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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2021
GE Precision Healthcare Llc, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Viksit Kumar, Quincy, MA (US);
Anthony E. Samir, Newton, MA (US);
Shuhang Wang, Newton, MA (US);
Szu-Yeu Hu, Cambridge, MA (US);
Paul O'Dea, Muskego, WI (US);
Yelena Tsymbalenko, Mequon, WI (US);
Michael Washburn, Brookfield, WI (US);
THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION, Boston, MA (US);
GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC, Waukesha, WI (US);
Abstract
A system and method for automatically estimating a hepatorenal index (HRI) from ultrasound images s provided. The method includes acquiring a sequence of ultrasound image data until a desired ultrasound image view is obtained. The method includes segmenting, a liver and a renal cortex in the obtained ultrasound image view. The method includes identifying valid samples in the liver and the renal cortex in the obtained ultrasound image view by excluding invalid samples. The method includes automatically positioning a liver region of interest and a renal cortex region of interest in the obtained ultrasound image view based on the valid samples and at least one criterion. The method includes determining an HRI and causing a display system to present the HRI.