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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2010
Fuxing Yang, Woodinville, WA (US);
Stephen Dudycha, Bothell, WA (US);
Gerald Mcmorrow, Redmond, WA (US);
Fuxing Yang, Woodinville, WA (US);
Stephen Dudycha, Bothell, WA (US);
Gerald McMorrow, Redmond, WA (US);
Verathon Inc., Bothell, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are described for acquiring, processing, and presenting boundaries of a cavity-tissue interface within a region-of-interest in an ultrasound image based upon the strength of signals of ultrasound echoes returning from structures within the region-of-interest. The segmentation of boundaries of cavity shapes occupying the region-of-interest utilizes cost function analysis of pixel sets occupying the cavity-tissue interface. The segmented shapes are further image processed to determine areas and volumes of the organ or structure containing the cavity within the region-of-interest.