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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2019
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Nicole Schadewaldt, Hamburg, DE;
Cristian Lorenz, Hamburg, DE;
Alexander Schmidt-Richberg, Hamburg, DE;
Tobias Klinder, Hamburg, DE;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention provides a method for making anatomical measurements using a captured ultrasound image representative of the anatomical region of interest. The method comprises receiving () data representative of a set of points selected by a user within the image and interpreting from the points a particular anatomical measurement type which the user is intending to perform. In particular, the points are processed to identify () a pattern or other geometrical characteristic of the points, and the location () of at least one of the points within the image is also identified. These two characteristics are used to identify from the set of points which measurement the operator is performing. Once the measurement is identified, an appropriate measurement template () is selected and applied in order to derive () from the set of points an anatomical measurement.