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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2021
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Alexander Franciscus Kolen, Eindhoven, NL;
Harm Jan Willem Belt, Weert, NL;
Godefridus Antonius Harks, Rijen, NL;
Gerardus Henricus Maria Gijsbers, Liempde, NL;
Hong Liu, Eindhoven, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A method for ultrasound image processing having steps of receiving sequences of ultrasound images imaging an anatomical feature of interest during two cardiac cycles one in the absence of, and the other in the presence of, an invasive medical device in said ultrasound images, each ultrasound image corresponding to a different phase of said cardiac cycle. The invasive medical device may at least partially obscure the anatomical feature of interest for each ultrasound image of the further sequence. The location of the invasive medical device is tracked and isolated in the ultrasound image, and the isolated invasive medical device is inserted into an ultrasound image of the first sequence of a corresponding phase of the cardiac cycle in the tracked location. The method also controls a display device to display the first sequence of ultrasound images including the inserted invasive medical device.