METHOD FOR ESTIMATING PATTERN OF CHANGE OF PATIENT

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for estimating a pattern of change of a patient.;SOLUTION: The method estimates a pattern of change of a patient, specifically a change in the respiration pattern. An ultrasound video is segmented into groups of pictures (GOPs). Pixels from the first GOP are used to initialize a change model. Based on the change model, a pattern change for a next GOP is estimated, and the change model is changed to fit the change pattern. The estimating and the updating are repeated until a termination condition is reached.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT