US 12,437,859 B2
Methods and systems for reviewing ultrasound images
Elina Sokulin, Tirat Carmel (IL); Olivier Gerard, Oslo (NO); and Svein Arne Aase, Trondheim (NO)
Assigned to General Electric Company
Filed by General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US)
Filed on Jul. 5, 2017, as Appl. No. 15/642,029.
Prior Publication US 2019/0012432 A1, Jan. 10, 2019
Int. Cl. G16H 30/40 (2018.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01)
CPC G16H 30/40 (2018.01) [A61B 8/08 (2013.01); A61B 8/0808 (2013.01); A61B 8/085 (2013.01); A61B 8/0875 (2013.01); A61B 8/0883 (2013.01); A61B 8/0891 (2013.01); A61B 8/463 (2013.01); A61B 8/465 (2013.01); A61B 8/5223 (2013.01); A61B 8/54 (2013.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06T 2200/24 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10132 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer implemented method, comprising:
acquiring a plurality of ultrasound images of an anatomical structure during a first ultrasound exam based on ultrasound data received from an ultrasound probe;
analyzing the ultrasound images to identify one or more anatomical characteristics in the ultrasound images, wherein the one or more anatomical characteristics include at least one structural feature of the anatomical structure;
grouping the ultrasound images into groups based on the one or more anatomical characteristics so that a first group of the groups corresponds to a first structural feature of the anatomical structure, wherein the ultrasound images in the first group depict either (i) the first structural feature in multiple different scanning modes, (ii) the first structural feature in multiple different view windows, or (iii) the first structural feature in multiple different scanning modes and in multiple different view windows;
displaying the ultrasound images of at least one of the groups on a graphical user interface (GUI);
comparing the ultrasound images to a protocol;
identifying anatomical measurements performed on the ultrasound images; and
determining a difference between i) the anatomical measurements performed on the ultrasound images and ii) anatomical measurements associated with the protocol, the difference representing one or more of anatomical measurements or an identified view window of the protocol that have not been acquired.