Ultrasound imaging system having automatic image presentation

US11696746B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• C.R. Bard, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Jeremy B. Cox · Salt Lake City, US
• Michael Randall · Gilbert, US
• Peng Zheng · Alameda, US
• Samuel Radochonski · San Francisco, US
• Dean M. Addison · Victoria, CA
• Bryan A. Matthews · Central Saanich, CA
• Jeffery L. Addison · Shawnigan Lake, CA

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 8, 2020
• Grant date: Jul 11, 2023
• Expiry date: Mar 23, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06T2207/30104
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method of generating a 3D ultrasound image includes acquiring a 3D volumetric data set corresponding to a 3D imaging volume of an ultrasound probe in a 3D detection volume; acquiring a position of the ultrasound probe with respect to the 3D detection volume; acquiring a position of an interventional medical device with respect to the 3D detection volume; determining a position of the interventional medical device relative to the 3D imaging volume of the ultrasound probe; determining an interventional medical device-aligned plane that intersects with a longitudinal axis of the interventional medical device; extracting a texture slice from the 3D imaging volume for a corresponding interventional medical device-aligned plane positional and rotational orientation; mapping the texture slice onto the interventional medical device-aligned plane; and rendering the interventional medical device-aligned plane as a 3D ultrasound image and displaying the rendered 3D ultrasound image on a display screen.