DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD TO MEASURE ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM DIAMETER
First Claim
1. A system to detect an abdominal aortic aneurysm in a region of interest comprising:
- an ultrasound transceiver positioned to deliver ultrasound energy and receive echoes of the ultrasound energy across a plurality of scan planes;
a processing device configured to signal process the received echoes and characterize detected signals across the plurality of scan plans, wherein a percentage of availability of scan planes scanned is calculated based on echos received from scan planes;
a display configured to present a visual depiction of the percentage of availability of the region of interest contained in a plurality of scan planes; and
a display configured to present positioning information of the ultrasound transceiver based on the visual depiction of the percentage of availability.
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and ultrasound transceivers equipped and configured to execute analysis and extract ultrasound information related to an abdominal aortic aneurysm of a subject are described. The methods utilize algorithms to establish improved targeting of the abdominal aortic aneurysm within a region-of-interest. The targeting algorithms may be optimally applied to provide the user with real-time feedback and orientation guidance for positioning the transceiver. Additional methods utilize diameter conversion algorithms to establish the diameter of the abdominal aortic aneurysm based on conversion of the volume measurement and limited segmentation within a targeted region-of-interest of the aorta.
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1. A system to detect an abdominal aortic aneurysm in a region of interest comprising:
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an ultrasound transceiver positioned to deliver ultrasound energy and receive echoes of the ultrasound energy across a plurality of scan planes; a processing device configured to signal process the received echoes and characterize detected signals across the plurality of scan plans, wherein a percentage of availability of scan planes scanned is calculated based on echos received from scan planes; a display configured to present a visual depiction of the percentage of availability of the region of interest contained in a plurality of scan planes; and a display configured to present positioning information of the ultrasound transceiver based on the visual depiction of the percentage of availability. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A system for abdominal aortic aneurysm evaluation and monitoring in a region of interest of an abdominal aorta, comprising:
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a hand-held data collection device which comprises; at least one ultrasound transceiver to deliver ultrasound energy and receive echoes of the ultrasound energy across a plurality of scan planes for obtaining three-dimensional ultrasound scan information; a display means for indicating positioning information received from the ultrasound transceiver at a first measured location of the abdominal aorta, wherein the display is a visual depiction of a calculated percentage availability of the first measured location; a guide means for guiding a user to position the ultrasound transceiver over a region of interest of the aorta based on the calculated percentage availability; a processor for converting the received scan plane information about the region of interest obtained from the transceiver; a processor for determining aorta volume information from the converted scan plan information; and a calculation circuit for calculating the diameter of the aorta at the region of interest from the aorta volume information. - View Dependent Claims (5)
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6. A method to detect and measure an abdominal aortic aneurysm comprising:
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transmitting ultrasound energy to the abdominal aorta; collecting ultrasound echoes returning from the abdominal aorta; generating signals from the ultrasound echoes; identifying fundamental signals from the generated signals; processing the fundamental signals using algorithms designed for fundamental signals; presenting an image of a region of interest of the abdominal aorta; calculating the volume of the abdominal aorta; and calculating the diameter of the abdominal aorta from the calculated volume of the abdominal aorta. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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8. Computer readable media having instructions to execute a method to detect and measure an abdominal aortic aneurysm, comprising the steps of:
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transmitting ultrasound energy to the abdominal aorta; collecting ultrasound echoes returning from the abdominal aorta; generating signals from the ultrasound echoes; identifying fundamental signals from the generated signals; processing the fundamental using algorithms designed for fundamental signals; presenting an image of the abdominal aorta; calculating measurements of the volume of the abdominal aorta; and calculating measurements of the diameter of the abdominal aorta from the calculated volume of the abdominal aorta. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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