US 11,832,991 B2
Automatic ultrasound feature detection
Matthew C. Morrise, Portland, OR (US); and Oliver C. Johnson-Terleski, Tualatin, OR (US)
Assigned to yoR Labs, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by yoR Labs, Inc., Portland, OR (US)
Filed on Aug. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/445,695.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/070,224, filed on Aug. 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0061814 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01); G06T 11/20 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 8/469 (2013.01) [A61B 8/463 (2013.01); A61B 8/465 (2013.01); A61B 8/5269 (2013.01); A61B 8/565 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06T 5/002 (2013.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06T 11/203 (2013.01); G06T 2200/24 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10132 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20104 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of displaying ultrasound images and detecting features of interest corresponding to the displayed ultrasound images using image processing techniques, the method comprising:
storing computer-executable instructions and a set of ultrasound images on a non-transitory computer readable medium;
displaying an ultrasound image including a feature of interest;
determining a boundary of the feature of interest in the displayed ultrasound image;
determining a closed polygon that represents the feature of interest based on the boundary,
receiving user input indicating a first point and a second point on a border of the closed polygon, defining a new line between the first and second points, and replacing a portion of the closed polygon with the new line between the first and second points; and
determining information of the feature of interest using dimensions of the closed polygon,
wherein the method is performed by one or more computer hardware processors configured to execute computer-executable instructions stored on the non-transitory computer readable medium.