Abstract: The preferred embodiments described herein provide a method and system for handling complex inter-dependencies between imaging mode parameters in a medical imaging system. In one preferred embodiment, a behavior engine comprises a plurality of behavior objects interconnected by parameters with at least one of the parameters being circularly dependent. A static list of the behavior objects and the dependent parameters is generated. After an input to the medical imaging system causes one parameter to change values, a dynamic list of behavior objects dependent on the changed parameter is generated. Further, an iterative process of processing the behavior objects in the dynamic list, determining whether any output parameters from the processed behavior objects have changed, adding behavior objects to the dynamic list which are dependent on the changed parameter outputs, and removing the processed behavior objects from the dynamic list is performed.

Abstract: The preferred embodiments described herein provide a method and system for handling complex inter-dependencies between imaging mode parameters in a medical imaging system. In one preferred embodiment, a behavior engine comprises a plurality of behavior objects interconnected by parameters with at least one of the parameters being circularly dependent. A static list of the behavior objects and the dependent parameters is generated. After an input to the medical imaging system causes one parameter to change values, a dynamic list of behavior objects dependent on the changed parameter is generated. Further, an iterative process of processing the behavior objects in the dynamic list, determining whether any output parameters from the processed behavior objects have changed, adding behavior objects to the dynamic list which are dependent on the changed parameter outputs, and removing the processed behavior objects from the dynamic list is performed.

Abstract: An ultrasonic imaging system includes an auxiliary processor that is connected to the imaging system by an open-standard, high-speed digital data channel. The system processor of the imaging system directs some processing tasks to the imaging system for execution in the conventional manner. Other processing tasks (often associated with computationally intensive applications) are automatically routed to the auxiliary processor for execution. The data channels between the system processor and the auxiliary processor allow high-speed exchange of live video information such that the identity of the processor performing a particular application is transparent to the user.