Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for orienting a medical image
- Patent Title (中): 用于定向医学图像的方法和装置
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Application No.: US10319285Application Date: 2002-12-13
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Publication No.: US08388540B2Publication Date: 2013-03-05
- Inventor: N. Parker Willis
- Applicant: N. Parker Willis
- Applicant Address: US MN Maple Grove
- Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Maple Grove
- Agency: Seager, Tufte & Wickhem, LLC
- Main IPC: A61B8/14
- IPC: A61B8/14

Abstract:
The present invention provides systems, methods, and devices for orienting image data derived from body tissue. An imaging assembly is introduced into the body of a patient and rotated about an axis. A tracking beam mechanically associated with the imaging assembly is generated, such that the tracking rotates about the axis in unison with the imaging assembly. An angle that the rotating tracking beam makes between a reference rotational orientation and a reference point is determined. The reference rotational orientation can be associated with a fiducial point within the ultrasound image data, such that the ultrasound image can be oriented based on the determined tracking beam rotation angle.
Public/Granted literature
- US20040114146A1 Method and apparatus for orienting a medical image Public/Granted day:2004-06-17
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