Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Sabina Manzari

Rick Bezemer

Nico Maris Adriaan De Wild

Denny Mathew

Ronaldus Maria Aarts

Sergei Shulepov

Shriram Sethuraman

Franciscus Hendrikus Van Heesch

Christianus Martinus Van Heesch

Krishnamoorthy Palanisamy

Igor Wilhelmus Franciscus Paulussen

The invention provides a method for guiding the acquisition of ultrasound data. The method begins by obtaining ultrasound data from a plurality of data acquisition planes and performing spatial registration of the data acquisition planes. A number of vessels are then identified in each data acquisition plane. A location of a vessel bifurcation is then identified based on the spatial registration of the data acquisition planes and the number of vessels in each data acquisition plane. A guidance instruction is generated based on the location of the vessel bifurcation, wherein the guidance instruction is adapted to indicate a location to obtain further ultrasound data.

Systems and methods for guided ultrasound data acquisition

Disclosed is a patient monitor control unit () comprising a processor arrangement () adapted to receive a series of ultrasound measurements received from a sensor () comprising at least one configurable ultrasound transducer; process said series of ultrasound measurements to obtain haemodynamic data of a patient coupled to the sensor; control a patient monitor () to display the obtained haemodynamic data; evaluate the obtained haemodynamic data to detect a variance in said data; and generate a reconfiguration signal for the at least one configurable ultrasound transducer, wherein the timing of said generation is a function of said evaluation. Also disclosed are a patient monitoring system, a method of operating a patient monitor control unit and a computer program product for implementing such a method.

Patient monitoring

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Eindhoven, Netherlands

Sabina Manzari