Patent ID: 11900593
Assignee: FUJIFILM SONOSITE, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 4:
5. A method implemented by a computing device for blood vessel identification, the method comprising:
assigning, with a neural network implemented at least partially in hardware of the computing device, one of a vein classification and an artery classification to one or more blood vessels in ultrasound images;
determining a misclassification for one blood vessel of the one or more blood vessels, the misclassification denoting the neural network assigning the one of the vein classification and the artery classification to the one blood vessel in one ultrasound image of the ultrasound images and the other of the vein classification and the artery classification to the one blood vessel in additional ultrasound images of the ultrasound images; and
displaying, in the one ultrasound image, an indication of the other of the vein classification and the artery classification for the one blood vessel; determining, with the neural network, diameters of the one or more blood vessels in the ultrasound images, wherein the displaying includes displaying the indication for the one blood vessel in a color corresponding to a catheter size for the one blood vessel based on a diameter determined with the neural network for the one blood vessel.