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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2022
Filed:
May. 03, 2020
Rivanna Medical Llc, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Frank William Mauldin, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Kevin Owen, Crozet, VA (US);
Rivanna Medical, Inc., Charlottesville, VA (US);
Abstract
In some embodiments, a method comprises: obtaining a 2D ultrasound image of an imaged region of a subject, the imaged region comprising bone; identifying model template cross-sections of a 3D model of the bone corresponding to the 2D image at least in part by registering the 2D ultrasound image to the 3D model, wherein the model template cross-sections are defined prior to obtaining such 2D image, the model template cross-sections having size and shape representative of a population of potential subjects; identifying at least one location of at least one landmark feature of the bone in the 2D image based on results of the registration; and generating a visualization that includes: a visualization of the 2D image and a visualization of one of the identified cross-sections of the 3D model, wherein the visualization indicates the at least one location of the at least one landmark feature.