Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ultrasound diagnosis apparatus and method for correcting mis-registration of image data with position sensors
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Application No.: US14582253Application Date: 2014-12-24
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Publication No.: US10932753B2Publication Date: 2021-03-02
- Inventor: Go Tanaka , Kazuya Akaki , Osamu Nakajima , Masaru Ogasawara , Shogo Fukuda
- Applicant: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Otawara
- Assignee: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Otawara
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JPJP2012-143824 20120627,JPJP2013-134193 20130626
- Main IPC: A61B8/00
- IPC: A61B8/00 ; A61B5/06 ; A61B8/08

Abstract:
According to an embodiment, a transmitter transmits a reference signal. A position sensor obtains position information in a three-dimensional space by receiving the reference signal. A controlling unit associates three-dimensional image data generated by a medical image diagnosis apparatus with the three-dimensional space, on the basis of a registration between an arbitrary cross-sectional plane in the three-dimensional image data and a cross-sectional plane scanned by an ultrasound probe. A detecting unit detects if the position of the transmitter has changed within the associated three-dimensional space, on the basis of the position information obtained by the position sensor. A correcting unit corrects a misregistration between a cross-sectional plane in the three-dimensional image data and a cross-sectional plane scanned by the ultrasound probe, on the basis of a change amount of the position of the transmitter.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150112196A1 ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CORRECTING IMAGE DATA Public/Granted day:2015-04-23
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