General Electric Company

Ge Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC

Ge Medical Systems Information Technologies Gmbh

David W Kurzynski

Jerome F Knoplioch

Yaseen Samara

William M Stoval

Neil Dominic D'Souza

Frank Owen

Greg J Angst

Sussan Pourjavid

Bradley E Koehn

Rahul Choudhury

A workstation including a memory management scheme is disclosed herein. The memory management scheme permits a large number of files to be open on the workstation. The memory management scheme includes a prioritization scheme such that the least relevant files are unloaded from the workstation memory when space is needed to download newly opened files. The memory management scheme further includes saving settings of files unloaded from the workstation memory so that they can be reloaded when needed, with a user perceiving the unloaded files as being continually open.

Method and apparatus for managing memory in a workstation

An image management system (), includes a PACS system. The PACS system () includes a PACS server () coupled to a communications network () and a plurality of PACS workstations () also coupled to a communications network (). Each PACS workstation () is configured to receive two dimensional image information and produce a three dimensional image rendering on the PACS workstation (). The three dimensional image rendering is communicated to the PACS server () for storage and later retrieval.

Method and apparatus for secondary capture of 3D based images on a picture archival and communications (PACS) system

An image management system ( ), such as a PACS system is disclosed. The PACS system includes a PACS server ( ) coupled to a communications network ( ) and a plurality of PACS workstations ( ) also coupled to a communications network ( ). Each PACS workstation ( ) is configured to receive two dimensional image information and provide incremental volume rendering on the PACS workstation ( ) while the two dimensional image information is being received.

Method and apparatus for real-time 3D image rendering on a picture archival and communications system (PACS) workstation

An automated qualitative image quality method is used for an ultrasound imaging system. Initially, an impulse response of the system is determined. The impulse response is used with a cystic filling determination to achieve automated qualitative image quality for the ultrasound imaging system. The impulse response of the system is determined using a wire-in-water test. That is, a wire target is put in a water tank. Next, a transducer is set to be perpendicular to the axis of the wire, to get a cross-section of the wire. Sound waves are transmitted and reflected echoes are received at different gain settings. Curve fitting techniques are then used to form a system beam profile. Finally, acoustic peak to noise and detail resolution qualitative image quality measurements are made using the system beam profile. The cystic filling of the system is determined by defining a first region of interest in a darkened region of an image and a second region of interest in a surrounding region of the image. Collected data is then used to calculate a cystic filling measurement.

Automated qualitative image quality for ultrasound images

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David W Kurzynski