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Selection of snapshots of a medical image sequence

US8600133B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

KONINIKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. · NL

Inventors

Thomas Buelow · Großhansdorf, DE
Martin Bergtholdt · Hamburg, DE
Lina Arbash Meinel · Eindhoven, NL

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 23, 2009
Grant date	Dec 3, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 4, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG16H30/20
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A system is provided for automatic selection of medical images. The system comprises an input (302) for receiving a temporal sequence of medical images acquired with a hand-held medical imaging device. An object detector (303) is provided for detecting an object in at least one of the images. An image selector (304) is provided for selecting an image in which the object has been detected by the object detector. A snapshot means (305) is provided for storing the selected image as a snapshot. Moreover, a hand-held medical imaging device is provided for generating the sequence of medical images.

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