Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and system for enhanced visualization and selection of a representative ultrasound image by automatically detecting B lines and scoring images of an ultrasound scan
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Application No.: US14869560Application Date: 2015-09-29
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Publication No.: US10667793B2Publication Date: 2020-06-02
- Inventor: Menachem Halmann , Alexander Sokulin , Peter Lysyansky , Lilach Vanuk , Cynthia Owen
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Current Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd.
- Agent Jacob Groethe; David Bates
- Main IPC: A61B8/08
- IPC: A61B8/08 ; G06T7/00 ; A61B8/00

Abstract:
An ultrasound device performs an ultrasound scan to acquire a video clip having a plurality of images in a selected zone of a set of lungs. The ultrasound device detects B lines in each of the images of the video clip. The ultrasound device assigns a score to each of the images of the video clip based at least in part on the detected number of B lines. The ultrasound device highlights the detected B lines in each of the images of the video clip. The ultrasound device identifies a representative image from the highlighted images of the video clip in the selected zone. The identification of the representative image is based at least in part on the assigned score of each of the images. The ultrasound device displays the identified representative image.
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