US 11,890,137 B2
Intraluminal ultrasound imaging with automatic and assisted labels and bookmarks
Rebecca Ann Jenkins, San Diego, CA (US); Pei-Yin Chao, Eindhoven (NL); Nikhil Sreedhar Rajguru, San Diego, CA (US); Tracy LeFever, Andover, MA (US); and Carl Rowe, Andover, MA (US)
Assigned to PHILIPS IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY CORPORATION, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by VOLCANO CORPORATION, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 25, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/663,494.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/751,268, filed on Oct. 26, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0129148 A1, Apr. 30, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 8/12 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 8/12 (2013.01) [A61B 8/463 (2013.01); A61B 8/468 (2013.01); A61B 8/5207 (2013.01); A61B 8/5292 (2013.01); G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/167 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An intraluminal ultrasound imaging system, comprising:
a processor circuit configured for communication with an intraluminal ultrasound imaging catheter, wherein the processor circuit is configured to:
receive a plurality of intraluminal ultrasound images obtained by the intraluminal ultrasound imaging catheter during movement of the intraluminal ultrasound imaging catheter within a body lumen of a patient, the body lumen comprising a continuous length formed by a first segment and a different, second segment, wherein, when the movement is in a first direction through the body lumen, the intraluminal ultrasound imaging catheter is located in the first segment before being located in the second segment, and wherein, when the movement is in an opposite, second direction through the body lumen, the intraluminal ultrasound imaging catheter is located in the second segment before being located in the first segment;
determine an order to provide a first marker and a second marker to be applied to the plurality of intraluminal ultrasound images, wherein the first marker comprises a name of the first segment and the second marker comprises a name of the second segment, wherein the order is determined based on the movement such that:
the first marker is provided before the second marker in the order when the movement is in the first direction, and
the second marker is provided before the first marker in the order when the movement is in the second direction;
provide, based on the order, the first marker or the second marker to be applied to an intraluminal ultrasound image of the plurality of intraluminal ultrasound images; and
output, to a display in communication with the processor circuit, a screen display comprising:
the first marker or the second marker; and
the intraluminal ultrasound image.