Neural network utilization with ultrasound technology

US12236587B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• FUJIFILM SONOSITE, INC. · US

Inventors

• Davin Dhatt · Woodinville, US
• Thomas M. Duffy · Snohomish, US
• Adam Benjamin Pely · Seattle, US
• Christopher Aleksandr White · Bothell, US
• Andrew Lundberg · Woodinville, US
• Paul Danset · Bothell, US
• Craig Chamberlain · Seattle, US
• Diku Pranav Mandavia · Los Angeles, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 14, 2022
• Grant date: Feb 25, 2025
• Expiry date: May 28, 2043

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G16H50/70
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Examples herein include methods, systems, and computer program products for utilizing neural networks in ultrasound systems. The methods include processor(s) of a computing device identifying a neural network for implementation on the computing device to generate, based on ultrasound data, inferences and confidence levels for the inferences, the computing device being communicatively coupled via a computing network to an ultrasound machine configured to generate the ultrasound data. The processor(s) implements the neural network on the computing device, including configuring the neural network to generate an inference and a confidence level for at least one image of the images. The processor(s) obtains the ultrasound data including images from the ultrasound machine. The processor(s) determines, for the at least one image, an accuracy of the inference and the confidence level. The processor(s) automatically reconfigures the neural network to increase the accuracy based on the determining the accuracy.