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US 12,599,367 B2Granted
Methods and systems for generating 3D pleural surfaces
AssigneeGE Precision Healthcare LLC
InventorsMenachem Halmann, Carmit Shiran, Radhika Madhavan, Alex Sokulin, Lev Greenberg
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Abstract
Various methods and systems are provided for a medical imaging system. In one embodiment, a method includes generating a three-dimensional (3D) pleural surface viewed from an inside of the lung and looking outward based on ultrasound imaging signals. The 3D pleural surface may be generated from 2D or 3D ultrasound images. The method further comprises shading the generated 3D pleural surface via at least one virtual light source positioned as if inside the lung.
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A method for imaging a lung of a patient, comprising:
- generating an image of a three-dimensional (3D) pleural surface viewed from an inside of the lung and looking outward based on volumetric ultrasound data;
- and
- displaying the image of the 3D pleural surface, the image of the 3D pleural surface generated by:
- detecting a bottom edge of a pleura in the volumetric ultrasound data;
- removing ultrasound data from below the bottom edge of the pleura in the volumetric ultrasound data to create a new ultrasound dataset;
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- generating the image of the 3D pleural surface from the new ultrasound dataset.
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A system, comprising:
- a display device;
- and
- a processor configured with instructions in non-transitory memory that, when executed, cause the processor to:
- generate an image of a three-dimensional (3D) pleural surface viewed from an inside of a lung and looking outward, and output the image of the 3D pleural surface for display on the display device, wherein generating the image of the 3D pleural surface comprises:
- detecting a bottom edge of a pleura in volumetric ultrasound data;
- removing ultrasound data from below the bottom edge of the pleura in the volumetric ultrasound data to create a new ultrasound dataset;
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- generating the image of the 3D pleural surface from the new ultrasound dataset.
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