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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2023

Filed:

Mar. 23, 2020
Applicant:

GE Precision Healthcare Llc, Milwaukee, WI (US);

Inventors:

Gang Liu, Wuxi, CN;

Rong Lu, Wuxi, CN;

Yincheng Lu, Suzhou, CN;

Feng Wu, Wuxi, CN;

Wei Jiang, Jiangsu, CN;

Assignee:

GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Milwaukee, WI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/00 (2017.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); A61B 8/085 (2013.01); A61B 8/463 (2013.01); A61B 8/485 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10136 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20084 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30096 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various methods and systems are provided for ultrasound imaging. In one embodiment, a method comprises acquiring, with an ultrasound transducer of a scanning apparatus during an ultrasound scan of a patient, an ultrasound image, detecting, with an artificial intelligence model, a region of interest within the ultrasound image including a possible tumor, acquiring, with the ultrasound transducer, an elastic image of tissue within the region of interest, and displaying, with a display device, the elastic image. In this way, shear wave elastography may be automatically targeted to a region of interest, thereby reducing the processing load for the analysis and enabling a higher elasticity imaging frame rate for three-dimensional ultrasound imaging.


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