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Method of and imaging ultrasound system for determining the position of a catheter

  • US 20030060700A1
  • Filed: 03/28/2002
  • Published: 03/27/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of determining the position of a catheter in an ultrasound image acquired by means of an ultrasound transducer, in which method the catheter is provided with at least one ultrasound receiver that detects the reception of ultrasound scanning signals, the distance between the ultrasound transducer and the ultrasound receiver on the catheter being determined from the measured transit time of the scan signals.

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