Tissue specific time gain compensation methods and systems
AssigneeGE Precision Healthcare LLC
InventorsRahul Venkataramani, Krishna Seetharam Shriram, Aditi Garg
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Abstract
Systems and methods for tissue specific time gain compensation of an ultrasound image are provided. The method comprises acquiring an ultrasound image of a subject and displaying the ultrasound image over a console. The method further comprises selecting by a user a region within the ultrasound image that requires time gain compensation. The method further comprises carrying out time gain compensation of the user selected region of the ultrasound image. The method further comprises identifying a region having a similar texture to the user selected region and carrying out time gain compensation of the user selected region by an artificial intelligence (AI) based deep learning module.
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1) A method for tissue specific time gain compensation of an ultrasound image, the method comprising:
- acquiring the ultrasound image of a subject and displaying the ultrasound image over a console;
- selecting by a user a region within the ultrasound image that requires time gain compensation;
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- carrying out time gain compensation of the region of the ultrasound image selected by the user.
9) The method for tissue specific time gain compensation, the method comprising:
- obtaining an ultrasound image of a subject and displaying the ultrasound image over a console;
- selecting by a user a region within the ultrasound image that requires time gain compensation;
- employing an artificial intelligence (AI) based deep learning module configured to identify a texture of the user selected region and at least one region within the ultrasound image that exhibits a similar texture;
- carrying out time gain compensation of the user selected region of the ultrasound image;
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- displaying a gain compensated image on the console.
15) A system for tissue specific time gain compensation of an ultrasound image, the system comprising:
- an ultrasound probe configured acquire the ultrasound image of a subject organ;
- a computer system connected to the ultrasound probe and configured to acquire the plurality of images of the subject organ, wherein the computer system comprises:
- a processor;
- a memory connected to the processor and configured to store the ultrasound images of the subject organ;
- an artificial intelligence (AI) based deep learning module employed on the memory;
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- a console connected to the computer system and configured to display the ultrasound images acquired by the ultrasound probe;
- wherein a user selects a region within the ultrasound image that requires time gain compensation and wherein the AI based deep learning module is configured to carry out time gain compensation of the user selected region of the ultrasound image and display a time gain compensated image over the console.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.