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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2021
Applicant:
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Bo Zhang, Paris, FR;
Odile Bonnefous, Rueil-Malmaison, FR;
Assignee:
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/06 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/06 (2013.01); A61B 8/488 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention provides a method for obtaining a 3D vector flow field from color Doppler ultrasound data. The method includes obtaining color Doppler ultrasound data from a plurality of acquisition locations, wherein the plurality of acquisition locations comprises a target acquisition location and one or more additional acquisition locations, wherein the one or more additional acquisition locations is adjacent the target acquisition location. A 3D vector flow field is then derived from the obtained color Doppler ultrasound data.