ULTRASOUND FUSION IMAGING METHOD AND ULTRASOUND FUSION IMAGING NAVIGATION SYSTEM

摘要

The present application relates to an ultrasound fusion imaging method and an ultrasound fusion image navigation system. The ultrasound fusion imaging method includes a selection step, a registration step and a fusion step. The selection step is for selecting at least one ultrasound image from at least one previously stored piece of ultrasound video data according to an input instruction. The ultrasound video data includes an ultrasound image obtained by acquiring a target object in at least one plane and position indicating information corresponding to the ultrasound image. The registration step is for registering the selected at least one ultrasound image with a modality image. The registration process uses the location of the position indicating information of the at least one ultrasound image. The fusion step is for fusing the registered ultrasound image with the modality image.

主权项

1. A method for fusing at least one ultrasound image with a pre-stored modality image comprising:
selecting at least one ultrasound image frame from at least one portion of pre-stored ultrasound video data, defined as a selecting step, wherein the ultrasound video data comprises ultrasound image frames sampled from a target object along at least one plane and a position indicating information corresponding to each of the ultrasound image frames, wherein the position indicating information is generated by sensing a position of a position sensor fixed with an ultrasound probe while acquiring ultrasound image frames; registering the selected ultrasound image frame with the modality image, defined as a registering step, by implementing the position indicating information corresponding to the selected ultrasound image frame in the registering step; and fusing the registered ultrasound image frame with the modality image, defied as a fusing step.