US 2026/0248478 A1Published application

Ultrasound system for acquiring angle-compensated flow information using a three-dimensional (3d) vascular model generated based on tracking data of an ultrasound probe

AssigneeGE Precision Healthcare LLC

InventorsJacob OLESEN, Bo MARTINS, Amalie EKSTRAND, Anders OLIN

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Abstract

An ultrasound system may acquire ultrasound data of a vascular structure of the region of interest of the subject from an ultrasound probe. The ultrasound system may acquire tracking data of the ultrasound probe from a tracking system. The ultrasound system may generate a three-dimensional (3D) vascular model of the vascular structure using the ultrasound data and the tracking data. The ultrasound system may acquire angle-compensated flow information of the vascular structure using a flow imaging technique and the 3D vascular model of the vascular structure. The ultrasound system may display the angle-compensated flow information of the vascular structure.

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Dependent claims

An ultrasound system comprising:

transducer elements configured to generate ultrasound signals, transmit the ultrasound signals towards a region of interest of a subject, and receive echo signals reflected by the region of interest of the subject;
an acoustic matching layer configured to match an impedance differential between the transducer elements and the subject;
a backing layer configured to attenuate the ultrasound signals transmitted by the transducer elements;
a memory configured to store instructions;
and
one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to:
acquire ultrasound data of a vascular structure of the region of interest of the subject from an ultrasound probe;
acquire tracking data of the ultrasound probe from a tracking system;
generate a three-dimensional (3D) vascular model of the vascular structure using the ultrasound data and the tracking data;
acquire angle-compensated flow information of the vascular structure using a flow imaging technique and the 3D vascular model of the vascular structure;
and
display the angle-compensated flow information of the vascular structure.

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A method comprising:

acquiring ultrasound data of a vascular structure of a region of interest of a subject from an ultrasound probe;
acquiring tracking data of the ultrasound probe from a tracking system;
generating a three-dimensional (3D) vascular model of the vascular structure using the ultrasound data and the tracking data;
acquiring angle-compensated flow information of the vascular structure using a flow imaging technique and the 3D vascular model of the vascular structure;
and
displaying the angle-compensated flow information of the vascular structure.

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A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

acquire ultrasound data of a vascular structure of a region of interest of a subject from an ultrasound probe;
acquire tracking data of the ultrasound probe from a tracking system;
generate a three-dimensional (3D) vascular model of the vascular structure using the ultrasound data and the tracking data;
acquire angle-compensated flow information of the vascular structure using a flow imaging technique and the 3D vascular model of the vascular structure;
and
display the angle-compensated flow information of the vascular structure.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.