US 12,290,398 B2
Automated detection of lung slide to aid in diagnosis of pneumothorax
Thomas Michael Duffy, Bothell, WA (US); Davinder S. Dhatt, Bothell, WA (US); Paul Tomotaro Danset, Bothell, WA (US); Adam Benjamin Pely, Bothell, WA (US); Christopher Alexksandr White, Bothell, WA (US); Diku Pranav Mandavia, Bothell, WA (US); Quanzheng Li, Belmont, MA (US); Andrew Liteplo, Chestnut Hill, MA (US); Kyungsang Kim, Boston, MA (US); Suzannah McKinney, Boston, MA (US); and Fabiola Macruz, Boston, MA (US)
Assigned to FUJIFILM SONOSITE, INC., Bothell, WA (US); and MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM, Boston, MA (US)
Filed by FUJIFILM SONOSITE, INC., Bothell, WA (US); and MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM, Boston, MA (US)
Filed on May 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/734,586.
Prior Publication US 2023/0346337 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); G06T 5/50 (2006.01); G06T 5/70 (2024.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/20 (2017.01); G06T 7/55 (2017.01)
CPC A61B 8/085 (2013.01) [A61B 8/463 (2013.01); A61B 8/486 (2013.01); A61B 8/5207 (2013.01); G06T 5/50 (2013.01); G06T 5/70 (2024.01); G06T 7/0014 (2013.01); G06T 7/20 (2013.01); G06T 7/55 (2017.01); G06T 2207/10132 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20084 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20212 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30061 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30168 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
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1. A method implemented by a computing device for determining lung sliding, the method comprising:
generating attribute quality probabilities for B-mode ultrasound images that include a pleural line;
determining, based on the attribute quality probabilities, a quality level of the B-mode ultrasound images as acceptable for said determining the lung sliding;
generating one or more M-mode ultrasound images based on the B-mode ultrasound images; and
generating, based on the one or more M-mode ultrasound images, one or more probabilities of the lung sliding.