US 12,016,724 B2
Automatic closed-loop ultrasound plane steering for target localization in ultrasound imaging and associated devices, systems, and methods
Alvin Chen, Cambridge, MA (US); Cosmas Mwikirize, Eindhoven (NL); Mingxin Zheng, Cambridge, MA (US); Kunal Vaidya, Boston, MA (US); and Shyam Bharat, Arlington, MA (US)
Assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Appl. No. 17/762,209
Filed by KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
PCT Filed Sep. 10, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/075308
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 21, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/058288, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 1, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/906,368, filed on Sep. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0370034 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 8/0841 (2013.01) [A61B 8/085 (2013.01); A61B 8/0883 (2013.01); A61B 8/0891 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ultrasound imaging system comprising:
a processor circuit in communication with an ultrasound transducer array, the processor circuit configured to:
receive, from the ultrasound transducer array, a first image of a patient body based on a first imaging plane configuration;
apply a series of predictive networks configured to:
determine, with a first predictive network associated with image identification, if the first image includes an imaging view of at least one of an anatomy of the patient body or a medical device within the anatomy, wherein the processor circuit applied the first predictive network to the first image;
determine, with a second predictive network associated with image identification, a second imaging plane configuration different than the first imaging plane configuration, in response to the determination that the first image does not include the imaging view;
transmit an instruction for the ultrasound transducer array to change from the first imaging plane configuration to the second imaging plane configuration, wherein the instruction is based on an output of the second predictive network;
receive, from the ultrasound transducer array, a second image of the patient body based on the second imaging plane configuration, wherein the second image includes the imaging view; and
generate, with a third predictive network associated with image segmentation, segmentation data using the second image, wherein the processor circuit applies the third predictive network to the second image,
wherein the processor circuit is further configured to output, to a display in communication with the processor circuit, a displayed image including an indication of the at least one of the anatomy or the medical device based on the segmentation data.