Patent ID: 11890143
Assignee: GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method of ultrasound imaging, comprising:
acquiring, with an ultrasound probe, ultrasound video data of an anatomical region while an external force is being applied to induce movement within the anatomical region, where the ultrasound video data comprises a plurality of ultrasound images;
designating, with a processor, two or more connected regions in one of the plurality of ultrasound images and a boundary between the two or more connected regions, the two or more connected regions including a first connected region and a second connected region, where each of the two or more connected regions represents an interconnected tissue group that moves as a unit in response to the external force;
generating, with the processor, a modified ultrasound image based on the one of the plurality of ultrasound images, by graphically distinguishing the first connected region from the second connected region; and
causing, with the processor, a display device to display the modified ultrasound image,
wherein the first connected region is an anterior rectal wall of the anatomical region and the second connected region is a posterior vaginal wall of the anatomical region.