US Patent:
20220361840, Nov 17, 2022
Inventors:
- Bothell WA, US
- TOKYO, JP
Davinder S. DHATT - Bothell WA, US
Christopher Aleksandr WHITE - Bothell WA, US
Thomas Michael DUFFY - Bothell WA, US
Adam Benjamin PELY - Bothell WA, US
Paul Tomotaro DANSET - Bothell WA, US
Diku Pranav MANDAVIA - Bothell WA, US
International Classification:
A61B 8/08
A61B 8/00
A61B 8/14
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for identifying blood vessels in ultrasound images and displaying blood vessels in ultrasound images are described. In some embodiments, the method is implemented by a computing device and includes receiving ultrasound images that include a blood vessel, and determining, with a neural network implemented at least partially in hardware of the computing device, diameters of the blood vessel in the ultrasound images. The diameters include a respective diameter of the blood vessel for each ultrasound image of the ultrasound images. The method includes determining a blood vessel diameter based on the diameters of the blood vessel, selecting a color based on the blood vessel diameter, and indicating, in one of the ultrasound images, the blood vessel with an indicator having the color.