Breast ultrasound imaging method and system, and non-transitory computer-readable medium
AssigneeGE Precision Healthcare LLC
InventorsLiye Pei, Chunyan Qi
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Abstract
A breast ultrasound imaging method, including: acquiring a volumetric ultrasound image related to the breast, wherein the volumetric ultrasound image comprises a plurality of two-dimensional images in a depth direction; identifying a nipple region in each two-dimensional image; determining a nipple region in the volumetric ultrasound image and generating a corresponding nipple marker; comparing the nipple region in the volumetric ultrasound image with the nipple region in each two-dimensional image, and automatically selecting a two-dimensional image at a first depth according to a comparison result; and displaying the two-dimensional image at the first depth and the nipple marker simultaneously.
Claims13
A breast ultrasound imaging method, comprising:
- acquiring a volumetric ultrasound image related to the breast, wherein the volumetric ultrasound image comprises a plurality of two-dimensional images in a depth direction;
- identifying a nipple region in each two-dimensional image;
- determining a nipple region in the volumetric ultrasound image and generating a corresponding nipple marker;
- comparing the nipple region in the volumetric ultrasound image with the nipple region in each two-dimensional image, and automatically selecting a two-dimensional image at a first depth according to a comparison result;
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- displaying the two-dimensional image at the first depth and the nipple marker simultaneously.
A breast ultrasound imaging system, comprising:
- a memory storing instructions;
- and
- a processor configured to execute the instructions to:
- acquire a volumetric ultrasound image related to the breast, wherein the volumetric ultrasound image comprises a plurality of two-dimensional images in a depth direction;
- identify a nipple region in each two-dimensional image;
- determine a nipple region in the volumetric ultrasound image and generating a corresponding nipple marker;
- compare the nipple region in the volumetric ultrasound image with the nipple region in each two-dimensional image, and automatically selecting a two-dimensional image at a first depth according to a comparison result;
- and
- display the two-dimensional image at the first depth and the nipple marker simultaneously.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium, wherein the non-transitory computer-readable medium has a computer program stored thereon, the computer program has at least one code segment, and the at least one code segment is executable by a machine to cause the machine to:
- acquire a volumetric ultrasound image related to the breast, wherein the volumetric ultrasound image comprises a plurality of two-dimensional images in a depth direction;
- identify a nipple region in each two-dimensional image;
- determine a nipple region in the volumetric ultrasound image and generating a corresponding nipple marker;
- compare the nipple region in the volumetric ultrasound image with the nipple region in each two-dimensional image, and automatically selecting a two-dimensional image at a first depth according to a comparison result;
- and
- display the two-dimensional image at the first depth and the nipple marker simultaneously.
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