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An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system cart is provided with an articulation mechanism for the image display. The articulation mechanism is pivotally mounted to the cart and to the display and includes an intermediate pivot elbow which allows the display to be moved laterally and forward and back f

An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system cart is provided with an articulation mechanism for the image display. The articulation mechanism is pivotally mounted to the cart and to the display and includes an intermediate pivot elbow which allows the display to be moved laterally and forward and back from its nominal home position. One arm of the articulating mechanism is inclined to allow the display to clear other components of the cart when articulated and to prevent the development of pinch points. One of the joints of the articulating mechanism includes a locking device which selectively locks the joint to alter the articulation characteristic of the mechanism.

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An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system cart is provided with an articulation mechanism for the image display. The articulation mechanism is pivotally mounted to the cart and to the display and includes an intermediate pivot elbow which allows the display to be moved laterally and forward and back f

An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system cart is provided with an articulation mechanism for the image display. The articulation mechanism is pivotally mounted to the cart and to the display and includes an intermediate pivot elbow which allows the display to be moved laterally and forward and back from its nominal home position. One arm of the articulating mechanism is inclined to allow the display to clear other components of the cart when articulated and to prevent the development of pinch points. One of the joints of the articulating mechanism includes a locking device which selectively locks the joint to alter the articulation characteristic of the mechanism. 1 wherein the range is a series of discrete values. 11. The method of claim 1 wherein the range is a continuum. 12. The method of claim 1 wherein the ultrasonic imaging operations include ultrasonic image scanning operations and ultrasonic image processing operations. 13. The method of claim 12 wherein the ultrasonic image scanning operations are applicable to dynamic ultrasonic image data. 14. The method of claim 12 wherein the ultrasonic image processing operations are applicable to static and dynamic ultrasonic image data. 15. The method of claim 12 wherein the ultrasonic image scanning operations include image processing operations selected from the group consisting of size, depth, focus, gain, Time Gain Compensation (TGC) and TGC lock. 16. The method of claim 12 wherein the ultrasonic image processing operations include image processing operations selected from the group consisting of view, inversion palette, smoothing, persistence, map, and contrast. 17. A computer readable medium having stored therein instructions for causing a central processing unit to execute the method of claim 1. 18. A system for controlling ultrasonic imaging comprising: an ultrasonic imaging controller operable to apply a plurality of ultrasonic imaging operations, the controller having a plurality of instructions for processing a plurality of image parameters to obtain ultrasound images; a user input device operable to provide selection input in response to a first user control, and further operable to provide parameters in response to a second user control, the user input device connected to the first user control and the second user control from a common operating position; and a graphical user interface (GUI) operable to receive the selection input corresponding to at least one of the ultrasonic imaging operations, and further operable to receive parameters in a range corresponding to the selected ultrasonic imaging operations. 19. The system of claim 18 wherein the ultrasonic imaging controller is further operable to apply the ultrasonic imaging operation to ultrasonic image data gathered by a hand held probe in an ultrasonic imaging system. 20. The system of claim 18 wherein the common operating position is adapted to be accessible from a non-dominant hand. 21. The system of claim 18 wherein the common operating position corresponds to a control keypad accessible from a single hand. 22. The system of claim 18 wherein the user input device is operable to provide selection input and corresponding to another ultrasonic imaging operation via the first user control and further operable to provide another parameter via the second user control in the range of values corresponding to the selected another ultrasonic imaging operation from the same common operating position. 23. The system of claim 22 wherein the user input device is further operable for selecting a series of ultrasonic imaging operations from the common operating position and further comprising executing no extraneous operations from another operating position. 24. The system of claim 18 wherein a non-dominant hand remains at the common operating position throughout the series of ultrasonic imaging operations. 25. The system of claim 18 wherein the first user control is a qualitative control. 26. The system of claim 18 wherein the second user control is a quantitative control. 27. The system of claim 18 wherein the range is a series of discrete values. 28. The system of claim 18 wherein the range is a continuum. 29. The system of claim 18 wherein the ultrasonic imaging controller is further operable to apply ultrasonic imaging operations including ultrasonic image scanning operations and ultrasonic image processing operations. 30. The system of claim 29 wherein the ultrasonic imaging controller is further operable to apply ultrasonic image scanning operations applicable to dynamic ultrasonic image data. 31. The system of claim 29 wherein the ultrasonic imaging controller is