US 11,911,212 B2
Automatic image vetting on a handheld medical scanning device
McKee Dunn Poland, Andover, MA (US)
Assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Appl. No. 17/260,479
Filed by KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
PCT Filed Jul. 4, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/067932
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 14, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/016018, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/699,816, filed on Jul. 18, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0315541 A1, Oct. 14, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 8/4245 (2013.01) [A61B 8/0883 (2013.01); A61B 8/4427 (2013.01); A61B 8/4483 (2013.01); A61B 8/461 (2013.01); A61B 8/467 (2013.01); A61B 8/5207 (2013.01); A61B 8/56 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ultrasound scanning device, comprising:
a housing configured for handheld use;
an ultrasound assembly integrated with the housing and configured to obtain ultrasound data;
a display integrated with the housing; and
a processor disposed within the housing, wherein the processor is in communication with the ultrasound assembly and the display, the processor operable to:
receive a first user selection of an anatomical structure and a second user selection of a type of measurement, wherein a scanning procedure to be completed using the ultrasound assembly comprises performing the type of measurement on the anatomical structure;
receive ultrasound data from the ultrasound assembly;
filter the received ultrasound data, based on the scanning procedure, to segregate relevant ultrasound data that is representative of the anatomical structure and useable for performing the type of measurement from irrelevant ultrasound data that is representative of the anatomical structure and not useable for performing the type of measurement;
store the relevant ultrasound data;
discard the irrelevant ultrasound data without an image being generated based on the irrelevant ultrasound data; and
output a graphical representation associated with the relevant ultrasound data to the display.
 
12. A method of ultrasound scanning, comprising:
receiving, by a processor disposed within a housing of a handheld ultrasound scanning device, a first user selection of an anatomical structure and a second user selection of a type of measurement, wherein a scanning procedure to be completed using the ultrasound scanning device comprises performing the type of measurement on the anatomical structure;
receiving, by the processor, ultrasound data obtained by an ultrasound assembly integrated with the housing of the handheld ultrasound scanning device;
filtering, by the processor, the received ultrasound data based on the scanning procedure to segregate relevant ultrasound data that is representative of the anatomical structure and useable for performing the type of measurement from irrelevant ultrasound data that is representative of the anatomical structure and not useable for performing the type of measurement;
discarding, by the processor, the irrelevant ultrasound data without an image being generated based on the irrelevant ultrasound data;
storing, by the processor, the relevant ultrasound data; and
outputting, by the processor, a graphical representation associated with the relevant ultrasound data to a display integrated with the housing.