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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2000
Grace M Saccardo, Bolton, MA (US);
Rachel M. Kinicki, Acton, MA (US);
Donald W. Lewallen, Andover, MA (US);
Daniel Gerard Maier, Methuen, MA (US);
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An ultrasound imaging device including a display which displays an ultrasound image of an object (such as a portion of a body of a patient) and a soft keyboard displayed on the display, which enables entering of identification information relating to the ultrasound image. The soft keyboard replaces the ultrasound image during an identification entry mode, to easily enable the entry of the identification information. The identification information may be patient identification information or date/time information, for example. The ultrasound imaging device may include software which enables the soft keyboard to be displayed in a plurality of different languages.