The invention provides a system (500), method and device (201-202) as well as an improvement for existing equipment, the system comprises a combination touchscreen/stylus (201-202) control for an ultra sound device such that high-resolution graphical input can be provided, especially concurrent with scanning of a subject. The ultra sound device can be controlled with only the provided touchscreen/stylus (201-202), or traditional trackball, mouse and keyboard input devices can also be provided for non-graphical input. An implementation approach that utilizes existing software for processing stylus input is also provided as an improvement to existing ultra sound devices.