US 11,850,090 B2
Guided lung coverage and automated detection using ultrasound devices
Vikram Melapudi, Bangalore (IN); Chandan Kumar Mallappa Aladahalli, Bangalore (IN); and Krishna Seetharam Shriram, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US)
Filed by GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US)
Filed on Sep. 23, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/029,858.
Prior Publication US 2022/0087645 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01); G06V 10/10 (2022.01)
CPC A61B 8/4263 (2013.01) [A61B 8/4245 (2013.01); A61B 8/463 (2013.01); A61B 8/5223 (2013.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06T 11/00 (2013.01); G06V 10/17 (2022.01); G06T 2207/10016 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10132 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30061 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
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1. A method for guided coverage and automated detection of pathologies of a subject body, the method comprising:
positioning an ultrasound probe on a subject's torso;
capturing a video of the subject body and processing the video to generate a torso image of the subject body and identify a location of the ultrasound probe with respect to the subject body;
registering the video to an anatomical atlas to generate a mask of a region of the subject body comprising a plurality of sub-regions of the subject body to be imaged and superimposing the mask over the torso image;
displaying an indicator corresponding to a location of the each of the plurality of the sub-regions on the torso image; and
displaying a relative position of the ultrasound probe with respect to the indicator corresponding to the location of the each of the plurality of sub-regions of the subject body to be imaged.
 
16. A system for guided coverage and automated detection of pathologies of a subject body, the system comprising:
a portable device comprising a camera and a display configured to acquire a video stream of the subject body;
an ultrasound probe positioned over a subject's torso and connected to the portable device; and
a computer system connected to the portable device and configured to receive a plurality of ultrasound images and a video stream of the subject body, wherein the computer system comprises:
a processor;
a memory connected to the processor;
at least one artificial intelligence module deployed over the memory and configured to generate a torso image of the subject body;
an atlas module deployed over the memory and configured generate a mask of a region of the subject body comprising a plurality of sub-regions to be imaged and superimpose the mask over the torso image of the subject body;
wherein the computer system is further configured to display an indicator corresponding to a location of the each of the plurality of the sub-regions on the torso image, and display a relative position of the ultrasound probe with respect to the indicator corresponding to the location of the each of the plurality of sub-regions of the subject body.