System and Method for Improving Acquired Ultrasound-Image Review
OwnerEric Savitsky, Dan Katzinventors
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Abstract
A system for creating 3D ultrasound case volumes from 2D scans and aligning the ultrasound case volumes with a virtual representation of a body to create an adapted virtual body that is scaled and accurately reflects the morphology of a particular patient. The system improves a radiologist's or treating physician's ability to examine and interact with a patient's complete ultrasound case volume independent of the patient, the type of ultrasound machine used to acquire the original data, and the original scanning session.
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A method for 3D ultrasound interaction, comprising:
- (a) supplying a generic virtual body model, the generic virtual body model having a morphology;
- (b) supplying a 3D ultrasound case volume, the 3D ultrasound case volume having a morphology, where the case volume contains ultrasound imagery of anatomical structures of a patient comprising ultrasound data collected by an ultrasound device;
- (c) producing an adapted virtual body model by aligning the morphology of the ultrasound case volume to the morphology of the generic virtual body model;
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- (d) visualizing the adapted virtual body model using graphics software on a computing device.
A method for ultrasound interaction with compressive force deformation, comprising:
- (a) supplying a 3D ultrasound case volume, the case volume containing ultrasound imagery comprising ultrasound data collected by an ultrasound device, of anatomical structures of a patient;
- (b) creating a 2D image slice from the 3D ultrasound case volume;
- (c) supplying compression data correlated to the 2D image slice;
- (d) creating a physics-based soft-tissue anatomical model of the 2D image slice;
- (e) applying the compression data to the anatomical model to produce a deformed 2D ultrasound slice;
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- (f) visualizing the deformed 2D ultrasound slice using graphics software on a computing device.
A system for acquiring and processing 3D ultrasound data, comprising:
- (a) a generic virtual body model, the generic virtual body model having a morphology;
- (b) a 3D ultrasound case volume, the 3D ultrasound case volume having a morphology, the case volume containing ultrasound imagery of anatomical structures of a patient;
- (c) an adapted virtual body model formed by aligning the morphology of the ultrasound case volume to the morphology of the generic virtual body model;
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- (d) a display screen showing the adapted virtual body model.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.