# US 12,213,830 B2 · Method and system for automatically detecting an ultrasound image view and focus to provide measurement suitability feedback > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,213,830 B2 - Document ID: US12213830B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/192,005 - Filed: 2021-03-04 - Published: 2022-09-08 - Granted: 2025-02-04 - Earliest claimed: 2021-03-04 - Assignees: GE Precision Healthcare LLC - Applicants: GE Precision Healthcare LLC - Inventors: Kristin Sarah McLeod - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12213830B2 ## CPC - A61B 8/08: Clinical applications (A61B8/02, A61B8/04, A61B8/06 take precedence) - A61B 8/0883: {for diagnosis of the heart} - A61B 8/461: {Displaying means of special interest} - A61B 8/5207: {involving processing of raw data to produce diagnostic data, e.g. for generating an image} - A61B 8/5223: {for extracting a diagnostic or physiological parameter from medical diagnostic data (for algorithms to analyse biomedical images G06T7/0012)} - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) ## Abstract A system and method for automatically detecting an ultrasound image view and focus to provide feedback on measurement suitability is provided. The method includes acquiring, by an ultrasound system, an ultrasound image of a target. The method includes automatically identifying, by at least one processor of the ultrasound system, an ultrasound image view and focus based on detected anatomical structures in the ultrasound image. The method includes automatically selecting, by the at least one processor, at least one measurement associated with the ultrasound image view. The method includes assigning, by the at least one processor, a measurement grade for each of the at least one measurements based on an ability to accurately perform each of the at least one measurement in the ultrasound image. The method includes causing, by the at least one processor, a display system to present the measurement grade for each of the at least one measurement. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method comprising: acquiring, by an ultrasound system, an ultrasound image of a target; automatically identifying, by at least one processor of the ultrasound system, an ultrasound image view from a plurality of ultrasound image views based on detected anatomical structures present in the ultrasound image, wherein each of the plurality of ultrasound image views is associated with at least one specific measurement; automatically selecting, by the at least one processor, the at least one specific measurement based on the identified ultrasound image view, wherein each of the at least one specific measurement is a measurement of one or more of the detected anatomical structures in the ultrasound image; assigning, by the at least one processor, a measurement grade for each of the at least one specific measurement, wherein each of the measurement grade represents an ability to accurately perform a corresponding one of the at least one specific measurement in the ultrasound image; and causing, by the at least one processor, a display system to simultaneously present an identification of each of the at least one specific measurement and the measurement grade for each of the at least one specific measurement, prior to performance of any of the at least one specific measurement. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, comprising receiving, by the at least one processor, a selection input by a user of the ultrasound system to perform one of the at least one specific measurement. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, comprising: automatically performing, by the at least one processor, the one of the at least one specific measurement in response to receiving the selection, and causing, by the at least one processor, the display system to present results of the one of the at least one specific measurement. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, comprising causing, by the at least one processor, the display system to present measurement tools for manually performing the one of the at least one specific measurement in response to receiving the selection. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the ability to accurately perform the corresponding one of the at least one specific measurement in the ultrasound image is based on a completeness of the detected anatomical structures in the ultrasound image and a focus level of the detected anatomical structures in the ultrasound image. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the measurement grade is one of a plurality of grade levels, each of the plurality of grade levels represented by one or more of: a symbol, color-coding, a numerical grade level, a letter grade level, or a text description of the grade level. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, comprising: assigning, by the at least one processor, an anatomical structure grade for each of the detected anatomical structures in the ultrasound image, and causing, by the at least one processor, a display system to present the anatomical structure grade for each of the detected anatomical structures. ### Claim 8 A system comprising: an ultrasound system configured to acquire an ultrasound image of a target; at least one processor configured to: automatically identify an ultrasound image view from a plurality of ultrasound image views based on detected anatomical structures present in the ultrasound image, wherein each of the plurality of ultrasound image views is associated with at least one specific measurement; automatically select the at least one specific measurement based on the identified ultrasound image view, wherein each of the at least one specific measurement is a measurement of one or more of the detected anatomical structures in the ultrasound image; and assign a measurement grade for each of the at least one specific measurement, wherein each of the measurement grade represents an ability to accurately perform a corresponding one of the at least one specific measurement in the ultrasound image; and a display system configured to simultaneously present an identification of each of the at least one specific measurement and the measurement grade for each of the at least one specific measurement, prior to performance of any of the at least one specific measurement. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the at least one processor is configured to receive a selection input by a user of the ultrasound system to perform one of the at least one specific measurement. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, wherein: the at least one processor is configured to automatically perform the one of the at least one specific measurement in response to receiving the selection, and the display system is configured to present results of the one of the at least one specific measurement. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, wherein the display system is configured to present measurement tools for manually performing the one of the at least one specific measurement-in response to the at least one processor receiving the selection. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the ability to accurately perform the corresponding one of the at least one specific measurement in the ultrasound image is based on a completeness of the detected anatomical structures in the ultrasound image and a focus level of the detected anatomical structures in the ultrasound image. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the measurement grade is one of a plurality of grade levels, each of the plurality of grade levels represented by one or more of: a symbol, color-coding, a numerical grade level, a letter grade level, or a text description of the grade level. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein: the at least one processor is configured to assign an anatomical structure grade for each of the detected anatomical structures in the ultrasound image, and the display system is configured to present the anatomical structure grade for each of the detected anatomical structures. ### Claim 15 A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon, a computer program having at least one code section, the at least one code section being executable by a machine for causing the machine to perform steps comprising: receiving an ultrasound image of a target; automatically identifying an ultrasound image view from a plurality of ultrasound image views based on detected anatomical structures present in the ultrasound image, wherein each of the plurality of ultrasound image views is associated with at least one specific measurement; automatically selecting the at least one specific measurement based on the identified ultrasound image view, wherein each of the at least one specific measurement is a measurement of one or more of the detected anatomical structures in the ultrasound image; assigning a measurement grade for each of the at least one specific measurement, wherein each of the measurement grade represents an ability to accurately perform a corresponding one of the at least one specific measurement in the ultrasound image; and causing a display system to simultaneously present an identification of each of the at least one specific measurement and the measurement grade for each of the at least one specific measurement, prior to performance of any of the at least one specific measurement. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, comprising: receiving a selection input by a user of an ultrasound system to perform one of the at least one specific measurement, automatically performing the one of the at least one specific measurement in response to receiving the selection, and causing the display system to present results of the one of the at least one specific measurement. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, comprising: receiving a selection input by a user of an ultrasound system to perform one of the at least one specific measurement, and causing the display system to present measurement tools for manually performing the one of the at least one specific measurement in response to receiving the selection. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the ability to accurately perform the corresponding one of the at least one specific measurement in the ultrasound image is based on a completeness of the detected anatomical structures in the ultrasound image and a focus level of the detected anatomical structures in the ultrasound image. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the measurement grade is one of a plurality of grade levels, each of the plurality of grade levels represented by one or more of: a symbol, color-coding, a numerical grade level, a letter grade level, or a text description of the grade level. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, comprising: assigning an anatomical structure grade for each of the detected anatomical structures in the ultrasound image, and causing a display system to present the anatomical structure grade for each of the detected anatomical structures.