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Ultrasonic diagnosis of cardiac performance using heart model chamber segmentation with user control

US10729406B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

KONINIKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. · NL

Inventors

Irina Waechter-Stehle · Hamburg, DE
Frank Michael Weber · Hamburg, DE
Christian Buerger · Hamburg, DE
Robert Schneider · New York, US
David Prater · Andover, US
Scott Holland Settlemier · Eindhoven, NL
Michael Cardinale · Morristown, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 1, 2016
Grant date	Aug 4, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 27, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/30048
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system has a user control by which a user positions the user's selection of a heart chamber border in relation to two myocardial boundaries identified by a deformable heart model. The user's border is positioned by a single degree of freedom control which positions the border as a function of a single user-determined value. This overcomes the vagaries of machine-drawn borders and their mixed acceptance by clinicians, who can now create repeatably-drawn borders and exchange the control value for use by others to obtain the same results.

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