US 12,029,609 B2
Methods and computing system for processing ultrasound image to determine health of subdermal tissue
Abhinav Gautam, Miami Beach, FL (US); Narendra Kini, Miami Beach, FL (US); Christian Seale, Miami Beach, FL (US); and Subhash Kak, Miami Beach, FL (US)
Assigned to VITRUVIA HOLDINGS INC., Miami Beach, FL (US)
Filed by VITRUVIA HOLDINGS INC., Miami Beach, FL (US)
Filed on May 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/315,852.
Application 18/315,852 is a continuation of application No. 17/811,249, filed on Jul. 7, 2022, granted, now 11,684,338.
Application 17/811,249 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2021/012708, filed on Jan. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/958,430, filed on Jan. 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0108309 A1, Apr. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 8/08 (2006.01); G16H 30/40 (2018.01)
CPC A61B 8/0858 (2013.01) [A61B 8/5223 (2013.01); G16H 30/40 (2018.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computing system for processing ultrasound images, the computing system comprising:
a communication interface configured to receive an ultrasound image that includes image data representing connective tissue;
at least one processing circuit configured to:
apply a trained neural network to the ultrasound image to generate at least one pliability parameter value which indicates pliability of the connective tissue, wherein the trained neural network has been trained with pliability scores determined based on information from a patient that indicates whether the patient is experiencing pain around the connective tissue;
apply the trained neural network to the ultrasound image to generate an indication of health of the connective tissue, or damage to the connective tissue; and
a display device configured to output one or more values and the indication of the health of the connective tissue, or damage to the connective tissue, represented by the ultrasound image.