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Method and system for lesion detection in ultrasound images

US9277902B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

General Electric Company · US

Inventors

Rakesh Mullick · Kanchinakote, IN
Vivek Prabhakar Vaidya · Bengaluru, IN
Fei Zhao · Suzhou, CN
Xiaoxing Li · San Jose, US
Vidya Pundalik Kamath · Clifton Park, US
Kunlin Cao · Kenmore, US
Soma Biswas · Bengaluru, IN

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 22, 2013
Grant date	Mar 8, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 25, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/30096
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method is provided for detecting lesions in ultrasound images. The method includes acquiring an ultrasound image, generating a Fisher-tippett (FT) distribution-based edge feature map from the acquired ultrasound image, generating gradient concentration (GC) scores for pixels of the acquired ultrasound image using the FT distribution-based edge feature map, and identifying a candidate lesion region within the acquired ultrasound image based on the GC scores.

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