Ultrasonic Diagnostic Apparatus Remote 3D Image Processing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing ultrasonic diagnostic apparatuses are inadequate for real-time processing of complex three-dimensional images due to insufficient processing performance, which requires large and expensive equipment, and are not easily understandable by non-specialist users like nurses.
Innovation Solution
An ultrasonic diagnostic system comprising a compact ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus that transmits ultrasonic image data to an information processing apparatus for constructing three-dimensional image data and performing predetermined processes, thereby generating diagnostic information that is simplified and easily understood, without the need for high-speed processing capabilities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a high-speed processor is mounted to improve processing performance for three-dimensional image rendering, then processing capability is improved, but device size and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the high-computation three-dimensional image rendering function from the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and relocates it to an external information processing apparatus. This allows the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus to maintain compact size while achieving advanced three-dimensional imaging capabilities through cloud-based or remote processing power.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a communication unit as an intermediary between the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and the information processing apparatus. This mediator enables data transmission and reception, allowing the system to leverage external processing capabilities without requiring the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus to contain high-speed processors locally.
2Measurement precision
If a large display is used to display three-dimensional images with high definition, then image quality is improved, but device size increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the high-definition three-dimensional image display function from the physical device and relocates it to an external display device. The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus only needs to transmit processed diagnostic information and simplified images, allowing users to view high-definition three-dimensional images on their own large screens without the apparatus needing a built-in large display.
3Reliability
If complicated three-dimensional display processing is performed locally, then diagnostic capability is improved, but ease of operation for non-specialist users deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates simplified copies of three-dimensional diagnostic information suitable for non-specialist users. Instead of requiring nurses to interpret complex three-dimensional images, the system generates simplified two-dimensional representations and key diagnostic metrics that maintain diagnostic accuracy while being easily understandable by non-specialists.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The system allows for the display of simplified diagnostic information that is easily understood by users like nurses, while maintaining a compact and portable ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, reducing processing load, increasing speed, and minimizing power consumption.
Implementation Method 1
an ultrasonic probe that transmits an ultrasonic wave to a subject and receives an ultrasonic image signal reflected in the subject
Data Source
AI summary
An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes an ultrasonic probe that transmits an ultrasonic wave to a subject and receives an ultrasonic image signal reflected in the subject, a communicator that transmits image data based on the ultrasonic image signal of the subject received by the ultrasonic probe to an information processing apparatus, a hardware processor that acquires diagnostic information obtained by the information processing apparatus constructing, using the image data, three-dimensional image data and performing a predetermined process on the three-dimensional image data, and a display that displays the acquired diagnostic information.