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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2020
Applicant:
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Rogier Rudolf Wildeboer, Eindhoven, NL;
Ruud Johannes Gerardus Van Sloun, Eindhoven, NL;
Assignee:
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/4483 (2013.01); A61B 8/485 (2013.01); A61B 8/52 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for generating a synthetic elastography image (), the method comprising the steps of (a) receiving a B-mode ultrasound image () of a region of interest; (b) generating a synthetic elastography image () of the region of interest by applying a trained artificial neural network () to the B-mode ultrasound image (). The invention also relates to a method for training an artificial neural network ()useful in generating synthetic elastography images, and a related computer program and system.