SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE DISPLAY OF DIAGNOSTIC IMAGES

摘要

An improved ultrasound-imaging diagnostic system comprises a patient interface configured to measure a patient condition, an ultrasound-imaging system configured to obtain a plurality of medical diagnostic images of a patient treated with a contrast agent over time, a medical diagnostic image manager configured to associate at least one imaging parameter and the patient condition with each of the plurality of medical diagnostic images, and an operator interface configured to receive an operator preference for spatially arranging a plurality of medical diagnostic images. A method for arranging a plurality of diagnostic images comprises collecting a plurality of diagnostic images of a patient, wherein each of the diagnostic images is associated with an image-acquisition mode and a patient condition, receiving a diagnostic directive comprising information responsive to a diagnostician's preference to observe diagnostic images associated with an image-identifier selected from the group consisting of image-acquisition orientation, image-acquisition mode, and patient condition, identifying a subset of the plurality of diagnostic images responsive to the diagnostic directive, and forwarding the subset of the plurality of diagnostic images to an output device.