Patent ID: 11969286
Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 4:
5. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising executable instructions, which when executed cause a processor of a medical imaging system to display ultrasound imaging data by:
generating an image from ultrasound data representative of a bodily structure and fluid flowing within the bodily structure;
estimating axial and lateral velocity components of the fluid flowing within the bodily structure;
determining a plurality of flow directions within the image based on the axial and lateral velocity components;
differentially encoding the flow directions based on flow direction angle to generate a flow direction map;
performing, by a processor, statistical analysis on the flow directions, and wherein a region of interest (ROI) is automatically selected by the processor based on the statistical analysis indicative of the ROI having flow variability; and
displaying the image including the bodily structure overlaid with the flow direction map.