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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014

Filed:

Dec. 16, 2011
Applicants:

Pavan Kumar Veerabhadra Annangi, Bangalore, IN;

Jyotirmoy Banerjee, Bangalore, IN;

Dirk Ryan Padfield, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Inventors:

Pavan Kumar Veerabhadra Annangi, Bangalore, IN;

Jyotirmoy Banerjee, Bangalore, IN;

Dirk Ryan Padfield, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/103 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/0866 (2013.01); A61B 8/5223 (2013.01); A61B 8/0858 (2013.01); A61B 8/0808 (2013.01); A61B 8/488 (2013.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, systems and computer program products for estimating the gestational age of a fetus are provided. According to one embodiment, the method generates a component image from a segmented ultrasound image of a fetal head. The component image includes one or more edges. The method then identifies a third ventricle within the component image. The method estimates a length of a bi-parietal diameter, based at least in part on the orientation of the third ventricle. Thereafter, the method estimates the gestational age of the fetus.


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