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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2018
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Raphael Manua Michel Prevost, Eindhoven, NL;
Roberto Jose Ardon, Eindhoven, NL;
Benoit Jean-Dominique Bertrand Maurice Mory, Eindhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an ultrasound imaging system () for inspecting an object () in a volume (). The ultrasound imaging system comprises an image processor () configured to conduct a segmentation () of the object () simultaneously out of three-dimensional ultrasound mage data () and contrast-enhanced three-dimensional ultrasound image data (). In particular, this may be done by minimizing an energy term taking into account both the normal three-dimensional ultrasound image data and the contrast-enhanced three-dimensional image data. By this, the normal three-dimensional ultrasound image data and the contrast-enhanced three-dimensional image data may even be registered during segmentation. Hence, this invention allows a more precise quantification of one organ in two different modalities as well as the registration of two images for simultaneous visualization.