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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2022
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Soumabha Bhowmick, Bangalore, IN;
Karthik Krishnan, Bangalore, IN;
Karthik Raj Katipally, Bangalore, IN;
Giridhar Narasapura Rajagopalaiah, Bangalore, IN;
Celine Firtion, Surat, IN;
Subhendu Seth, Bangalore, IN;
Pallavi Vajinepalli, Bangalore, IN;
David Nigel Roundhill, Woodinville, WA (US);
Matthew Rielly, Seattle, WA (US);
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A mechanism for automatically generating and ranking M-mode lines for generating or defining M-mode data usable to assess fetal heart activity, e.g. determine a fetal heart rate. A region of interest, containing a fetal heart, in a sequence of ultrasound images is identified. The region of interest is used to define the position of each of a plurality of M-mode lines, e.g. anatomical M-mode lines. A quality measure of each M-mode line is determined based on M-mode data generated for each M-mode line, and the quality measures are then used to rank the M-mode lines.