US 12,419,613 B2
Systems and methods for automated bladder measurement
Kris Dickie, Vancouver (CA); Nishant Uniyal, Vancouver (CA); Benjamin Eric Kerby, Richmond (CA); Matt Potma, Vancouver (CA); and Wasiu Raimi, Ottawa (CA)
Assigned to Clarius Mobile Health Corp., Vancouver (CA)
Filed by Clarius Mobile Health Corp., Vancouver (CA)
Filed on Jan. 8, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/407,290.
Prior Publication US 2025/0221691 A1, Jul. 10, 2025
Int. Cl. A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01)
CPC A61B 8/5223 (2013.01) [A61B 8/085 (2013.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01); G06T 2207/10132 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30004 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for automatically measuring a bladder on an ultrasound image feed, acquired from an ultrasound scanner comprising:
displaying, on a screen that is communicatively connected to the ultrasound scanner, the ultrasound image feed comprising ultrasound image frames of a bladder;
deploying an AI model to execute on a computing device communicably connected to the ultrasound scanner, wherein the AI model is trained so that when the AI model is deployed, the computing device identifies and predicts a view of the bladder, from one of a sagittal view and a transverse view;
acquiring, at the computing device, a new ultrasound image during ultrasound scanning;
processing, using the AI model, the new ultrasound image to identify and predict the view of the bladder, wherein the prediction is an AI model output;
if the AI model output predicts that the new ultrasound image comprises a sagittal view of the bladder, automatically applying one caliper set along a superior-inferior dimension of the bladder and measuring the superior-inferior dimension; and
if the AI model output predicts that the new ultrasound image comprises a transverse view of the bladder, applying two caliper sets along each of a length and a width of the bladder and measuring the length and the width thereof.