Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and systems for guiding the acquisition of ultrasound images
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Application No.: US12176774Application Date: 2008-07-21
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Publication No.: US10531858B2Publication Date: 2020-01-14
- Inventor: Martin Lachaine , Tony Falco
- Applicant: Martin Lachaine , Tony Falco
- Applicant Address: CA Montreal, Quebec
- Assignee: Elekta, LTD
- Current Assignee: Elekta, LTD
- Current Assignee Address: CA Montreal, Quebec
- Agency: Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
- Agent Sanjay Agrawal
- Main IPC: A61B8/08
- IPC: A61B8/08 ; A61B8/00 ; A61B8/14

Abstract:
A method of presenting a suggested path for an ultrasound probe along a patient's surface includes obtaining a three-dimensional, non-ultrasound image of the patient and an ultrasound image of the patient. A treatment area is defined within the within the three-dimensional, non-ultrasound image, and using the images, defining a scanning site contour of an anatomical structure of interest within the patient and an external contour of the patient's surface. A preferred path of the ultrasound scan is projected onto the external contour such that an operator can reproduce the ultrasound scan without knowledge of the anatomical structure of interest.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090024030A1 Methods and systems for guiding the acquisition of ultrasound images Public/Granted day:2009-01-22
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