Segmentation and view guidance in ultrasound imaging and associated devices, systems, and methods

US12020434B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KONINIKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. · NL

Inventors

• Alvin Chen · Cambridge, US
• Kunal Vaidya · Boston, US
• Brian Sung Lee · Los Angeles, US
• Vipul Pai Raikar · Margao, IN
• Mingxin Zheng · Cambridge, US
• Shyam Bharat · Arlington, US
• Ameet Kumar Jain · Boston, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 30, 2020
• Grant date: Jun 25, 2024
• Expiry date: Mar 27, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06T2207/30101
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Ultrasound image devices, systems, and methods are provided. An ultrasound imaging system comprising a processor circuit configured to receive, from an ultrasound imaging device, a sequence of input image frames of a moving object over a time period, wherein the moving object comprises at least one of an anatomy of a patient or a medical device traversing through the patient's anatomy, and wherein a portion of the moving object is at least partially invisible in a first input image frame of the sequence of input image frames; apply a recurrent predictive network to the sequence of input image frames to generate segmentation data; and output, to a display, a sequence of output image frames based on the segmentation data, wherein the portion of the moving object is fully visible in a first output image frame of the sequence of output image frames.