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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2015
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Roberto Jose Ardon, SĂ©vres, NL;
Remi Nicolas Thierry Cuingnet, Eindhoven, NL;
Jean-Michel Rouet, Eindhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An ultrasound imaging apparatus () is disclosed, comprising a data interface () configured to receive a plurality of different ultrasound data sets () resulting from an ultrasound scan of an object () in different viewing directions. The ultrasound imaging apparatus further comprises a segmentation unit () for segmenting anatomical structures of the object in the different ultrasound data sets and for providing segmentation data of the anatomical structures, and a reference determining unit () for determining a spatial reference () for the different ultrasound data sets on the basis of the segmentation data. A confidence determining unit () is included for determining confidence values () for different regions of the received ultrasound data on the basis of the spatial reference.