 120. For example, the human-machine interaction device may include an input device, and the input device is used to detect the user's input information, and the input information may be, for example, instructions for editing and marking ultrasound images, or may also include other types of instructions. The input device may include a keyboard, a scroll wheel, a trackball, a mobile input device (such as a mobile device with a touch screen, a mobile phone, etc.), a multi-function knob, etc., or a combination of multiple thereof. The human-machine interaction device may also include an output device such as a printer.

[0034] The ultrasonic imaging device 100 may further include a memory 124, which is used to store instructions for processing execution, to store received ultrasonic echo signals, to store ultrasonic image data, etc. The memory 124 may be a volatile memory, such as a random access memory (RAM); or a non-volatile memory, such as a read-only memory (ROM), a flash memory, a hard disk drive (HDD) or a solid-state drive (SSD); or a combination of the above types of memory, and provides instructions and data to the processor.

[0035] It should be understood that Figure 1The components included in the ultrasonic imaging device 100 shown are only exemplary, and the ultrasonic imaging device 100 may include more or fewer components, and the present application does not make corresponding limitations on this.

[0036] The naming of ultrasound image parameters is rather professional, and the gears of many parameters are also represented by numbers. The order sometimes implies a progressive meaning, but the readability is poor. Conventional parameters, such as frequency, gain, dynamic range, etc., are often unclear to beginners or novices in which direction to adjust in order to make the ultrasound image present the desired display effect. Sometimes there are many gears, and it is too time-consuming to try them all. Moreover, it is difficult to distinguish the difference between the effects of multiple gears when each effect is displayed separately. For new parameters, if they are not explained by the manufacturer, many experienced ultrasound doctors will find it difficult to understand and figure them out by themselves. This will cause many ultrasound doctors to not dare to adjust the parameters or reduce the adjustment parameters. Sometimes, they have to complete screening and diagnosis under poor image quality, but they don’t know how to adjust the parameters, which brings risks to the examination. Moreover, this also leads to the fact that the image optimization parameters that the manufacturer has devoted himself to studying may not come in handy at the right time.

[0037] Although some manufacturers provide relatively detailed parameter descriptions in the operating manuals, whether they are paper or electronic manuals, doctors simply do not have time to look them up during examinations.

[0038] In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present application proposes a display method for adjusting ultrasound image parameters and an ultrasound imaging device implementing the method, so that the meaning and function of each level of the image parameters are highly readable, enabling doctors to quickly select the ideal parameter level, conveniently understand the meaning and function of the parameters and their levels, and quickly clarify the impact of each level on the image effect.

[0039] To this end, the following will further describe in detail multiple embodiments and multiple implementations of the display method of ultrasound image parameter adjustment performed by the ultrasound imaging device in the embodiment of the present application based on the specific structural composition of the ultrasound imaging device and the functions of each structure. Figure 2 In one embodiment of the present application, a method for displaying ultrasound image parameter adjustment includes:

[0040] 201. Acquire and display an ultrasonic image of a target tissue;

[0041] 202. In response to an adjustment operation on a target image parameter of the ultrasound image, an adjustment window corresponding to the target image parameter is displayed, wherein the adjustment window displays effect graphs corresponding to a plurality of gears of the target image parameter, wherein the effect graph corresponding to a gear is an image obtained after the ultrasound image or a preset sample image is processed according to the target image parameter corresponding to the gear; wherein the effect graphs corresponding to the plurality of gears are used to assist a user in adjusting the target image parameter applicable to the ultrasound image;

[0042] Among them, the user adjusts the target image parameters applicable to the ultrasound image, which may make the ultrasound image suitable for viewing at the gear of the target image parameters, and suitable for clarifying the health status of tissues. For example, the ultrasound image display effect is better, it is easier to detect the diseased area, or it is easier to clarify the healthy and disease-free areas of the tissue.

[0043] For example, the target image parameter may be a variety of ultrasound image parameters such as frequency, gain, image depth, dynamic range, on or off of harmonic imaging, on or off of beamforming, deflection angle, size of sampling volume, velocity scale Scale, and baseline position. Assuming that the user needs to adjust the frequency parameter of the ultrasound image, and the user triggers the adjustment operation of the frequency parameter, the ultrasound imaging device responds to the user's adjustment operation of the frequency parameter of the ultrasound image and displays an adjustment window corresponding to the frequency parameter. The window displays the effect graphs corresponding to each gear of the frequency parameter. The effect graph of each gear is an image obtained after the ultrasound image or the preset template image is processed according to the frequency parameter corresponding to the gear. Therefore, the user can preview the display effect of the ultrasound image or the preset template image at each gear of the frequency parameter in the adjustment window, and determine the display effect and the corresponding gear that he needs, and then adjust the frequency parameter of the ultrasound image to the gear, so that the ultrasound image achieves the display effect that he needs.

[0044] Therefore, in this embodiment, the ultrasound imaging device can respond to the adjustment operation of the target image parameter of the ultrasound image and display the adjustment window corresponding to the target image parameter. The adjustment window displays the effect diagrams corresponding to the multiple gears of the target image parameter. The effect diagram corresponding to each gear is an image obtained after the ultrasound image or the preset template image is processed according to the target image parameter corresponding to the gear. The effect diagrams corresponding to the multiple gears can assist the user to adjust the target image parameters applicable to the ultrasound image. The doctor can use the adjustment window to clarify the display effects and their differences corresponding to each gear of the image parameter, determine the appropriate display effect and its corresponding gear, and then adjust the ultrasound image according to the gear to achieve a satisfactory display effect, thereby efficiently assisting the doctor in selecting the image parameter gear.

[0045] At the same time, through the method of this embodiment, doctors dare to try the adjustment effect of each image parameter on the ultrasound image, thereby giving full play to the adjustment effect of each image parameter on the ultrasound image and improving the doctor's experience of using various image parameters.

[0046] based on Figure 2 In the illustrated embodiment, in a preferred implementation manner, after the user determines the satisfactory display effect and its corresponding gear from the adjustment window, the user can input a confirmation operation for the gear, that is, input a selection operation for the effect graph corresponding to the target gear among the effect graphs corresponding to multiple gears of the target image parameters. The ultrasonic imaging device responds to the selection operation, processes the ultrasonic image with the target image parameters corresponding to the target gear and updates the display of the ultrasonic image, that is, adjusts the target image parameters of the ultrasonic image to the target gear, so that the ultrasonic image presents the display effect corresponding to the target gear of the target image parameters.

[0047] For example, the effect of the frequency parameter on the ultrasound image is that the higher the frequency, the higher the resolution, but the lower the penetration; the lower the frequency, the lower the resolution, but the higher the penetration. The multiple gears of the frequency parameter are arranged from high frequency to low frequency or from low frequency to high frequency. When the user selects the gear corresponding to a higher frequency, the ultrasound imaging device processes the ultrasound image with the frequency parameter corresponding to the gear, and the ultrasound image is updated and displayed with a higher resolution, but the penetration is reduced; when the user selects the gear corresponding to a lower frequency, the ultrasound imaging device processes the ultrasound image with the frequency parameter corresponding to the gear, and the ultrasound image is updated and displayed with a lower resolution, but the penetration is improved.

[0048] For another example, the effect of the gain parameter on the ultrasound image is that when the gain is increased, the image becomes brighter and more information is presented, but the noise is also more; when the gain is decreased, the image becomes darker and insufficient information is presented, but the noise is suppressed. When the user selects a gear corresponding to a higher gain, the ultrasound imaging device processes the ultrasound image with the gain parameter corresponding to the gear, and the ultrasound image is updated to be displayed as a brighter image, but with more noise; when the user selects a gear corresponding to a lower gain, the ultrasound imaging device processes the ultrasound image with the gain parameter corresponding to the gear, and the ultrasound image is updated to be displayed as a lower image brightness, but with less noise.

[0049] For example, Figure 3The adjustment window of the smoothing parameter (Smooth) of the strain elastic image (StrainE image) is shown. The smoothing parameter has 6 gears, and the numbers "0-5" refer to the 6 gears respectively. The left side of this window displays the strain elastic image, and the right side displays the effect graph corresponding to each gear of the above 6 gears of the smoothing parameter of the strain elastic image. The effect graph corresponding to each gear is obtained after the strain elastic image is processed according to the smoothing parameter corresponding to the gear. The user can view the effect graph corresponding to the 6 gears. If the user is satisfied with the effect graph corresponding to the gear "1", or the user believes that the gear is suitable for viewing the strain elastic image, and the display effect corresponding to the gear is easier to detect the lesion or the pathological area of ​​the tissue, the effect graph corresponding to the gear can be selected, and then the ultrasonic imaging device processes the strain elastic image with the smoothing parameter corresponding to the gear and updates and displays the strain elastic image, so that the strain elastic image presents a display effect satisfactory to the user.

[0050] Of course, in addition to the user selecting the effect diagram corresponding to the target gear position to input the confirmation operation for the target gear position, a confirmation control corresponding to the effect diagram of each gear position can also be set in the adjustment window, and the user can click the confirmation control corresponding to the target gear position, and the ultrasonic imaging device processes the ultrasonic image with the target image parameters corresponding to the target gear position and updates and displays the ultrasonic image. This embodiment does not limit the way in which the user inputs the confirmation operation for the target gear position.

[0051] Therefore, the user can directly confirm the gear that needs to be adjusted for the target image parameter in the adjustment window, and then the ultrasonic imaging device updates the displayed ultrasonic image according to the user's confirmation, which is convenient for the user to adjust the gear of the target image parameter of the ultrasonic image.

[0052] based on Figure 2 In the embodiment shown, in a preferred implementation manner, the number of the target image parameter is 1, that is, the adjustment window displays the effect diagrams corresponding to multiple gears of one target image parameter. In another preferred implementation manner, the number of the target image parameters is multiple, and the adjustment window displays the effect diagrams corresponding to multiple gears of each target image parameter.

[0053] For example, among the multiple image parameters listed above, each adjustment window only displays the effect graphs corresponding to the multiple gears of a single image parameter, such as the adjustment window of the frequency parameter only displays the multiple effect graphs corresponding to the parameter, the adjustment window of the gain parameter only displays the multiple effect graphs corresponding to the parameter, and so on; it can also be that the adjustment window displays the effect graphs corresponding to the multiple gears of multiple image parameters, such as the adjustment window displays multiple effect graphs corresponding to the frequency parameter and multiple effect graphs corresponding to the gain parameter.

[0054] When the adjustment window displays the renderings corresponding to the multiple gears of the multiple target image parameters, the adjustment window can display the multiple renderings corresponding to one of the target image parameters, and can support the user to switch the display to the multiple renderings corresponding to other target image parameters. Specifically, the adjustment window displays the selection control corresponding to each target image parameter, and the multiple selection controls include a first selection control and a second selection control. The adjustment window displays the renderings corresponding to the multiple gears of the target image parameter corresponding to the first selection control; when the user selects the second selection control, the renderings corresponding to the multiple gears of the target image parameter corresponding to the first selection control in the adjustment window are switched to the renderings corresponding to the multiple gears of the target image parameter corresponding to the second selection control.

[0055] For example, Figure 4 and Figure 5 A display style of the adjustment window is shown, and the adjustment window includes a plurality of target image parameter selection controls, such as a "parameter 1" control, a "parameter 2" control, and a "parameter 3" control. Assume that the adjustment window currently displays a plurality of effect diagrams of the target image parameters corresponding to the "parameter 3" control (such as Figure 4 As shown), if the user selects the "parameter 2" control, the multiple effect diagrams of the target image parameters corresponding to the "parameter 3" control in the adjustment window are switched to the multiple effect diagrams of the target image parameters corresponding to the "parameter 2" control (as shown Figure 5 As shown), the effect diagram of the target image parameters displayed in the adjustment window is switched.

[0056] The adjustment window displays multiple renderings corresponding to the target image parameter corresponding to the first selection control. The renderings may be the default target image parameter, which is any one of the multiple target image parameters; or the target image parameter that the adjustment window last displayed. Using the above example, when the user opens the adjustment window, the multiple renderings corresponding to the target image parameter of the "Parameter 1" control are displayed by default. After that, the user switches to display the multiple renderings corresponding to the "Parameter 3" control, that is, the corresponding Figure 4 ; After that, the user can continue to switch to display multiple effect diagrams of the target image parameters corresponding to the "Parameter 2" control, that is, Figure 5 .

[0057] Of course, the adjustment window can also simultaneously display multiple renderings corresponding to multiple target image parameters, so the user does not need to switch the selection controls of the target image parameters. This embodiment does not limit the way in which the adjustment window displays multiple renderings corresponding to multiple target image parameters.

[0058] When the adjustment window displays multiple renderings corresponding to multiple target image parameters, the user can select the target level he needs according to the multiple renderings of each target image parameter. Therefore, the user's selection operation of the rendering corresponding to the target level among the multiple levels of the target image parameter may include the user's selection operation of the rendering corresponding to the target level of each target image parameter in turn, and the ultrasonic imaging device can process the ultrasonic image according to the target image parameters corresponding to the multiple target levels selected by the user and update and display the ultrasonic image.

[0059] For example, if the user selects the A position of the frequency parameter and the B position of the gain parameter in the adjustment window, the ultrasonic imaging device can process the ultrasonic image with the frequency parameter corresponding to the A position and the gain parameter corresponding to the B position, that is, adjust the frequency parameter of the ultrasonic image to the A position and adjust the gain parameter of the ultrasonic image to the B position, and update and display the ultrasonic image.

[0060] Therefore, by displaying multiple renderings of multiple parameters in the adjustment window, the user can adjust multiple target image parameters in the same window. Compared with each adjustment window only displaying multiple renderings corresponding to a single target image parameter, there is no need to open the adjustment window multiple times, which reduces user operations and improves the efficiency of image parameter adjustment.

[0061] The ultrasonic imaging device can directly update the displayed ultrasonic image after the user confirms the selection operation of the target gears of the multiple target image parameters, or can display the superposition effect of the target gears of the multiple target image parameters, and then update the displayed ultrasonic image after the user confirms the superposition effect. Specifically, the ultrasonic image can be processed according to the target image parameters corresponding to the multiple target gears selected by the user, and the superposition effect diagram of the ultrasonic image can be obtained, and the superposition effect diagram of the ultrasonic image can be displayed in the adjustment window. When the user's confirmation operation on the superposition effect diagram of the ultrasonic image is received, the ultrasonic image is processed and the displayed ultrasonic image is updated with the target image parameters corresponding to the multiple target gears selected by the user.

[0062] In addition to displaying the superimposed effect diagram of the ultrasonic image, the superimposed effect diagram of the preset sample image can also be displayed. Specifically, the preset sample image can be processed according to the target image parameters corresponding to the multiple target gears selected by the user to obtain the superimposed effect diagram of the preset sample image, and the superimposed effect diagram of the preset sample image is displayed in the adjustment window. When the user's confirmation operation of the superimposed effect diagram of the preset sample image is received, the ultrasonic image is processed with the target image parameters corresponding to the multiple target gears selected by the user and the displayed ultrasonic image is updated.

[0063] like Figure 4 or Figure 5As shown, after the ultrasound image is processed according to the target image parameters corresponding to the multiple target gears selected by the user, the superimposed effect diagram of the ultrasound image can be displayed in the area corresponding to the "comprehensive adjustment effect diagram of each gear" in the adjustment window. Similarly, if the preset sample image is processed according to the target image parameters corresponding to the multiple target gears selected by the user, the superimposed effect diagram of the preset sample image can be displayed in the area corresponding to the "comprehensive adjustment effect diagram of each gear". After the user clicks the "OK" button, the ultrasound image can be processed again with the target image parameters corresponding to the multiple target gears selected by the user and the displayed ultrasound image can be updated.

[0064] Therefore, by displaying the superimposed effect diagram of the ultrasound image or the superimposed effect diagram of the preset sample image, the user can understand in advance the superimposed influence of multiple target gears of multiple target image parameters on the image. During this period, if the user is not satisfied with the superimposed influence effect, the user can continue to adjust the gear of the target image parameter in the adjustment window until the superimposed influence effect meets the requirements, which is more convenient for the user to adjust the gear of multiple target image parameters.

[0065] Of course, the ultrasonic imaging device may not need to display the superimposed effect diagram of the ultrasonic image or the superimposed effect diagram of the preset template image, but directly process the ultrasonic image after the user confirms the gear selection of multiple target image parameters. This embodiment does not limit this.

[0066] When receiving the user's selection operation on the effect diagram corresponding to the target gear of each target image parameter in turn, the ultrasonic imaging device can also display each target image parameter and its corresponding target gear in the adjustment window to prompt the user of the gear selected for each target image parameter.

[0067] like Figure 4 or Figure 5 As shown, below the area corresponding to the "Comprehensive adjustment effect diagram of each gear" in the adjustment window, the gear selected by the user for each target image parameter is displayed. For example, if "Parameter 1: Gear 2" is displayed, it means that the user has selected Gear 2 for Parameter 1; if "Parameter 2: Gear 3" is displayed, it means that the user has selected Gear 3 for Parameter 2. The user can know the gear selected by the user for each target image parameter.

[0068] In a preferred implementation of this embodiment, the adjustment window may also display the gear mark and / or gear description information corresponding to each gear of the target image parameter, and the gear description information may include the usage scenario of the gear adaptation, the display effect description corresponding to the gear, and other information about the gear. Among them, the usage scenario of the gear adaptation may be the scenario recommended by the developer of the target image parameter, such as recommending a certain gear according to the fatness or thinness of the subject's body shape, or recommending a certain gear according to the characteristics of the lesion of the target tissue. The gear mark may be a mark composed of characters such as numbers, letters, and Chinese characters.

[0069] Among them, the display position of the gear position logo and the display position of the gear position description information are both associated with the display position of the effect picture corresponding to the gear position, so as to indicate that the gear position logo and the gear position description information of the gear position correspond to the effect picture corresponding to the gear position, so that the user can determine the effect picture corresponding to each gear position logo or gear position description information in the adjustment window. For example, the display position of the gear position logo and the display position of the gear position description information are both associated with the display position of the effect picture corresponding to the gear position, and the gear position logo and the gear position description information can be displayed around the effect picture and the distance from the effect picture is a preset distance, such as displayed 1 cm below the effect picture, or displayed 1 cm above the effect picture, etc., to indicate that the gear position logo and the gear position description information of the gear position are the effect picture corresponding to the gear position.

[0070] For example, Figure 4 or Figure 5 As shown, the corresponding gear name is displayed below each effect graph in the adjustment window, such as "Gear 1 Name", "Gear 2 Name", etc. Of course, the applicable scenario of the gear corresponding to the effect graph can also be displayed below the effect graph, such as "Applicable to examining tissue with thicker fat layer" and other similar words to prompt the user the applicable scenario of the gear corresponding to the effect graph.

[0071] Therefore, by displaying the gear logo and gear description information, such as displaying the scenarios in which the gear is applicable, the user's understanding of the gear can be further enhanced, and the user can be further assisted in gear selection.

[0072] In another preferred implementation of this embodiment, the ultrasonic imaging device includes a control display panel, which is used to display a control interface of the ultrasonic image, and the control interface includes adjustment controls corresponding to the target image parameters. Therefore, the ultrasonic imaging device can display an adjustment window corresponding to the target image parameters under the trigger of the user, that is, when the user triggers the adjustment control, the adjustment window is displayed in a pop-up window on the basis of the control interface; or, a preset display area is defined in the control interface for displaying the adjustment window, and when the user triggers the adjustment control, the adjustment window is displayed in the preset display area in the control interface.

[0073] Therefore, the user only needs to trigger the adjustment control corresponding to the target image parameter to open the adjustment window of the target image parameter, so that the user can understand the effect diagram corresponding to each gear of the target image parameter and select the gear of the target image parameter.

[0074] In another preferred embodiment, when a user selects a rendering corresponding to a target gear in the renderings corresponding to multiple gears of the target image parameter and confirms the selected operation, the ultrasonic image is processed and updated with the target image parameter corresponding to the target gear, and the adjustment window can be closed. Alternatively, when a user selects a rendering corresponding to a target gear in the renderings corresponding to multiple gears of the target image parameter and confirms the selected operation, the ultrasonic image is processed and updated with the target image parameter corresponding to the target gear. Furthermore, when a user clicks on the close button of the adjustment window, the adjustment window can be closed.

[0075] That is to say, when the user selects the effect diagram corresponding to the target gear position in the adjustment window, the ultrasonic imaging device may automatically close the adjustment window; or it may not automatically close the adjustment window, and only close the adjustment window when the user clicks the close button of the adjustment window. For example, when the adjustment window is displayed in the form of a pop-up window, when the user selects the effect diagram corresponding to the target gear position in the adjustment window, the ultrasonic imaging device may automatically close the pop-up window; or it may not automatically close the pop-up window, and only close the pop-up window when the user clicks the close button of the adjustment window.

[0076] Therefore, the adjustment window can be closed automatically or manually, which is convenient for the user to control the display or closing of the adjustment window.

[0077] In another preferred implementation of this embodiment, the ultrasonic imaging device includes a control display panel, the control display panel is used to display a control interface of the ultrasonic image, and the control interface includes an adjustment withdrawal control. Therefore, after the ultrasonic image is processed with the target image parameters corresponding to the target gear and the displayed ultrasonic image is updated, if a trigger operation of the adjustment withdrawal control is received from the user, the ultrasonic imaging device can withdraw the processing of the ultrasonic image with the target image parameters corresponding to the target gear, thereby restoring the ultrasonic image to the display effect of the previous display.

[0078] For example, if the ultrasound image is currently displayed at the B position of the frequency parameter, and the user selects the A position of the frequency parameter in the adjustment window, the ultrasound imaging device can process the ultrasound image at the frequency parameter corresponding to the A position, that is, adjust the frequency parameter of the ultrasound image to the A position, and update the display of the ultrasound image. Afterwards, if the user believes that the display effect of the ultrasound image at the A position of the frequency parameter is not good, the adjustment withdrawal control can be triggered, and the ultrasound imaging device can withdraw the processing of the ultrasound image at the frequency parameter corresponding to the A position, thereby restoring the ultrasound image to the display effect of the previous display, that is, restoring the ultrasound image to the B position of the frequency parameter.

[0079] Therefore, by withdrawing the adjustment operation of the image parameters, the previous display effect of the ultrasound image can be returned to, which is convenient for the user to withdraw when the adjustment effect of the ultrasound image is not good, thereby facilitating the user to use the image parameters.

[0080] In this embodiment, the ultrasound image may be any frame of dynamic ultrasound video image in an ultrasound video obtained according to an ultrasound echo signal, where the ultrasound echo signal is obtained by an ultrasound imaging device transmitting ultrasound to a target tissue of a subject and based on the echo of the ultrasound. Alternatively, the ultrasound image may also be a static ultrasound image after a user freezes the ultrasound image obtained according to the ultrasound echo signal.

[0081] Among them, the dynamic ultrasound video image or the static ultrasound image can be an ultrasound image of the image type corresponding to basic image modes such as B-type, Color type, Power type, M type, PW type, CW type, etc., or it can be an ultrasound image of the image type corresponding to a tissue measurement mode based on the basic image mode, such as including a tissue elasticity measurement image, a tissue viscosity measurement image, and a tissue acoustic attenuation measurement image. The tissue elasticity measurement image may include a strain elasticity measurement image, a shear wave elasticity measurement image, and an instantaneous elasticity measurement image.

[0082] A preferred structure of the ultrasonic imaging device in this embodiment may be that the ultrasonic imaging device includes a main display screen and a control display panel. The ultrasonic image is displayed on the main display screen, and the adjustment window is displayed on the control display panel. Therefore, the user can select the target gear of the target image parameter on the control display panel to adjust the display effect of the ultrasonic image, and the ultrasonic imaging device can process the ultrasonic image with the target image parameter corresponding to the target gear and update the display of the ultrasonic image on the main display screen, that is, the user adjusts the display effect of the ultrasonic image on the control display panel, and the adjustment effect of the ultrasonic image can be displayed on the main display screen.

[0083] Therefore, the gear selection of the target image parameters and the split-screen processing and display of the ultrasound image make it convenient for the user to adjust the display effect of the ultrasound image and to view the adjustment effect of the ultrasound image, thereby facilitating the user to use the image parameters.

[0084] Based on the above Figure 1 The specific structural composition of the ultrasonic imaging device and the functions of each structure shown further describe in detail the components of the ultrasonic imaging device and the functions and operations performed by each component.

[0085] In this embodiment, the ultrasonic imaging device includes:

[0086] Ultrasound probe;

[0087] A transmitting circuit, used for stimulating the ultrasonic probe to transmit ultrasonic waves to a target tissue of a subject;

[0088] A receiving circuit, used for controlling the ultrasonic probe to receive the echo of the ultrasonic wave returned by the target tissue to obtain an ultrasonic echo signal;

[0089] A processor is used to process the ultrasonic echo signal to obtain an ultrasonic image of the target tissue, and perform the above-mentioned Figure 2 The illustrated embodiment and its preferred implementations are a display method for adjusting ultrasound image parameters performed by an ultrasound imaging device.

[0090] The functions and operations performed by the components of the ultrasonic imaging device in this embodiment are similar to those described above. Figure 2 The operations performed by the ultrasonic imaging device in the illustrated embodiment and its multiple preferred implementations are similar and will not be described in detail here.

[0091] In this embodiment, the ultrasound imaging device can respond to the adjustment operation of the target image parameter of the ultrasound image and display the adjustment window corresponding to the target image parameter. The adjustment window displays the effect graphs corresponding to the multiple gears of the target image parameter. The effect graph corresponding to each gear is an image obtained after the ultrasound image or the preset template image is processed according to the target image parameter corresponding to the gear. The effect graphs corresponding to the multiple gears can assist the user to adjust the target image parameters applicable to the ultrasound image. The doctor can use the adjustment window to clarify the display effects and their differences corresponding to each gear of the image parameter, determine the appropriate display effect and its corresponding gear, and then adjust the ultrasound image according to the gear to achieve a satisfactory display effect, thereby efficiently assisting the doctor in selecting the image parameter gear.

[0092] Those skilled in the art can clearly understand that, for the convenience and brevity of description, the specific working processes of the systems, devices and units described above can refer to the corresponding processes in the aforementioned method embodiments and will not be repeated here.

[0093] In the several embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed systems, devices and methods can be implemented in other ways. For example, the device embodiments described above are only schematic. For example, the division of the units is only a logical function division. There may be other division methods in actual implementation, such as multiple units or components can be combined or integrated into another system, or some features can be ignored or not executed. Another point is that the mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed can be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interfaces, devices or units, which can be electrical, mechanical or other forms.

[0094] The units described as separate components may or may not be physically separated, and the components shown as units may or may not be physical units, that is, they may be located in one place or distributed on multiple network units. Some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of this embodiment.

[0095] In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present application may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist physically separately, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit. The above-mentioned integrated unit may be implemented in the form of hardware or in the form of software functional units.

[0096] If the integrated unit is implemented in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as an independent product, it can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of the present application is essentially or the part that contributes to the prior art or all or part of the technical solution can be embodied in the form of a software product, and the computer software product is stored in a storage medium, including a number of instructions to enable a computer device (which can be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to perform all or part of the steps of the method described in each embodiment of the present application. The aforementioned storage medium includes: U disk, mobile hard disk, read-only memory (ROM, read-only memory), random access memory (RAM, random access memory), disk or optical disk and other media that can store program code.

Claims

1. A display method for adjusting ultrasound image parameters, characterized in that: The method is applied to an ultrasonic imaging device, and the method comprises: Acquire and display an ultrasound image of a target tissue; In response to an adjustment operation on a target image parameter of the ultrasound image, an adjustment window corresponding to the target image parameter is displayed, wherein the adjustment window displays renderings corresponding to a plurality of gears of the target image parameter, wherein the renderings corresponding to the gear are images obtained after processing the ultrasound image or a preset template image according to the target image parameter corresponding to the gear; wherein the renderings corresponding to the plurality of gears are used to assist a user in adjusting the target image parameters applicable to the ultrasound image.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The method further comprises: When a user selection operation of a rendering corresponding to a target gear position among the renderings corresponding to the plurality of gear positions is received, the ultrasonic image is processed with the target image parameters corresponding to the target gear position and the ultrasonic image is updated and displayed.

3. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that There are multiple target image parameters, and the adjustment window displays effect diagrams corresponding to multiple gears of each target image parameter.

4. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that The adjustment window displays a selection control corresponding to each of the target image parameters; the plurality of selection controls include a first selection control and a second selection control; The adjustment window displays the effect diagrams corresponding to the multiple gears of each target image parameter, which is specifically performed as follows: Displaying in the adjustment window effect graphs corresponding to a plurality of gears of the target image parameter corresponding to the first selection control; When the user selects the second selection control, the effect diagrams corresponding to the multiple gears of the target image parameter corresponding to the first selection control in the adjustment window are switched to the effect diagrams corresponding to the multiple gears of the target image parameter corresponding to the second selection control.

5. The method according to claim 3 or 4, characterized in that: The selection operation includes a user selecting an effect image corresponding to a target gear position of each target image parameter in turn; The step of processing the ultrasonic image using the target image parameters corresponding to the target gear position and updating and displaying the ultrasonic image includes: The ultrasonic image is processed and updated and displayed according to the target image parameters corresponding to the plurality of target gears selected by the user.

6. The method according to claim 5, characterized in that The step of processing the ultrasonic image using the target image parameters corresponding to the plurality of target gears selected by the user and updating and displaying the ultrasonic image comprises: Processing the ultrasonic image according to the target image parameters corresponding to the plurality of target gears selected by the user, obtaining a superimposed effect diagram of the ultrasonic image, and displaying the superimposed effect diagram of the ultrasonic image in the adjustment window; When a confirmation operation of the user on the superimposed effect diagram of the ultrasonic image is received, the ultrasonic image is processed and displayed in an updated manner using the target image parameters corresponding to each of the plurality of target gears selected by the user.

7. The method according to claim 5, characterized in that The step of processing the ultrasonic image using the target image parameters corresponding to the plurality of target gears selected by the user and updating and displaying the ultrasonic image comprises: Processing the preset sample image according to the target image parameters corresponding to the plurality of target gears selected by the user, obtaining a superimposed effect image of the preset sample image, and displaying the superimposed effect image of the preset sample image in the adjustment window; When a confirmation operation of the user on the superimposed effect image of the preset template image is received, the ultrasonic image is processed and updated and displayed according to the target image parameters corresponding to each of the multiple target gears selected by the user.

8. The method according to claim 5, characterized in that When receiving a user's selection operation of sequentially selecting the effect image corresponding to the target gear position of each target image parameter, the method further includes: Each of the target image parameters and the corresponding target gear position are displayed in the adjustment window.

9. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that: The adjustment window further displays a gear position identification and / or gear position description information corresponding to each gear position of the target image parameter, wherein the gear position description information includes a usage scenario for gear position adaptation; The display position of the gear position logo and the display position of the gear description information are associated with the display position of the rendering corresponding to the gear position, so as to indicate that the gear position logo and the gear description information of the gear position correspond to the rendering corresponding to the gear position.

10. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that: The ultrasonic imaging device comprises a control display panel, wherein the control display panel is used to display a control interface of the ultrasonic image, wherein the control interface comprises adjustment controls corresponding to the target image parameters; The displaying of the adjustment window corresponding to the target image parameter includes: When a trigger operation of the adjustment control by the user is received, the adjustment window is displayed in a pop-up window manner based on the control interface; or, When a trigger operation of the user on the adjustment control is received, the adjustment window is displayed in a preset display area in the control interface.

11. The method according to claim 10, characterized in that The method further comprises: When receiving a user's selection operation of a rendering corresponding to a target gear position among the renderings corresponding to the multiple gear positions and a confirmation operation of the selection operation, processing the ultrasound image with the target image parameters corresponding to the target gear position, updating and displaying the ultrasound image, and closing the adjustment window; or, When receiving a user's selection operation of a rendering corresponding to a target gear position among the renderings corresponding to the multiple gear positions and a confirmation operation of the selection operation, processing the ultrasonic image with the target image parameters corresponding to the target gear position and updating and displaying the ultrasonic image; When a click operation of the user on the close button of the adjustment window is received, the adjustment window is closed.

12. The method according to any one of claims 2 to 8, characterized in that The ultrasonic imaging device comprises a control display panel, the control display panel is used to display a control interface of the ultrasonic image, the control interface comprises an adjustment and withdrawal control; After the ultrasound image is processed with the target image parameters corresponding to the target gear and the ultrasound image is updated and displayed, if a trigger operation of the adjustment withdrawal control by the user is received, the method further includes: The processing of the ultrasonic image by using the target image parameters corresponding to the target gear position is cancelled, and the ultrasonic image is restored to the display effect of the previous display.

13. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that: The ultrasonic image is any frame of dynamic ultrasonic video image in the ultrasonic video obtained according to the ultrasonic echo signal; the ultrasonic echo signal is obtained by the ultrasonic imaging device transmitting ultrasonic waves to the target tissue of the subject and based on the echo of the ultrasonic wave; Alternatively, the ultrasound image is a static ultrasound image obtained by a user freezing an ultrasound image obtained according to the ultrasound echo signal.

14. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that: The ultrasonic imaging device comprises a main display screen and a control display panel; Wherein, the ultrasound image is displayed on the main display screen, and the adjustment window is displayed on the control display panel.

15. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that: The target image parameters include frequency, gain, image depth, dynamic range, on or off of harmonic imaging, on or off of beamforming, deflection angle, size of sampling volume, velocity scale, and baseline position.

16. An ultrasonic imaging device, characterized in that: include: Ultrasound probe; A transmitting circuit, used for stimulating the ultrasonic probe to transmit ultrasonic waves to a target tissue of a subject; A receiving circuit, used for controlling the ultrasonic probe to receive the echo of the ultrasonic wave returned by the target tissue to obtain an ultrasonic echo signal; A processor is used to process the ultrasonic echo signal to obtain an ultrasonic image of the target tissue, and to perform the display method for adjusting ultrasonic image parameters according to any one of claims 1 to 15 based on the ultrasonic image.

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