US 11,707,201 B2
Methods and systems for medical imaging based analysis of ejection fraction and fetal heart functions
Dani Pinkovich, Haifa (IL); Sarit Shwartz, Haifa (IL); Noa Alkobi, Haifa (IL); Robert Anderson, Oshkosh, WI (US); Antonio Fabian Fermoso, Madrid (ES); Walter Duda, Jr., Regau (AT); and Christian Fritz Perrey, Mondsee (AT)
Assigned to GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC, Milwaukee, WI (US)
Filed by GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Milwaukee, WI (US)
Filed on Mar. 6, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/811,628.
Prior Publication US 2021/0275047 A1, Sep. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 5/024 (2006.01); A61B 5/02 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01); G06T 7/149 (2017.01); G06T 7/246 (2017.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); A61B 5/344 (2021.01)
CPC A61B 5/02411 (2013.01) [A61B 5/02028 (2013.01); A61B 5/055 (2013.01); A61B 5/344 (2021.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06T 7/149 (2017.01); G06T 7/246 (2017.01); G06T 2207/10081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10088 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10132 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20084 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30044 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30048 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a medical imaging device comprising at least one processor, wherein the medical imaging device is configured to:
acquire a plurality of medical images during examination of a heart of a patient; and
display the plurality of medical images via a display device; and
wherein the processor is configured to:
process the plurality of medical images;
automatically identify at least one structure of the heart;
automatically identify a contour of the at least one structure;
utilize artificial intelligence (AI) in automatically identifying one or both of the at least one structure and the contour of the at least one structure, wherein the artificial intelligence (AI) is configured for one or both of analysis of heart functions and real-time automatic ejection fraction (EF) measurement or analysis;
track the contour over two or more of the plurality of medical images;
indicate the contour in the two or more of the plurality of medical images, during the displaying of the plurality of medical images; and
provide during the indicating of the contour, one or more quality indicators associated with the contour, wherein at least one quality indicator is determined based on, at least in part, the tracking of the contour over the two or more of the plurality of medical images.