US 12,350,104 B2
Systems and methods for controlling volume rate
Keith William Johnson, Lynwood, WA (US); and Anne Holmes, Bothell, WA (US)
Assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Appl. No. 17/606,853
Filed by KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
PCT Filed May 5, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/062397
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 27, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/225240, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 12, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/843,718, filed on May 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0233171 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 8/483 (2013.01) [A61B 8/469 (2013.01); A61B 8/5207 (2013.01); A61B 8/5292 (2013.01); A61B 8/54 (2013.01); A61B 8/585 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ultrasound imaging system comprising:
a signal processor configured to receive ultrasound signals via an ultrasound sensor array, the ultrasound signals corresponding to at least one imaging plane including a first plane and a second plane orthogonal to the first plane in a region, and to generate at least one image frame from the at least one plane comprising an image frame corresponding to the first plane and a second image frame corresponding to the second plane;
a data processor in communication with the signal processor, wherein the data processor is configured to receive the at least one image frame and output boundary data for a feature of interest responsive to a determination that the feature of interest is present in the at least one image frame, wherein the data processor is configured to determine the boundary data by analyzing, using a neural network, the first plane, the second plane, or both the first plane and the second plane,
and wherein the data processor further includes an acquisition controller configured to receive the boundary data, and generate, using the boundary data, scan parameters corresponding to a volume including the feature of interest; and
a beamformer in communication with the data processor, wherein the beamformer is configured to receive the scan parameters and cause the ultrasound sensor array to perform subsequent scanning of the volume including the feature of interest in accordance with the scan parameters.