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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2012
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Jøger Hansegård, Oslo, NO;
Erik N. Steen, Moss, NO;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An ultrasound imaging system and method includes acquiring ultrasound data of a region-of-interest including an interventional device with a probe, identifying a position of the interventional device with respect to the probe, and identifying a shadow region within the region-of-interest based on the position of the interventional device. The system and method includes identifying a subset of the ultrasound data acquired from the shadow region, generating an image including a graphical indicator identifying a shadow region area generated from the subset of the ultrasound data, and displaying the image.