Brief Discussion on the Application Experience of Ultrasound Workstations

An ultrasound workstation refers to a high-end microcomputer with a large main storage capacity and fast operating speed. It connects to ultrasound equipment through a dedicated medical imaging equipment interface module for image acquisition. Ultrasound workstation software is used to store and analyze ultrasound detection data and images, generate ultrasound diagnostic reports, and output them through a printer. With the continuous development of microcomputer performance, ultrasound workstations have gradually penetrated into various hospitals, demonstrating their superiority.

1. Standardize the generation and output of ultrasound diagnostic reports.

As a type of medical document, medical diagnostic reports are characterized by their standardization, regulation, and long-term preservation. Ultrasound workstations are configured with dedicated ultrasound software, using a fixed format to input patient information and test data, describe the findings of the examination, insert typical images, analyze and draw conclusions. Compared with handwritten diagnostic reports, the entire report is well-organized, with standard and standardized text. It also uses a color printer for printing, resulting in realistic image colors. A richly illustrated examination report is a good medical document:

   2. Correctly save a large amount of test data

Through a medical image acquisition card, data and image information from the ultrasound diagnostic instrument can be transmitted in real-time to the microcomputer monitor, and ultrasound software can be used for dynamic or static acquisition, analysis, and storage. The workstation has a large capacity and can store a lot of patient information: the text and images (two images) of one patient's data are approximately 16MB without compression. If a good acquisition card is used, it can be greatly compressed to 800KB, or even around 3KB. Workstation acquisition cards all have compression functions. A microcomputer with a hard disk capacity of 10GB, excluding the operating platform, tool software, and application software, which occupy up to 1GB of hard disk space, can store more than 50-30 patients' information even without compression. If compressed, it can store tens of thousands of patients' information. Patient examination information can also be compressed and stored on a CD-ROM for long-term preservation, so that it can be read at any time when necessary.

      3. Dynamic and static image acquisition, and post-processing of images transmitted to the microcomputer

Image post-processing includes: enlarging and reducing images, image enhancement; adjusting chromaticity, gray scale, contrast, RGB, and HSV, highlighting image edges or details, making lesions clearer; performing pseudo-color processing on images to achieve color display and printing of black and white images; image editing, Chinese and English annotations; rotating images left, right, and flipping them, allowing for multi-angle observation of captured images. Dynamic acquisition can obtain a set of dynamic, real-time images, which is beneficial for disease analysis and convenient for the author's unit:

4. Improve work efficiency and facilitate daily work

By calling up numerous ready-made templates in the workstation software and using various text input methods, the speed of report generation is significantly improved compared to conventional handwritten reports after mastering the skills.

      5. Convenient and quick query of examination data

Using the ultrasound workstation, you can search by patient name, gender, age, ultrasound number, examination site, diagnosis results, examination date, and other conditions. You can retrieve patient basic information, acquired images, the doctor's description and diagnosis results of the ultrasound examination, follow-up patient results, and other information, facilitating the collection of medical records and the writing of academic papers, etc.

       6. Quickly perform various statistics

Using the query function, you can statistically analyze the number of patients examined by each ultrasound doctor, the number of patients examined by a certain department or doctor and the billing situation, the department's income, etc. within any time period, eliminating the trouble of using registration books.

7. Reduce unnecessary trouble in medical disputes and better protect ultrasound doctors

With the increasing public health awareness and the continuous exposure of medical disputes by the news media, medical disputes are on the rise. Currently, disputes concerning ultrasound diagnostic reports are also common. The ultrasound workstation can properly store patient examination information and has image data, which is very persuasive and is the best evidence. It can avoid a lot of unnecessary trouble.

With the development of ultrasound workstations, it is possible to use image servers and workstations to form a PACS network, unify storage and management, realize the sharing of whole-hospital image data, and also realize remote standardized consultation through remote workstations. It can also be integrated with ultrasound instruments to realize ultrasound workstations within ultrasound instruments. Among them, Rencheng Medical's workstation has more complete functions and plays a significant role in ultrasound diagnosis. Rencheng Medical has been specializing in the maintenance of color ultrasound endoscopes for more than ten years and has rich experience in knowing the problems that hospitals want to solve. The functional modules are widely applicable, the technical R&D capabilities are strong, the market planning and layout are reasonable, and the after-sales service response is positive, with a high return on agency profit. Rencheng's After-sale Service and Powered by system is responsible for providing technical guidance, support, and tracking services to each franchisee, and has opened a 24-hour free after-sales service hotline to serve you at any time.

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