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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
May. 27, 2015
Applicants:
Siemens Medical Solutions Usa, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Siemens Corporation, Princeton, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Bimba Rao, San Jose, CA (US);
Helene Houle, San Jose, CA (US);
Bogdan Georgescu, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/13 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/6256 (2013.01); A61B 8/0891 (2013.01); A61B 8/13 (2013.01); A61B 8/463 (2013.01); A61B 8/5269 (2013.01); G06T 5/001 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10132 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20012 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20076 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20192 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30004 (2013.01);
Abstract
Image enhancement is provided for medical diagnostic ultrasound. Knowledge-based detection of anatomy or artifact identifies locations to be enhanced. The knowledge-based detection of the locations may avoid identification of other anatomy or artifacts. The image enhancement is applied to the identified locations and not others.