General Electric Company
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR STRUCTURE RECOGNITION IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL ULTRASOUND DATA BASED ON VOLUME RENDERINGS

Abstract:

A system and method for recognizing structures in 3D ultrasound data based on volume renderings is provided. The method includes receiving 3D volume labels identifying a location of a structure in 3D training volumes. The method includes rendering each 3D training volume into multiple training volume renderings at multiple viewing angles. Each training volume rendering is associated with a volume rendering label corresponding with the 3D volume label. The method includes training a machine learning algorithm using the training volume renderings and associated volume rendering labels. The method includes acquiring and/or receiving a 3D volume and rendering it at a viewing angle. The method includes applying the machine learning algorithm to the volume rendering to detect and output the location of the structure. The method includes storing the location of the structure in the volume rendering in association with the 3D volume at a storage medium.