US 12,213,830 B2
Method and system for automatically detecting an ultrasound image view and focus to provide measurement suitability feedback
Kristin Sarah McLeod, Oslo (NO)
Assigned to GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Waukesha, WI (US)
Filed by GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US)
Filed on Mar. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/192,005.
Prior Publication US 2022/0280133 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 8/08 (2013.01) [A61B 8/461 (2013.01); A61B 8/5207 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
acquiring, by an ultrasound system, an ultrasound image of a target;
automatically identifying, by at least one processor of the ultrasound system, an ultrasound image view from a plurality of ultrasound image views based on detected anatomical structures present in the ultrasound image, wherein each of the plurality of ultrasound image views is associated with at least one specific measurement;
automatically selecting, by the at least one processor, the at least one specific measurement based on the identified ultrasound image view, wherein each of the at least one specific measurement is a measurement of one or more of the detected anatomical structures in the ultrasound image;
assigning, by the at least one processor, a measurement grade for each of the at least one specific measurement, wherein each of the measurement grade represents an ability to accurately perform a corresponding one of the at least one specific measurement in the ultrasound image; and
causing, by the at least one processor, a display system to simultaneously present an identification of each of the at least one specific measurement and the measurement grade for each of the at least one specific measurement, prior to performance of any of the at least one specific measurement.