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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2022
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Claudia Errico, Medford, MA (US);
Grzegorz Andrzej Toporek, Cambridge, MA (US);
Haibo Wang, Melrose, MA (US);
Hua Xie, Cambridge, MA (US);
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An ultrasound portable system () and method comprise acquiring ultrasound images, via a smart device () and ultrasound probe (), over a portion of an ultrasound scan protocol and/or ultrasound exam and presenting at least one acquired ultrasound image in an image space portion () of a display (). Digital images are acquired, via a camera (), of at least a device operator's head pose, and left and right eyes within respective digital images. Eye-gaze focus point locations on the smart device are determined within a combination of image space and control space () portions of the display via an image processing framework () configured to track the device operator's gaze and eye movement determined from the acquired digital images. The method further comprises performing a control function, selection of a control function, and/or a function to aid in a selection of a diagnostic measurement based on at least one determined eye-gaze focus point location of the determined eye-gaze focus point locations.