Ultrasound Display Segmentation for Reference Frame Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current ultrasound diagnosis systems lack the ability to efficiently integrate and display additional information input by users directly onto ultrasound images, limiting their functionality and user interaction.
Innovation Solution
An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus and method that allows users to input additional information onto ultrasound images, generating reference frames which can be displayed alongside the original cine frames, enabling user interaction through scrolling, selecting, and rotating features, and prioritizing frames based on capturing order, type, and temporal proximity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If additional information is integrated into ultrasound images, then diagnostic accuracy and information completeness are improved, but device complexity and processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The display screen is divided into multiple regions: a first region for displaying the original ultrasound image and a second region for displaying the reference frame with additional information. This segmentation allows comprehensive information display while maintaining clear visual organization and reducing processing complexity by separating different information layers.
Solution Approach 2:
A reference frame is generated as an intermediary element that contains additional information (such as measurement data, annotations, or processed results) separate from the original ultrasound image. This reference frame acts as a mediator that provides enhanced information without directly modifying the original image data, thus maintaining information completeness while managing system complexity.
2Ease of operation
If reference frames with additional information are displayed, then user interaction and diagnostic capability are improved, but processing time and computational resources increase
Solution Approach 1:
The reference frame is generated in advance based on the ultrasound image and additional information before being displayed. This preliminary processing allows the system to prepare enhanced information upfront, reducing real-time processing requirements and enabling faster user interaction when the reference frame is already available for selection and display.
3Loss of information
If multiple cine frames and reference frames are displayed simultaneously, then comprehensive data visualization is improved, but screen space utilization and display complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The display is segmented into distinct regions: the first region displays the original ultrasound image while the second region displays the reference frame with additional information. This spatial segmentation allows multiple types of data to be visualized simultaneously without overwhelming the screen, maintaining clear visual hierarchy and efficient space utilization.
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AI summary
An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes a display configured to display a first cine frame selected by a user from a plurality of cine frames, on a first area on a screen of the ultrasound diagnosis apparatus; a user input unit configured to receive a user input of inputting additional information onto the displayed first cine frame; and a processor configured to generate a reference frame based on the input additional information and the first cine frame and to control the display to display the generated reference frame on a second area on the screen.