Ultrasonic Diagnostic System Remote Expert Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Ultrasonic diagnostic technology is hindered by the scarcity of skilled experts, leading to high costs and accessibility issues in rural and remote areas, as experts must travel to perform diagnoses, making it impractical and expensive for patients in these regions.
Innovation Solution
An ultrasonic diagnostic system comprising a local host, a mobile information and control terminal, and a remote host connected through a communication network, allowing an expert to provide control instructions and receive diagnosis information from a technician in a different location, enabling remote ultrasonic diagnosis without the need for experts or patients to travel.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If an ultrasonic diagnostic expert travels to rural or remote areas to perform diagnosis, then diagnostic quality is improved, but travel costs and time consumption increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a telemedicine system as an intermediary between the expert and the patient. The system includes a remote consulting terminal at the patient's location and a host terminal for the expert, connected through a communication network. This intermediary enables real-time video communication, image transmission, and interactive diagnosis without requiring physical travel, thus maintaining diagnostic quality while eliminating travel time losses.
2Measurement precision
If an ultrasonic diagnostic expert travels to rural or remote areas to perform diagnosis, then diagnostic quality is improved, but expert costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The telemedicine system acts as an intermediary that eliminates the need for expert travel. The system includes a remote consulting terminal with video display, image display, and communication devices that enable the expert to conduct diagnosis remotely. This intermediary solution maintains high diagnostic quality through real-time interaction while eliminating all costs associated with expert travel, accommodation, and time.
3Adaptability or versatility
If an ultrasonic diagnostic expert travels to rural or remote areas to perform diagnosis, then accessibility to expert diagnosis is improved, but patient convenience deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent inverts the traditional diagnostic model by bringing the expert's capabilities to the patient's location through technology rather than bringing the patient to the expert. The remote consulting terminal is set up at the patient's home or local clinic, allowing the patient to receive expert diagnosis without leaving their location. This inversion of roles and locations simultaneously improves accessibility and maintains patient convenience.
4Adaptability or versatility
If a telemedicine system is implemented for remote ultrasonic diagnosis, then expert availability is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent designs the telemedicine system with multi-functional components that can serve multiple purposes. The remote consulting terminal integrates video communication, image display, data transmission, and interactive control functions into a single system. The host terminal similarly combines expert consultation, diagnosis, and patient monitoring capabilities. This universal design approach enables expert availability across multiple locations while avoiding the need for separate specialized equipment for each function, thereby controlling system complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
Aspects of present disclosure relates to ultrasonic diagnostic systems. In certain embodiments, ultrasonic diagnostic system includes: a local host in a first location, a mobile information and control terminal, a remote host connected to an ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system in a second location, and a communication network. The mobile information and control terminal is operated by an ultrasonic diagnostic expert located in the first location. The mobile information and control terminal retrieves patient information of a patient from patient databases, provides ultrasonic diagnostic control instructions from ultrasonic diagnostic expert to ultrasonic diagnostic technicians in second location. An ultrasonic diagnostic technician performs ultrasonic diagnostic examination on patient according to the ultrasonic diagnostic control instructions and transmits patient ultrasonic diagnosis information back to the local host and the ultrasonic diagnostic expert in real time. The ultrasonic diagnostic expert then generates and displays the ultrasonic diagnosis reports of the patient.