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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2021
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Karthik Krishnan, Bangalore, IN;
Celine Firtion, Surat, IN;
Subhendu Seth, Bangalore, IN;
Pallavi Vajinepalli, Bangalore, IN;
David Nigel Roundhill, Woodinville, WA (US);
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for visualization of an elongated anatomical structure (), for example of a fetal spine using ultrasound is provided. The method comprising the steps of: receiving a plurality of 3D ultrasound image volumes, each image volume depicting at least a portion of an elongated anatomical structure (); on each 3D ultrasound image volume, automatically or semi-automatically fitting a parametric curve () to the depicted portion of the elongated anatomical structure, the parametric curve being defined by curve parameters; reformatting each 3D ultrasound image volume by applying a transformation which straightens the parametric curve along at least one axis, so as to generate a plurality of reformatted image volumes and reformatted parametric curves (); registering the reformatted image volumes with one another by determining the joining point of their respective parametric curves; and fusing the reformatted image volumes with one another to yield a fused image depicting the whole elongated anatomical structure or a larger portion thereof than the 3D ultrasound image volumes.