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3D ultrasound imaging system

a technology of ultrasound imaging and ultrasound, applied in the field of three-dimensional ultrasound imaging, can solve the problems of affecting the patient's recovery, and taking 20 to 30 minutes to complete the procedure, and achieves the effect of quick, reliable and comfortable analysis

Inactive Publication Date: 2020-09-24
KONINKLJIJKE PHILIPS NV
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The system significantly reduces the time and effort required to acquire 2D standard views, improving comfort and diagnostic reliability by automatically selecting the best 2D slices from 3D scans, often requiring only two or three 3D scans to generate all 20 standard views, and providing clear quality feedback.

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This is a tedious and long procedure, which may take about 20 to 30 minutes.
The whole TEE procedure is quite uncomfortable for the patient.
Moreover, this process is relatively error-prone.

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[0065]FIG. 1 shows a schematic illustration of an ultrasound system 10 according to an embodiment, in particular a medical three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound imaging system. The ultrasound imaging system 10 is applied to inspect a volume of an anatomical site, in particular an anatomical site of a patient 12. The ultrasound system comprises an ultrasound probe 14 having at least one transducer array having a multitude of transducer elements for transmitting and / or receiving ultrasound waves. In one example, the transducer elements each can transmit ultrasound waves in form of at least one transmit impulse of a specific pulse duration, in particular a plurality of subsequent transmit pulses. The transducer elements are preferably arranged in a two-dimensional array, in particular for providing a multi-planar or three-dimensional image.

[0066]A particular example for a three-dimensional ultrasound system which may be applied for the current invention is the CX40 Compact Xtreme ultrasoun...

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The present invention relates to an ultrasound imaging system comprising:an image processor configured to receive at least one set of volume data resulting from a three-dimensional ultrasound scan of a body and to provide corresponding display data,an anatomy detector configured to detect a position and orientation of an anatomical object of interest within the at least one set of volume data,a slice generator for generating a plurality of two-dimensional slices from the at least one set of volume data, wherein said slice generator is configured to define respective slice locations based on the results of the anatomy detector for the anatomical object of interest so as to obtain a set of two-dimensional standard views of the anatomical object of interest, wherein the slice generator is further configured to define for each two-dimensional standard view which anatomical features of the anatomical object of interest are expected to be contained, andan evaluation unit for evaluating a quality factor for each of the generated plurality of two-dimensional slices by comparing each of the slices with the anatomical features expected for the respective two-dimensional standard view.

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RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14 / 781,059, filed on Sep. 29, 2015, which is the U.S. National Phase Application under 35 U.S.C. § 371 of International Application No. PCT / IB2014 / 060004, filed on Mar. 20, 2014, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61 / 807,885, filed on Apr. 3, 2013, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference herein.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates to three-dimensional ultrasound imaging. In particular, the present invention relates to the generation and evaluation of two-dimensional standard views from three-dimensional ultrasonic volume data. An exemplary technical application of the present invention is the generation of two-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) images based on one or more obtained three-dimensional TEE scans.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]A transesophageal echocardiogram is an alternative way to perform ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A61B8/08G06F16/51A61B8/00G01S15/89A61B8/14G06T7/10G06T7/70G06K9/52G06K9/62G06T7/00G06T7/60G06T15/00
CPCG06K9/52G06T2207/10136G06K9/6201G01S15/8993A61B8/523A61B8/085A61B8/12A61B8/483G06T7/70G06T2207/30048G06T7/60G06T2207/30168G06F16/51G06T7/0014G06T15/005A61B8/0883G06T7/10A61B8/14A61B8/463G06F18/22G06V10/42
Inventor WAECHTER-STEHLE, IRINAWEESE, JUERGEN
Owner KONINKLJIJKE PHILIPS NV
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