CPC A61B 8/463 (2013.01) [A61B 8/5223 (2013.01); A61B 8/5207 (2013.01)] | 21 Claims |
1. An ultrasound system comprising:
an ultrasound scanner configured to, as part of an ultrasound examination administered with the ultrasound system, generate ultrasound data based on reflections of ultrasound signals transmitted by the ultrasound scanner and communicate, over a communication network, the ultrasound data to at least one display device and an archiver;
an ultrasound machine coupled to the ultrasound scanner and configured to determine examination data for the ultrasound examination and communicate, over the communication network, the examination data to the archiver; and
the at least one display device coupled to the communication network and configured to generate an ultrasound image based on the ultrasound data as part of the ultrasound examination and communicate the ultrasound image to the archiver for aggregation with the examination data into a patient record of the ultrasound examination, wherein the ultrasound scanner is operated by a first operator and the at least one display device is operated by a first user during the ultrasound examination, and wherein the ultrasound scanner is implemented to receive, via the communication network and from the at least one display device, first user identification data associated with the first user; and communicate to the at least one display device, via the communication network, one or more tasks including a first task to be performed during the ultrasound examination with the at least one display device based on the first user identification data.
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