Advanced ultrasound imaging techniques for kidney stone detection and characterization
US11813110B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 5, 2019 |
| Grant date | Nov 14, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 21, 2042 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/30084
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed towards systems and methods for detecting and sizing mineralized tissue. An exemplary method, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, can provide for imaging a region of interest containing the mineralized tissue with unfocused ultrasound beams via a primary imaging method. The method can then provide for computing a wavefront coherence at the imaged region of interest. The method can then provide for segmenting pixels of the imaged region of interest based on their intensities and intensities of surrounding pixels. The method can then provide for identifying a border and a shadow of the mineralized tissue based on the segmenting. Then, the method can provide for calculating a size of the mineralized tissue based on the border and the shadow.
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