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PLACENTAL IMAGING

Publication EP4710863A1 Kind: A1 Mar 18, 2026

Applicants

Koninklijke Philips N.V.

Inventors

ANURADHA, Anuradha, KULKARNI, Chaitanya, SETH, Subhendu, GUPTA, Madhumita, V, Manikanda Krishnan, N, Narendra

Abstract

A placental imaging system comprises a hand held ultrasound imager for scanning over the lower abdomen of a patient and configured to generate image data. An AI algorithm is used to identify the location and shape of the placenta and cervix within the image data and determine the placenta to internal OS distance. It is thereby determined if the placenta has a positional abnormality, such as if it is low lying or not. A recommendation system receives a gestational age of the patient and the positional abnormality information to recommend a patient action.

IPC Classifications

A61B 8/08 20060101AFI20250204BHEP A61B 8/00 20060101ALI20250204BHEP G06T 7/00 20170101ALI20250204BHEP G16H 50/20 20180101ALI20250204BHEP

Designated States

AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, ME, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR