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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2016
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Chandan Kumar Mallappa Aladahalli, Bangalore, IN;
Krishna Seetharam Shriram, Bangalore, IN;
Vivek Prabhakar Vaidya, Bangalore, IN;
Arathi Sreekumari, Bangalore, IN;
Jiayu Chen, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Hidenori Shikata, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for assisted reading of automated ultrasound image volumes includes receiving a plurality of scan images generated from an imaging device, wherein the plurality of scan images comprises a chest wall region. The method further includes determining a chest wall model representative of the chest wall region based on the plurality of scan images. The method also includes determining a plurality of segmented scan images segmented along the chest wall region based on the chest wall model. In addition, the method includes determining lesion information using an automated lesion detection technique applied to the plurality of segmented scan images. The method also includes displaying the plurality of scan images along with at least one of the lesion information and the chest wall model.