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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2013
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
James Robertson Jago, Eindhoven, NL;
Alasdair Dow, Eindhoven, NL;
Antoine Collet Billon, Eindhoven, NL;
Lisa Kay Pumphrey, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An ultrasound system and method are described for acquiring standard views of the fetal heart simultaneously with real-time imaging. A matrix array probe is manipulated until a first standard view such as a 4-chamber view is acquired. The first standard view image is matched to its corresponding plane in a fetal heart model. From the matched plane of the heart model, the orientations of the other standard views are known from the geometrical relationships of structures within the heart model. This orientation information is used to control the matrix array probe to automatically scan the planes of all of the standard views simultaneously in real-time.