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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2006
Filed:
May. 29, 2003
Lihong Pan, Brookfield, WI (US);
John T. Doherty, Grafton, WI (US);
Laurence M. Yudkovitch, Waukesha, WI (US);
Lihong Pan, Brookfield, WI (US);
John T. Doherty, Grafton, WI (US);
Laurence M. Yudkovitch, Waukesha, WI (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method and system for using the computer keyboard and/or speech recognition technology to automatically fill an image annotation during an ultrasound scan. More specifically, it provides a method and a system for annotating a displayed ultrasound image using commands that is comprised of; providing an annotation vocabulary sorted in descending order of usage frequency providing a method to select a subset of words from the vocabulary that are relevant to the imaged anatomy, detecting the initial command, selecting a suggestion list from the selected sub-vocabulary, and displaying the suggestion list to the user for optional acceptance or further specification.