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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2015
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Menachem Halmann, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Alexander Sokulin, Tirat Carmel, IL;
Peter Lysyansky, Tirat Hacarmel, IL;
Lilach Vanuk, Tirat Hacarmel, IL;
Cynthia Owen, Powhatan, AR (US);
Eunji Kang, South Lyon, MI (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An ultrasound device performs an ultrasound scan to acquire a video clip having images of a portion of a lung. The ultrasound device detects lung sliding in each of the images. The ultrasound device highlights the detected lung sliding in each of the images to generate processed images. The ultrasound device displays at least one of the processed images as one or more of an enhanced B mode image and an enhanced virtual M mode image.