Anatomically intelligent echocardiography for point-of-care

US10929951B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KONINIKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. · NL

Inventors

• Emil George Radulescu · Ossining, US
• Ivan Salgo · Andover, US
• Sheng-Wen Huang · Zhubeikou, TW
• Ramon Quido Erkamp · Swampscott, US
• Shougang Wang · Ossining, US
• Irina Waechter-Stehle · Hamburg, DE
• Christian Buerger · Hamburg, DE
• Sabine Mollus · Jülich, DE
• Juergen Weese · Henstedt-Ulzburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 28, 2019
• Grant date: Feb 23, 2021
• Expiry date: Aug 28, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G16H30/40
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus includes an imaging probe and is configured for dynamically arranging presentation of visual feedback for guiding manual adjustment, via the probe, of a location, and orientation, associated with the probe. The arranging is selectively based on comparisons between fields of view of the probe and respective results of segmenting image data acquired via the probe. In an embodiment, the feedback does not include a grayscale depiction of the image data. Coordinate system transformations corresponding to respective comparisons may be computed. The selecting may be based upon and dynamically responsive to content of imaging being dynamically acquired via the probe.