Ultrasound Imaging Apparatus Automatic Image Saving Based on Hemodynamic Parameters
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current ultrasound imaging apparatuses require manual user intervention to save ultrasound images, which can lead to missed critical images or delayed acquisition of diagnostic data, especially in situations where rapid and automatic image capture is necessary.
Innovation Solution
The apparatus is equipped with a processor that sets conditions for automatically saving ultrasound images based on predefined criteria, such as blood flow velocity, valve orifice area, and regurgitant jet size, allowing for automatic acquisition and saving of images without user input, including options for frame rate, image enlargement, and annotation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual user intervention is required to save ultrasound images, then the device operation remains simple and controllable, but critical images may be missed or diagnostic data acquisition is delayed
Solution Approach 1:
The ultrasound imaging apparatus automatically determines whether to save images based on predefined conditions (blood flow velocity, valve orifice area, regurgitant jet size) without requiring continuous manual user input. The system serves itself by autonomously monitoring image parameters and triggering saves when diagnostic criteria are met, thereby improving reliability while reducing operational burden
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously monitors ultrasound image parameters (blood flow velocity, valve orifice area, regurgitant jet size) and uses this feedback to automatically determine whether saving conditions are met. This closed-loop feedback mechanism ensures critical images are captured reliably without requiring manual intervention for each image evaluation
2Productivity
If automatic image saving based on multiple parameters is implemented, then diagnostic efficiency is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The automatic saving function is segmented into independent modular components: blood flow velocity monitoring module, valve orifice area measurement module, regurgitant jet size analysis module, and condition evaluation module. Each module independently evaluates its specific parameter and the processor integrates these evaluations to determine whether to save, thereby improving diagnostic efficiency while managing system complexity through modular design
Solution Approach 2:
The system requires preliminary configuration of saving conditions and parameter thresholds before operation. Users pre-set the criteria for automatic saving (velocity thresholds, area thresholds, jet size thresholds), and the system then automatically executes the saving decision based on these pre-established parameters, improving productivity without requiring complex real-time decision logic
3Measurement precision
If real-time monitoring of multiple parameters is performed, then critical images are captured more accurately, but processing time and computational load increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies different monitoring intensities and evaluation criteria to different parameter types. Blood flow velocity is monitored continuously with high precision, while valve orifice area and regurgitant jet size are evaluated at specific cardiac cycle phases. This localized quality approach ensures accurate identification of critical images while reducing unnecessary processing of parameters that do not change frequently
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AI summary
Provided are an ultrasound imaging apparatus and an operating method thereof. The ultrasound imaging apparatus may set a condition for automatically saving an ultrasound image of an object, set an ultrasound image acquisition and save mode for automatically acquiring and saving the ultrasound image of the object according to the condition, and automatically acquire, when a real-time ultrasound image of the object satisfies the condition, the ultrasound image of the object based on the ultrasound image acquisition and save mode.