US Patent Application 18219214. ULTRASOUND IMAGE PROCESSING simplified abstract
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ULTRASOUND IMAGE PROCESSING
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Inventor(s)
Alexander Franciscus Kolen of Eindhoven (NL)
Harm Jan Willem Belt of Weert (NL)
Godefridus Antonius Harks of Rijen (NL)
Geert Gerardus Henricus Maria Gijsbers of Liempde (NL)
ULTRASOUND IMAGE PROCESSING - A simplified explanation of the abstract
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18219214 titled 'ULTRASOUND IMAGE PROCESSING
Simplified Explanation
The patent application describes an ultrasound image processing apparatus that can enhance ultrasound images by removing shadow regions caused by invasive medical devices during a cardiac cycle.
- The apparatus receives multiple ultrasound images showing an invasive medical device relative to an anatomical feature during different phases of the cardiac cycle.
- The anatomical feature changes shape at different phases of the cardiac cycle.
- The apparatus groups the ultrasound images based on the phase of the cardiac cycle they belong to.
- The apparatus generates an augmented ultrasound image by removing shadow regions on the anatomical feature caused by the invasive medical device.
- The removal of shadow regions is based on the displacement of the invasive medical device.
- The augmented ultrasound image provides a clearer view of the anatomical feature without the interference of shadow regions caused by the invasive medical device.
Original Abstract Submitted
An ultrasound image processing apparatus includes an image processor arrangement that receives a plurality of ultrasound images. Each ultrasound image shows an invasive medical device relative to an anatomical feature during a cardiac cycle. At different phases of the cardiac cycle, the anatomical feature has a different shape. The ultrasound processing apparatus compiles groups of the ultrasound images with ultrasound images in each group belonging to the same phase of the cardiac cycle. The ultrasound image processing apparatus generates an augmented ultrasound image from one of the ultrasound images by removing a shadow region on the anatomical feature of interest caused by the invasive medical device based on a displacement of the invasive medical device.
