Patent ID: 8659507

Claim:
An electronic display system for coupling with an ultrasound imaging equipment capable of capturing an image of a medium by means of an ultrasound probe, the system comprising: a first monitor to display an ultrasound image captured via the ultrasound imaging equipment; a second monitor, separate from the first monitor, the second monitor comprising a touch-screen monitor; means for duplicating the ultrasound image displayed on the first monitor to obtain a duplicate ultrasound image and for conveying the duplicate ultrasound image to the touch-screen monitor upon which at least part of the duplicate ultrasound image is then displayed; means for displaying at least one graphical element on the touch-screen monitor, wherein the at least one graphical element is displayed in a superimposed manner over the duplicate ultrasound image and wherein the at least one graphical element relates to a processing operation to be performed on an ultrasound image when the at least one graphical element is selected by a user in a tactile manner via the touch screen; means for processing tactile screen inputs on the at least one graphical element; means for instantly implementing the at least one processing operation, on the duplicate ultrasound image displayed on the touch-screen monitor, after the at least one processing operation has been selected by a user in a tactile manner of the at least one graphical element via the touch-screen monitor; and means for deferred implementing the at least one processing operation, on the ultrasound image displayed on the first monitor, after the at least one processing operation has been selected by a user in a tactile manner of the at least one graphical element via the touch-screen monitor.