US 11,990,226 B2
Advanced loop selection systems and methods for supporting efficient echo comparison
Merlijn Sevenster, Haarlem (NL)
Assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Appl. No. 17/267,955
Filed by KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
PCT Filed Aug. 27, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/072757
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 11, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/043684, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 5, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/723,678, filed on Aug. 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0216812 A1, Jul. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. G06K 9/62 (2022.01); G06F 18/22 (2023.01); G06F 18/40 (2023.01); G16H 30/40 (2018.01); G16H 50/70 (2018.01)
CPC G16H 30/40 (2018.01) [G06F 18/22 (2023.01); G06F 18/40 (2023.01); G16H 50/70 (2018.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for selecting image sequences of echocardiogram views of current and prior echocardiogram studies to be visually compared by a user, comprising:
receiving image sequences from each of a current echocardiogram study and a prior echocardiogram study to be compared, each of the image sequences including data corresponding to a view of the image sequence;
receiving a comparison indication from a user, wherein the comparison indication includes a condition or anatomy that is being compared;
determining the echocardiogram views of the image sequences of the current and prior studies which show the comparison indication;
selecting an image sequence of the echocardiogram view of one of the current and prior studies for comparison;
displaying the image sequence from one of the current and prior studies to a user via an interactive comparison panel;
determining which image sequence of the echocardiogram view of an other of the current and prior studies most closely matches the selected image sequence;
displaying the image sequence from the other of the current and prior studies that most closely matches the selected image sequence via the interactive comparison panel; and
receiving a user input corresponding to a matching image sequence selected by the user for visual comparison to the selected image sequence.