METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ADJUSTING THE FIELD OF VIEW OF AN ULTRASOUND PROBE

    公开(公告)号:WO2020187765A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-24

    申请号:PCT/EP2020/056913

    申请日:2020-03-13

    Abstract: The invention provides for a method for switching between fields of view of an ultrasound probe. The method begins by obtaining an anatomical model representing a region of interest of a subject and establishing a first field of view relative to an ultrasonic probe, wherein the first field of view comprises an initial portion of the region of interest. Ultrasound data is then obtained from the first field of view by way of the ultrasonic probe and a first anatomical feature is identified within the first field of view based on the ultrasound data. A location in digital space of the first field of view relative to the anatomical model is determined based on the first anatomical feature. A second field of view is then established based on the anatomical model and the first field of view, wherein the first field of view functions as a reference field of view. The field of view is then switched from the first field of view to the second field of view.

    ULTRASOUND IMAGING METHOD AND SYSTEM
    3.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:WO2019002006A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-03

    申请号:PCT/EP2018/066163

    申请日:2018-06-19

    Abstract: 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.

    SLICE ALIGNMENT FOR SHORT AXIS CARDIAC MR CINE SLICE STACKS

    公开(公告)号:WO2020193549A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-01

    申请号:PCT/EP2020/058156

    申请日:2020-03-24

    Abstract: Slice alignment approaches are described for short axis cardiac magnetic resonance cine slice stacks, which do not require additional scans, such as long axis scans or full 3D scans, and which are able to deal with cardiac structures having complex shapes. Both approaches do not need contours to follow a quadratic curvature function, and are well suitable for the purpose of obtaining a segmentation of a cardiac structure using a deformable surface model. Namely, such a deformable surface model is unable, but also not desired, to fully adapt to the 'zig-zag'-shaped pattern in the boundary of the cardiac structure due to the slice misalignment. Having removed or reduced the misalignment between image slices, such a deformable surface model may better adapt to the cardiac structure in the image data and 10 thereby provide a better segmentation of the cardiac structure.

    ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD
    10.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:WO2019192921A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-10

    申请号:PCT/EP2019/057853

    申请日:2019-03-28

    Abstract: An ultrasound imaging system for acquiring ultrasound images of an anatomical feature of interest in a subject, comprising a controller operable by a user and configured to: process input ultrasound images to extract anatomical data; determine a set of constraints to be applied to the ultrasound images, the constraints being spatial, temporal and/or of image quality, derived from the extracted anatomical data and/or on user input; monitor the ultrasound images, as they are received, for determining their compliance with the determined constraints; and output an indication based on the determined compliance. The user can adapt the imaging process using the feedback of these indications, and can decide to stop the process based on satisfactory indications.

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