Ultrasonic Image Display System Protocol Interruption and Resumption
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Solution Overview
Problem
Ultrasonic image display systems face challenges in efficiently managing interruptions during protocol-based examinations, where operators need to pause and resume specific image acquisition steps while maintaining data integrity and protocol adherence.
Innovation Solution
An ultrasonic image display system with a processor and memory that allows for the interruption and resumption of protocol runs, storing data and interruption information, and displaying secondary images alongside primary images for comparison, ensuring seamless protocol continuation and data management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the protocol run is interrupted to acquire additional ultrasonic images, then diagnostic observation capability is improved, but protocol execution efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system stores interruption position information in advance in the memory unit, so when a protocol run is interrupted, the resumption can quickly locate the stored data without re-acquisition, thereby maintaining both diagnostic capability and execution efficiency
2Reliability
If interruption information is stored in memory for protocol resumption, then data integrity is improved, but system complexity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The memory unit serves multiple functions: storing ultrasonic image data, storing interruption position information, and supporting both complete protocol execution and interrupted resumption. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate dedicated storage systems, thereby maintaining data integrity without proportionally increasing system complexity
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AI summary
An ultrasonic image display system and a program for controlling an ultrasonic image display system are disclosed herein. The ultrasonic image display system includes at least one processor and memory. In the memory is stored at least one protocol including a plurality of image acquisition steps. The processor is adapted to load the protocol to start a first run of the protocol, interrupt the first run of the protocol, acquire data for a second ultrasonic image of the patient and store the data in the memory after interrupting the first run of the protocol at one of the acquisition steps. The processor is adapted to interrupt the second run of the protocol at the same one of the acquisition steps or give notice that the second run of the protocol will be interrupted at the same one of the acquisition steps.