GUIDANCE OF INVASIVE MEDICAL DEVICES WITH COMBINED THREE DIMENSIONAL ULTRASONIC IMAGING SYSTEM

摘要

A composite three dimensional ultrasound image containing position or image information of an invasive medical device ( 30 ) is provided. The three dimensional ultrasound image data can be combined with position or image information of the invasive medical device ( 30 ) either prior to or subsequent to volume rendering. the three dimensional ultrasound image data and the interventional system data are oriented and sealed to a common frame of reference and then combined. The volume rendering can be performed either on the ultrasound system ( 12 ), on the interventional system ( 20 ), or separately on both before combining.