US 12,220,542 B2
System and method for visualizing placement of a medical tube or line
Alec Joseph Baenen, Hartland, WI (US); Pal Tegzes, Budapest (HU); Levente Torok, Budapest (HU); Teri Lynn Fischer, Germantown, WI (US); Katelyn Rose Nye, Glendale, WI (US); and Gireesha Chinthamani Rao, Pewaukee, WI (US)
Assigned to GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Waukesha, WI (US)
Filed by GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US)
Filed on Jun. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/809,636.
Application 17/809,636 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/953,517, filed on Nov. 20, 2020, granted, now 11,410,341.
Prior Publication US 2022/0331556 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06T 7/73 (2017.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/60 (2017.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01); G16H 30/20 (2018.01)
CPC A61M 25/0105 (2013.01) [G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/60 (2013.01); G06T 7/74 (2017.01); G06T 11/00 (2013.01); G16H 30/20 (2018.01); A61M 2025/0166 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20084 (2013.01); G06T 2210/41 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical image processing system, comprising:
a display;
a processor; and
a memory storing processor-executable code that when executed by the processor causes:
receiving an image of a region of interest of a patient with a medical tube or line disposed within the region of interest;
detecting the medical tube or line within the image;
detecting a reference landmark within the region of interest within the image, wherein the reference landmark is an anatomical landmark internal to the patient; and
determining whether the medical tube or line is properly placed relative to the reference landmark.