Ultrasound image processing
US11730453B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 10, 2018 |
| Grant date | Aug 22, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 19, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B8/5269
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An ultrasound image processing apparatus includes an image processor arrangement that receives a plurality of ultrasound images. Each ultrasound image shows an invasive medical device relative to an anatomical feature during a cardiac cycle. At different phases of the cardiac cycle, the anatomical feature has a different shape. The ultrasound processing apparatus compiles groups of the ultrasound images with ultrasound images in each group belonging to the same phase of the cardiac cycle. The ultrasound image processing apparatus generates an augmented ultrasound image from one of the ultrasound images by removing a shadow region on the anatomical feature of interest caused by the invasive medical device based on a displacement of the invasive medical device.
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