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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2019
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Frank Michael Weber, Hamburg, DE;
Tilman Wekel, Krummesse, DE;
Balasundar Iyyavu Raju, North Andover, MA (US);
Jonathan Thomas Sutton, Boston, MA (US);
Peter Bingley, Mierlo, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention provides an ultrasound processing unit. A controller () of the unit is adapted to receive ultrasound data of an anatomical region, for example of the heart. The controller processes the ultrasound data over a period of time to monitor and detect whether alignment of a particular anatomical feature () represented in the data relative to a field of view () of the transducer unit is changing over time. In the event that the alignment is changing, the controller generates an output signal for communicating this to a user, allowing a user to be alerted at an early stage to likelihood of misalignment and loss of imaging or measurement capability.