Ultrasound evaluation of anatomical features

    公开(公告)号:US11484286B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-01

    申请号:US16477796

    申请日:2018-02-12

    摘要: An ultrasound image processing apparatus (10) is disclosed comprising a processor arrangement (16) adapted to map a model (1) of an anatomical feature of interest onto an ultrasound image showing at least a section of said anatomical feature of interest and to segment said ultrasound image in accordance with the mapped model; and a touchscreen display (18, 19) adapted to display said ultrasound image including the mapped anatomical model. The processor arrangement is responsive to the touchscreen display and adapted to recognize a type of a user touch motion (3) provided through the touchscreen display (18, 19), each type of user touch motion being associated with a particular type of alteration of said mapping and alter said mapping in accordance with the recognized type of user touch motion. Also disclosed are an ultrasound imaging system, a computer-implemented method and a computer program product.

    Device and method for representing an anatomical shape of a living being

    公开(公告)号:US10685254B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-16

    申请号:US15769213

    申请日:2016-10-20

    IPC分类号: G06K9/62

    摘要: The present invention relates to a device for encoding an anatomical shape (13) of a living being, comprising a receiving unit (12) for receiving an anatomical shape (13); a shape representation generating unit (14) for generating a shape representation of the anatomical shape (13) by using one or more shape representation models and determining the value of one or more shape representation coefficients of the one or more shape representation models; and a conversion unit (16) for converting the determined value of the one or more shape representation coefficients into a human-readable code comprising one or more human-readable characters.

    ANATOMICAL MEASUREMENTS FROM ULTRASOUND DATA

    公开(公告)号:US20200074664A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-05

    申请号:US16493386

    申请日:2018-03-05

    摘要: The application discloses a computer-implemented method (100) of providing a model for estimating an anatomical body measurement value from at least one 2-D ultrasound image including a contour of the anatomical body, the method comprising providing (110) a set of 3-D ultrasound images of the anatomical body; and, for each of said 3-D images, determining (120) a ground truth value of the anatomical body measurement; generating (130) a set of 2-D ultrasound image planes each including a contour of the anatomical body, and for each of the 2-D ultrasound image planes, extrapolating (140) a value of the anatomical body measurement from at least one of an outline contour measurement and a cross-sectional measurement of the anatomical body in the 2-D ultrasound image plane; and generating (150) said model by training a machine-learning algorithm to generate an estimator function of the anatomical body measurement value from at least one of a determined outline contour measurement and a determined cross-sectional measurement of a contour of the anatomical body within a 2-D ultrasound image using the obtained ground truth values, extrapolated values and at least one of the outline contour measurements and the cross-sectional measurements as inputs of said machine-learning algorithm. A computer-implemented method of deploying such a model, a computer program product, an ultrasound image processing apparatus and an ultrasound imaging system adapted to implement such methods are also disclosed.

    Robust pulmonary lobe segmentation

    公开(公告)号:US11295451B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-05

    申请号:US16319701

    申请日:2017-07-26

    IPC分类号: G06K9/00 G06T7/12 G06T7/149

    摘要: An image processing system and related method. The system comprises an input interface (IN) configured for receiving an n[≥2]-dimensional input image with a set of anchor points defined in same, said set of anchor points forming an input constellation. A constellation modifier (CM) is configured to modify said input constellation into a modified constellation. A constellation evaluator (CE) configured to evaluate said input constellation based on said hyper-surface to produce a score. A comparator (COMP) is configured to compare said score against a quality criterion. Through an output interface (OUT) said constellation is output if the score meets said criterion. The constellation suitable to define a segmentation for said input image.

    ROBUST PULMONARY LOBE SEGMENTATION

    公开(公告)号:US20210295524A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-23

    申请号:US16319701

    申请日:2017-07-26

    IPC分类号: G06T7/12 G06T7/149

    摘要: An image processing system and related method. The system comprises an input interface (IN) configured for receiving an n[≥2]-dimensional input image with a set of anchor points defined in same, said set of anchor points forming an input constellation. A constellation modifier (CM) is configured to modify said input constellation into a modified constellation. A constellation evaluator (CE) configured to evaluate said input constellation based on said hyper-surface to produce a score. A comparator (COMP) is configured to compare said score against a quality criterion. Through an output interface (OUT) said constellation is output if the score meets said criterion. The constellation suitable to define a segmentation for said input image.

    3D ultrasound imaging system
    7.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10709425B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-14

    申请号:US14781059

    申请日:2014-03-20

    摘要: The present invention relates to an ultrasound imaging system (10) comprising: —an image processor (34) configured to receive at least one set of volume data resulting from a three-dimensional ultrasound scan of a body (12) and to provide corresponding display data, —an anatomy detector (38) configured to detect a position and orientation of an anatomical object of interest within the at least one set of volume data, —a slice generator (40) for generating a plurality of two-dimensional slices from the at least one set of volume data, wherein said slice generator (40) is configured to define respective slice locations based on the results of the anatomy detector for the anatomical object of interest so as to obtain a set of two-dimensional standard views of the anatomical object of interest, wherein the slice generator (40) is further configured to define for each two-dimensional standard view which anatomical features of the anatomical object of interest are expected to be contained, and —an evaluation unit (42) for evaluating a quality factor for each of the generated plurality of two-dimensional slices by comparing each of the slices with the anatomical features expected for the respective two-dimensional standard view.

    ULTRASOUND IMAGING METHOD AND SYSTEM
    8.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200205784A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-02

    申请号:US16622662

    申请日:2018-06-19

    IPC分类号: A61B8/08 A61B8/00 A61B8/14

    摘要: A method is provided for generating an ultrasound image of an anatomical region having a volume. First image low resolution image data is enhanced by adapting a 3D anatomical model to the image data to generate a second, greater, quantity of ultrasound image data in respect of the anatomical region. The enhanced volumetric information is then displayed. An anatomical model is thus used to complete partial image data thereby increasing the image resolution, so that a high resolution volumetric image can be displayed with a reduced image capture time.

    DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REPRESENTING AN ANATOMICAL SHAPE OF A LIVING BEING

    公开(公告)号:US20180307939A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-25

    申请号:US15769213

    申请日:2016-10-20

    IPC分类号: G06K9/62

    摘要: The present invention relates to a device for encoding an anatomical shape (13) of a living being, comprising a receiving unit (12) for receiving an anatomical shape (13); a shape representation generating unit (14) for generating a shape representation of the anatomical shape (13) by using one or more shape representation models and determining the value of one or more shape representation coefficients of the one or more shape representation models; and a conversion unit (16) for converting the determined value of the one or more shape representation coefficients into a human-readable code comprising one or more human-readable characters.

    METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CARDIAC CHAMBER IMAGING

    公开(公告)号:US20230061953A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-02

    申请号:US17799968

    申请日:2021-02-02

    IPC分类号: G06T17/20 G06T7/149 G06T7/00

    摘要: The invention provides a method for refining a mapped surface mesh of a cardiac chamber. The method includes obtaining a mapped surface mesh of the cardiac chamber anatomy, wherein the mapped surface mesh comprises a central region representing a cardiac chamber and an outer region representing a peripheral cardiac structure connected to the cardiac chamber, and wherein the mapped surface mesh comprises a first view of an anatomical landmark within the cardiac chamber, and obtaining image data of a cardiac chamber anatomy of a subject. The central region of the mapped surface mesh is deformed based on a first segmentation algorithm configured according to one or more predetermined shape- constraints and the outer region of the mapped surface mesh is deformed based on a second segmentation algorithm configured according to the image data, thereby generating a deformed outer region. The deformed central region and the deformed outer region are then combined, thereby generating a refined mapped surface mesh.