发明名称 Methods and systems for automated soft tissue segmentation, circumference estimation and plane guidance in fetal abdominal ultrasound images
摘要 A computer-implemented method for analyzing a fetal ultrasound image includes accessing a first statistical model calculated from training data representing shapes of conforming fetal abdominal tissue exemplars and accessing image data representing a scan plane in an ultrasound image. The method further includes identifying a region of interest including an abdomen in the scan plane using the first statistical model, accessing a second statistical model calculated from training data representing shapes of conforming fetal anatomical structure exemplars, determining whether one or more anatomical structures are present within the region of interest using the second statistical model, and assigning a rating to the scan plane based on the presence of the one or more anatomical structures in the region of interest. The anatomical structures may include a stomach and/or a portal vein. The method may include calculating an estimated circumference of the abdomen.
申请公布号 US8831311(B2) 申请公布日期 2014.09.09
申请号 US201213731140 申请日期 2012.12.31
申请人 General Electric Company 发明人 Swamy Gokul;Li Rui
分类号 G06T7/00;G06K9/46 主分类号 G06T7/00
代理机构 代理人 Gallagher Eileen B.
主权项 1. A computer-implemented method for analyzing a fetal ultrasound image, the computer including a processor and a memory operatively coupled to the processor, the method comprising: accessing, in the memory, a first statistical model calculated from training data representing shapes of conforming fetal abdominal tissue exemplars; accessing, in the memory, image data representing a scan plane in an ultrasound image; identifying, by the processor, a region of interest including an abdomen in the scan plane using the first statistical model; accessing, in the memory, a second statistical model calculated from training data representing shapes of conforming fetal anatomical structure exemplars; determining, by the processor, whether one or more anatomical structures are present within the region of interest using the second statistical model; and assigning, by the processor, a rating to the scan plane based on the presence of the one or more anatomical structures in the region of interest.
地址 Niskayuna NY US