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Method and system for presenting shaded descriptors corresponding with shaded ultrasound images

US10489969B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

General Electric Company · US

Inventors

Daniel John Buckton · Kirchdorf an der Krems, AT
Gerald Schroecker · Zipf, AT

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 8, 2017
Grant date	Nov 26, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 16, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2215/12
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and system for applying shading to descriptors that are presented with 2D ultrasound images having corresponding shading is provided. The method may include mapping, by a processor, height values of a synthetic map to pixels of a descriptor. The method may include determining, by the processor, a gradient of the height values for each of the pixels of the descriptor. The method may include applying, by the processor, shading to the descriptor based on shading parameters and the gradient of the height values for each of the pixels of the descriptor to create a shaded descriptor. The method may include presenting, by the processor, the shaded descriptor at a display system with a 2D ultrasound image having shading corresponding with the shading applied to the shaded descriptor.

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