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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2014
B-k Medical Aps, Herlev, DK;
Torben Svanberg Nielsen, Copenhagen, DK;
Kaj Dunkan, Stenlille, DK;
Jesper Helleso Hansen, Kobenhavn NV, DK;
John Antol, Nahant, MA (US);
Michael Leismann, Hvidovre, DK;
B-K Medical Aps, Herlev, DK;
Abstract
An ultrasound imaging system includes a transducer array with at least one transducer element. The system further includes an echo processor that processes ultrasound echo signals received by at least one transducer element, producing an image of scanned tissue of interest. The system further includes memory that stores a plurality of 3D pictogram, each representing different anatomical regions of a subject. The system further includes a pictogram processor that identifies a 3D pictogram of the plurality of 3D pictogram corresponding to the scanned tissue of interest. The 3D pictogram includes a 3D pictorial representation of an anatomical region including the scanned tissue of interest. The system further includes a display monitor. The system further includes a rendering engine that displays the image and the 3D pictogram via the display monitor. The 3D pictogram is overlaid over a pictogram region of the displayed image.