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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025

Filed:

Dec. 21, 2022
Applicant:

GE Precision Healthcare Llc, Wauwatosa, WI (US);

Inventors:

Svein Arne Aase, Trondheim, NO;

Kai-Uwe Lempertz, Taunusstein, DE;

Assignee:

GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Waukesha, WI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/00 (2017.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); G06V 10/26 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); A61B 8/463 (2013.01); A61B 8/54 (2013.01); G06V 10/26 (2022.01); G06T 2207/10132 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30048 (2013.01); G06V 2201/031 (2022.01);
Abstract

A system and method for providing an objective image quality metric of an image loop of ultrasound images after acquisition of the image loop and prior to permanently storing the image loop is provided. The method includes performing, by an ultrasound probe of an ultrasound system, an acquisition of an image loop of a plurality of ultrasound images. The method includes stop performing the acquisition by the ultrasound probe of the image loop of the plurality of ultrasound images. The method includes processing, by at least one processor of the ultrasound system after the stop performing the acquisition by the ultrasound probe, the image loop of the plurality of ultrasound images to generate an objective image quality metric. The method includes causing, by the at least one processor, a display system to present a visual representation of the objective image quality metric.


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