INSTRUMENTED ULTRASOUND PROBES FOR MACHINE-LEARNING GENERATED REAL-TIME SONOGRAPHER FEEDBACK

摘要

A system is described for conducting an ultrasound scan on a human subject. The system includes an ultrasound probe generating ultrasound image data and provisioned with one or more position sensors generating real time position and orientation data as to the position of the ultrasound probe and orientation in three- dimensional space during use of the probe; one or more machine learning models trained to correlate ultrasound images with probe position and orientation, wherein the one or more machine learning models receive images generated from the ultrasound probe; a feedback generator generating feedback data based on the current probe position determined by the position sensors; and a feedback display receiving the feedback data providing real-time suggestions to the user of the ultrasound probe for adjusting the probe position, orientation, pressure and/or other parameters of the ultrasound probe to improve the quality of the images generated from the ultrasound probe.