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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2017
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Gary Cheng-How Ng, Redmond, WA (US);
James Robertson Jago, Seattle, WA (US);
Andrew Lee Robinson, Bellevue, WA (US);
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an ultrasound imaging system () comprising an ultrasound probe () having a transducer array () configured to provide an ultrasound receive signal. The system further comprises a B-mode volume processing unit () configured to generate a B-mode volume () based on the ultrasound receive signal, and a B-mode image processing unit () configured to provide a current B-mode image () based on the B-mode volume (). The system further comprises a memory () configured to store a previously acquired 3D-vessel map (). Also, the system comprises a registration unit () configured to register the previously acquired 3D-vessel map () to the B-mode volume () and to select a portion () of the 3D-vessel map corresponding to the current B-mode image (). Further, the system comprises a display configured to display an ultrasound image () based on the current B-mode image () and the selected portion () of the 3D-vessel map (). The present invention further relates to a method for providing such ultrasound image with vessel information and a corresponding computer program.