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

Claim 6:
7. An ultrasound system for identifying blood vessels, the ultrasound system comprising:
an image module to generate ultrasound images based on ultrasound echo signals;
a neural network module to identify the blood vessels in a first image of the ultrasound images;
a map module to generate a map image that indicates locations of the blood vessels in the first image identified by the neural network module; and
the neural network module to identify the blood vessels in a second image of the ultrasound images based on the map image and the second image, wherein the neural network module is configured to adjust at least one neural network coefficient based on a loss function of the locations of the blood vessels in the first image and additional locations of the blood vessels in the second image.