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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2020
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Sheng-Wen Huang, Ossining, NY (US);
Emil George Radulescu, Ossining, NY (US);
Ramon Quido Erkamp, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Shougang Wang, Ossining, NY (US);
Karl Erhard Thiele, Andover, MA (US);
David Prater, Andover, MA (US);
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A method for using an interactive visual guidance tool for an imaging acquisition and display configured for user navigation with respect to a blockage of a field of view detects, and spatially defines, the blockage. It also integrates, with the image for joint visualization, an indicium that visually represents the definition. The indicium is moved dynamically according to movement, relative to the blockage, of the field of view. The indicium can be shaped like a line segment, or two indicia can be joined in a 'V' shape to frame a region of non-blockage. The defining may be based on determining whether ultrasound beams in respective directions are blocked.