Systems and methods for quantification and classification of fluids in human cavities in ultrasound images

An ultrasonography method, comprising:

• creating a database that is representative of a tissue, a fluid, and a cavity of a body;
• transmitting ultrasound pulses into a region-of-interest in the body;
• receiving echoes from the region of interest, and based on the echoes:
• compiling an ultrasonic pattern of the region-of-interest;
• processing the pattern by comparing the region-of-interest patterns to the database;
• and
• determining a volume within the region-of-interest of the body.

An ultrasonography system, comprising:

• a model having known formulations that are representative of a tissue, a fluid, or a cavity of a patient;
• and
• an ultrasonic apparatus that is configured to transmit ultrasound pulses to the model having the known formulations and further configured to transmit the pulses to a region of interest in the patient, and receive echoes of the ultrasound pulses returning from the model and the region of interest, the apparatus further comprising a processor that is operable to process the echoes to determine ultrasonic patterns in the region of interest and in the model,
• wherein characteristics of the region of interest are determined by comparing the ultrasonic patterns of the region of interest to the ultrasonic patterns of the model.