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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2022
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Jing Ping Xu, Shanghai, CN;
Jiayin Zhou, Shanghai, CN;
Jun Ping Deng, Shanghai, CN;
William Tao Shi, Wakefield, MA (US);
Hua Xie, Cambridge, MA (US);
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An ultrasound imaging system may acquire an image of a liver. The liver may be segmented from the image. Parameters, such as image homogeneity map, intensity probability chart, and/or speckle size diagram, may be extracted from the liver portion of the image. The parameters may be used to determine whether fatty liver deposits are diffuse or inhomogeneous. In some examples, inhomogeneous regions may be excluded from the calculation of liver fat quantification measurements. In some examples, the inhomogeneous regions may be displayed so that a user may select a region of interest that excludes the inhomogeneous regions to calculate the liver fat quantification measurements.