US 12,245,896 B2
Deep learning-based ultrasound imaging guidance and associated devices, systems, and methods
Grzegorz Andrzej Toporek, Boston, MA (US)
Assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Appl. No. 17/285,124
Filed by KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
PCT Filed Oct. 16, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/078079
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 14, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/079077, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/746,042, filed on Oct. 16, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0369249 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. G16H 30/20 (2018.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 8/5292 (2013.01) [A61B 8/4263 (2013.01); A61B 8/465 (2013.01); A61B 8/5215 (2013.01); A61B 8/585 (2013.01); G16H 30/20 (2018.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A guidance system for obtaining an ultrasound image, comprising:
a processor in communication with an ultrasound imaging device, a camera and a display, wherein the ultrasound imaging device is coupled to a marker, wherein the processor is configured to:
obtain a first motion control configuration for providing a target image view of a subject's anatomy, wherein the first motion control configuration includes at least one of a first rotation or a first translation in a first coordinate system, wherein the first motion control configuration is determined based on a first predictive network, wherein, to obtain the first motion control configuration, the processor is configured to:
receive, from the ultrasound imaging device, an ultrasound image representative of the subject's anatomy while the ultrasound imaging device is positioned at a first position; and
apply the first predictive network to the ultrasound image to produce the first motion control configuration, wherein the first predictive network comprises a deep learning network;
determine positional information of the ultrasound imaging device with respect to the subject's anatomy based on an image captured by the camera, wherein the image includes the subject's anatomy, the ultrasound imaging device positioned at the first position, and the marker, wherein the positional information includes the first position in a second coordinate system;
determine a coordinate system transformation between the first coordinate system and the second coordinate system based on the positional information and a relative position between the ultrasound imaging device and the marker;
determine, based on the first motion control configuration and the positional information associated with the ultrasound imaging device, a second position to reposition the ultrasound imaging device; and
output, to the display, an instruction to reposition the ultrasound imaging device from the first position to the second position,
wherein the second position to reposition the ultrasound imaging device is distinct from a location that the instruction appears on the display.