US 12,406,358 B2
Methods and systems for automated saturation band placement
Chitresh Bhushan, Schenectady, NY (US); Dattesh Dayanand Shanbhag, Karnataka (IN); Soumya Ghose, Niskayuna, NY (US); and Amod Suhas Jog, Karnataka (IN)
Assigned to GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US)
Filed by GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US)
Filed on Jul. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/810,473.
Prior Publication US 2024/0005480 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G16H 30/40 (2018.01)
CPC G06T 7/0012 (2013.01) [G16H 30/40 (2018.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20084 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
acquiring a localizer image of an imaging subject;
determining a plane mask for the localizer image by entering the localizer image as input to a deep neural network trained to output the plane mask based on the localizer image, the plane mask indicating a location, relative to the localizer image, of a plane of a saturation band to be positioned;
positioning the saturation band based on the plane mask by positioning the saturation band at a position and an angulation of the plane indicated by the plane mask; and
outputting a graphical prescription for display on a display device, the graphical prescription including a depiction of the saturation band overlaid on the localizer image.