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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2020
Applicants:
Oxford University Innovation Limited, Oxford, GB;
Auckland Uniservices Limited, Auckland, NZ;
Inventors:
Assignee:
OXFORD UNIVERSITY INNOVATION LIMITED, Oxford, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/0833 (2013.01); A61B 8/0891 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method of automatically identifying a reference vessel in an ultrasound image, the method comprising: segmenting the image to identify an organ; locating a predetermined anatomical landmark specific to the organ; identifying appropriate vasculature for the organ; and selecting a reference vessel from the vasculature that has a size within a predetermined size range and a location with a predetermined distance range from the predetermined interface.