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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2004
Applicant:
Michael G. Ross, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Inventor:
Michael G. Ross, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system is described for measuring amniotic fluid volume and/or assessing fetal weight. The system includes an ultrasound apparatus to scan a pregnant uterus and to generate data representative of a three-dimensional construction of the scanned uterus, and a processor to compute a volume of amniotic fluid or weight of fetal tissue based on the three-dimensional construction of the scanned uterus. Also a method of computing a volume of amniotic fluid and/or a weight of fetal tissue.