THREE-DIMENSIONAL CARDIAC IMAGING USING ULTRASOUND CONTOUR RECONSTRUCTION

摘要

A method for modeling of an anatomical structure includes acquiring a plurality of ultrasonic images of the anatomical structure using an ultrason ic sensor, at a respective plurality of spatial positions of the ultrasonic sensor. Locati on and orientation coordinates of the ultrasonic sensor are measured at each of the plurality of spatial positions. Contours-of-interest that refer to features of the anatomical structure are marked in one or more of the ultrasonic images. A three-dimensional (3-D ) model of the anatomical structure is constructed, based on the contours-of-interes t and on the measured location and orientation coordinates.