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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2018
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Jingping Xu, Shanghai, CN;
Balasundar Iyyavu Raju, North Andover, MA (US);
Shougang Wang, Ossining, NY (US);
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The present disclosure describes an ultrasound imaging system configured to identify and display B-lines that may appear during ultrasound scanning of a chest region of a subject. In some examples, the system may include an ultrasound probe and at least two processors configured to generate a plurality of image frames from ultrasound echoes received at the probe. The processors may be further configured to identify a pleural line in each of the plurality of image frames, define a region of interest below each pleural line, identify one or more candidate B-lines within the region of interest, identify one or more B-lines by evaluating one or more parameters of each candidate B-line, and select a target image frame from the plurality of image frames by identifying an image frame that maximizes at least a number or an intensity of B-lines.