US 11,896,434 B2
Systems and methods for frame indexing and image review
Earl M. Canfield, New Braunfels, TX (US); Thanasis Loupas, Kirkland, WA (US); Robert Gustav Trahms, Edmonds, WA (US); and David Hope Simpson, Bothell, WA (US)
Assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Appl. No. 17/299,851
Filed by KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
PCT Filed Dec. 11, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/084534
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 4, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/126712, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 25, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/780,354, filed on Dec. 17, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0071600 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); G06N 3/08 (2023.01)
CPC A61B 8/5223 (2013.01) [A61B 8/0866 (2013.01); A61B 8/469 (2013.01); G06N 3/08 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ultrasound imaging system comprising:
an ultrasound transducer configured to acquire echo signals responsive to ultrasound pulses transmitted toward a region of interest;
one or more processors in communication with the ultrasound transducer and configured to:
receive a plurality of image frames generated from the ultrasound echoes;
determine, for each image frame of the plurality of image frames, whether target anatomical feature is present in the image frames; and
generate, for each of the image frames of the plurality of image frames, index information based on a confidence level indicating the target anatomical feature is present in the given image frame; and
a user interface in communication with the one or more processors and configured to display a visual representation of the index information,
wherein the visual representation comprises a marker associated with the target anatomical feature, and wherein the visual representation further includes a first axis representing an order of the plurality of image frames and wherein the maker is located on the first axis at a location representing the given image frame where the target anatomical feature is present.