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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2018
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Tobias Wissel, Lübeck, DE;
Irina Waechter-Stehle, Hamburg, DE;
Frank Michael Weber, Hamburg, DE;
Arne Ewald, Hamburg, DE;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An ultrasound image processing apparatus () is disclosed comprising a processor arrangement () adapted to map a model () of an anatomical feature of interest onto an ultrasound image showing at least a section of said anatomical feature of interest and to segment said ultrasound image in accordance with the mapped model; and a touchscreen display () adapted to display said ultrasound image including the mapped anatomical model. The processor arrangement is responsive to the touchscreen display and adapted to recognize a type of a user touch motion () provided through the touchscreen display (), each type of user touch motion being associated with a particular type of alteration of said mapping and alter said mapping in accordance with the recognized type of user touch motion. Also disclosed are an ultrasound imaging system, a computer-implemented method and a computer program product.