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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2011
Qifeng Wei, Wayland, MA (US);
Karl Erhard Thiele, Andover, MA (US);
Ajit Yoganathan, Tucker, GA (US);
Choon-hwai Yap, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Qifeng Wei, Wayland, MA (US);
Karl Erhard Thiele, Andover, MA (US);
Ajit Yoganathan, Tucker, GA (US);
Choon-Hwai Yap, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system is described which quantifies regurgitant flow through a mitral valve, including the automatic indication of the location of a regurgitant orifice in an ultrasound image. A clinician images the regurgitant valve and indicates in the image the presumed location of the regurgitant orifice (). A flow quantification processor is responsive to this initial location estimate by the clinician to calculate a refined estimation of the orifice location. The refined location is indicated on the ultrasound image by the imaging system, either by relocating an icon placed by the clinician, or displaying a second icon () on the image at the refined location.