US 12,243,208 B2
Quality indicators for collection of and automated measurement on ultrasound images
Alex Rothberg, New York, NY (US); Igor Lovchinsky, New York, NY (US); Jimmy Jia, New York, NY (US); Tomer Gafner, Forest Hills, NY (US); Matthew de Jonge, Brooklyn, NY (US); and Jonathan M. Rothberg, Miami Beach, FL (US)
Assigned to BFLY Operations, Inc, Burlington, MA (US)
Filed by BFLY OPERATIONS, INC., Burlington, MA (US)
Filed on Nov. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/386,801.
Application 18/386,801 is a continuation of application No. 17/886,616, filed on Aug. 12, 2022, granted, now 11,847,772.
Application 17/886,616 is a continuation of application No. 16/816,076, filed on Mar. 11, 2020, granted, now 11,620,740, issued on Apr. 4, 2023.
Application 16/816,076 is a continuation of application No. 16/172,076, filed on Oct. 26, 2018, granted, now 10,628,932, issued on Apr. 21, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/578,260, filed on Oct. 27, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0062353 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G01S 17/00 (2020.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01)
CPC G06T 7/0002 (2013.01) [G01S 17/00 (2013.01); A61B 8/0883 (2013.01); A61B 8/5215 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10016 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10132 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20076 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30168 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A processing device including processing circuitry, usable with an ultrasound device, being configured to:
receive real-time input signals from the ultrasound device during an imaging operation;
cause a display device to display a sequence of ultrasound images in real-time during the imaging operation, the sequence of ultrasound images corresponding to the input signals;
calculate a live quality of the sequence of ultrasound images in real-time;
cause the display device to display a live quality indicator together with the sequence of ultrasound images;
wherein the live quality indicator comprises:
a frame having a first end and a second end;
a color bar within the frame and configured to:
indicate a first color when the live quality is in a first quality range, and indicate a second color when the live quality is in a second quality range, and
an acceptability indicator at a location between a first end and a second end of the frame, wherein a distance from the first end of the frame to the location of the acceptability indicator relative to a distance from the first end to the second of the frame is proportional to a threshold quality for performing an automatic measurement.