Method for ultrasound guidance during clinical procedures

摘要

PCT No. PCT/NO96/00029 Sec. 371 Date Oct. 28, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date Oct. 28, 1997 PCT Filed Feb. 8, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO96/25881 PCT Pub. Date Aug. 29, 1996A method for generating quasi-realtime feedback for the purpose of guiding surgical, therapeutic or diagnostic procedures by means of ultrasound imaging, wherein the location of a surgical tool, therapeutic radiation field or a diagnostic energy field is related to the coordinate system of an intraoperative 2D and/or 3D ultrasound imaging system and, optionally, to pre-operative MR/CT/X-ray data, thus allowing synchronized relations between data acquisition, tool movement and image visualizations.