ZONE VISUALIZATION FOR ULTRASOUND-GUIDED PROCEDURES

摘要

A system for automatic zone visualization employing an ultrasound probe (31) and an ultrasound imaging workstation (32). In operation, ultrasound probe (31) scans an anatomical region, and the ultrasound imaging workstation (32) tracks a generation of an ultrasound volume (42) of an anatomical structure within a patient space responsive to the scan of the anatomical region by the ultrasound probe (31). The ultrasound imaging workstation (32) further tracks a labeling of procedurally-defined zones of the anatomical structure within the ultrasound volume (42) derived from an ultrasound volume model (41) of the anatomical structure labeled with the procedurally-defined zones to thereby facilitate an ultrasound-guided visualization of the anatomical structure.