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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2017
Applicant:
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Maarten Petrus Joseph Kuenen, Veldhoven, NL;
Nenad Mihajlovic, Eindhoven, NL;
Arash Pourtaherian, Eindhoven, NL;
Assignee:
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); G01S 15/89 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); A61B 8/14 (2006.01); G06T 5/50 (2006.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G10K 11/34 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 8/0841 (2013.01); A61B 8/145 (2013.01); A61B 8/4461 (2013.01); A61B 8/466 (2013.01); A61B 8/483 (2013.01); G01S 15/8915 (2013.01); G01S 15/8993 (2013.01); G01S 15/8995 (2013.01); G06T 5/50 (2013.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06T 7/0014 (2013.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G10K 11/34 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3413 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2063 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2065 (2016.02); A61B 2090/378 (2016.02); G06T 2207/10136 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20224 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus that detects a tip of an interventional tool based on at least two ultrasound images reconstructed for different beam steering angles within a volumetric region that includes the tool. The apparatus includes an image processor. The image processor includes a tip detection module used to perform a tip tool detection procedure. The tip tool detection procedure involves identifying shadow regions of the tool in the at least two ultrasound images and determining the position of the tip of the tool within the volumetric region.