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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2022
Filed:
May. 05, 2017
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Paul Hamelmann, Aachen, DE;
Lars Schmitt, Aachen, DE;
Alexander Franciscus Kolen, Eindhoven, NL;
Markus Wohlschlager, Sindelfingen, DE;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A method for monitoring fetal health. The method of the present disclosure comprises transmitting () an ultrasound signal from an at least one transducer element in an array towards a maternal abdomen. An at least one ultrasonic echo signal corresponding to an at least one depth of the maternal abdomen is then received () by the at least one transducer element. The at least one Doppler signal is determined after the echo is received by the at least one transducer element is then processed () in an at least one channel. A multidimensional map is then generated () from the processed Doppler signal. A feedback () to reposition the at least one transducer element is then provided when the fetal heart is determined to lie outside an ultrasound beam volume.