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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2021
Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc., Bothell, WA (US);
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Tsuyoshi Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kosei Takemoto, Tokyo, JP;
Davinder S. Dhatt, Bothell, WA (US);
Christopher Aleksandr White, Bothell, WA (US);
Thomas Michael Duffy, Bothell, WA (US);
Adam Benjamin Pely, Bothell, WA (US);
Paul Tomotaro Danset, Bothell, WA (US);
Diku Pranav Mandavia, Bothell, WA (US);
FUJIFILM SONOSITE, INC., Bothell, WA (US);
FUJIFILM CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for identifying blood vessels in ultrasound images and displaying blood vessels in ultrasound images are described. In some embodiments, the method is implemented by a computing device and includes receiving ultrasound images that include a blood vessel, and determining, with a neural network implemented at least partially in hardware of the computing device, diameters of the blood vessel in the ultrasound images. The diameters include a respective diameter of the blood vessel for each ultrasound image of the ultrasound images. The method includes determining a blood vessel diameter based on the diameters of the blood vessel, selecting a color based on the blood vessel diameter, and indicating, in one of the ultrasound images, the blood vessel with an indicator having the color.