System for displaying a 2-D ultrasound image within a 3-D viewing environment
US5817022A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 11, 1997 |
| Grant date | Oct 6, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 11, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S128/916
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system for displaying a 2-D ultrasound image in a 3-D viewing environment. Within the same 3-D viewing environment, various surgical instruments can be tracked and displayed, thus correlating 3-D virtual surgery with ultrasound imaging for verification. A detachable housing (220) containing position transducers (222) is attached to a conventional 2-D ultrasound imaging head (200) to provide position data of an imaging plane generated by an image transducer (204).
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