ULTRASONIC GUIDANCE OF TARGET STRUCTURES FOR MEDICAL PROCEDURES

摘要

An ultrasound device such as a 3D ultrasound probe (22) provides 3D imaging data to the processor (20). A reference device (24) is fixed to the probe (22), and has probe position markers (26). The reference device (24) is fixed to the probe (22), and has probe position markers (26). The markers (16, 26) are tracked using infrared (IR) camera system (28) which is connected to processor (20), that can covert the ultrasound data into data relative to the frame of reference of the device (14). The display (30) shows images combining the ultrasound data from probe (22), and imaging data from imaging subsystem (18).